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5HLRMAN  GLNLALOGY 

INCLUDING 

Families  of  Essex,  SufFolk  and  Norfolk, 
England, 

SOME  DESCENDANTS  OF  THE  IMMIGRANTS  CAPTAIN 

JOHN    SHERMAN,  REVEREND  JOHN  SHERMAN, 

EDMUND  SHERMAN  and  SAMUEL  SHERMAN, 

AND  THE  DESCENDENTS  OF   HONORABLE 

ROGER    SHERMAN   and    HONORABLE 

CHARLES   R.  SHERMAN 


BY 
THOMAS  TOVVNSEND  SHERMAN 


ILLUSTRATED 


NEW    YORK 

TOBIAS   A.    WRIGHT 

PRINTER    AND    PUBLISHER 

I  920 


GIFT 


(2  s  7/ 

PREFACE 


TNVESTIGATIONS  in  England  as  to  the  East  Anglian  Sher- 
mans of  the  Sixteenth  and  Seventeenth  Centuries  made  by 
the  late  Charles  Atvvood  White,  of  New  Haven,  and  the  late 
Senator  George  Frisbie  Hoar,  suggested  and  inspired  the  work 
resulting  in  the  compilation  of  the  early  genealogies  in  this 
volume.  Begun  with  no  intention  of  publication,  it  expanded  to 
such  extent  as  to  seem  worthy  of  reproduction  in  permanent 
form  with  the  addition  of  the  genealogies  of  later  times.  The 
great  amount  of  information  about  some  members  of  the  family 
furnished  by  ancient  English  records  is  noteworthy  and  will 
perhaps  lead  to  further  discoveries.  The  absence  of  any  com- 
plete or  satisfactory  biography  of  Hon.  Roger  Sherman  led  to 
a  more  extended  statement  with  regard  to  him  than  is  custom- 
ary in  a  genealogy.  It  is  hoped  that  this  will  be  appreciated 
by  his  numerous  living  descendants.  Many  of  his  descendants, 
those  who  have  gone  and  those  still  living  and  other  relatives 
mentioned,  have  attained  distinction  and  honor  in  private  life 
and  public  service.  Errors  and  omissions  occur  in  such  a  work 
in  spite  of  every  effort  to  be  accurate  and  complete.  Correc- 
tions are  invited.  The  author  heartily  thanks  all  who  have 
aided  in  kindly  supplying  family  information. 

New  York,  August,  1919,  T.  T.  S. 


This  book  was  printed,  bound  and  ready  for  delivery,  when 
on  November  23,  1919,  a  fire  in  the  bindery  destroyed  it.  The 
type  has  been  reset  and  the  book  reprinted  with  a  few  correc- 
tions and  additions. 

New  York,  June,  1920.  T.  T.  S. 


060 


"  Of  every  worthy  stock  the  most  degenerate  sons  cherish 
the  names  of  those  from  whom  by  an  authentic  lineage  they 
trace  their  honorable  descent.  With  zealous  affection  and  a 
pi(>us  reverence  they  explore  all  sources  of  knowledge  respect- 
ing their  lives,  their  characters,  their  motives,  their  acts.  In  a 
spirit  neither  arrogant  nor  envious,  they  are  yet  jealous  for  a 
just  estimate  of  the  virtue  and  the  power  which  marked  the 
founders  of  their  line;  careful  that  no  malign  or  reckless  influ- 
ence shall  distort  the  record,  or  obscure  the  remembrance,  of 
their  deeds  ;  earnest  in  the  determination  that  their  latest  des- 
cendants shall  lose  nothing  of  the  heritage  in  these  great  names, 
in  the  course  of  its  descent.  Nor  should  it  be  for  a  moment 
supposed  that  the  spirit  of  our  institutions  and  the  structure  of 
our  society,  which  have  discarded  the  hereditary  transmission 
of  rank  and  power,  discouraged  even  the  succession  of  wealth, 
and  made  ridiculous  the  culture  of  a  vulgar  family  pride,  have 
at  all  weakened  or  diverted  the  force  of  those  natural  ties  which 
connect  us  alike  with  our  ancestry  and  our  posterity,  and  sus- 
tain and  protect,  as  a  perpetual  and  imperishable  possession, 
the  glory  and  worth  of  our  forefathers." 

William  Maxwell  Evarts. 


LIST   OF   ILLUSTRATIONS 


Arms  of  Sherman  Family Frontispiece 

OPPOSITE  PAGE 

Account  of  Hon.  Roger^°  Sherman,  as  Treasurer  of  Yale 

College;  1772 152 

Agreement,  1756,  heirs  of  William"  Sherman,  last  page  of  120 

Almanac  of  Hon.  Roger^'*  Sherman,  1755          .         .         .  136 

"       "           "               "           1756          .         .         .  136 

1761  .         .         .136 

Baldwin,  Hon.  Roger  S.,^-  Portrait 265 

"           "       Simeon,  Autograph 209 

"            "             "        Portrait 217 

"            "       Simeon  E.,^^  Portrait          ....  272 

Barnes,  Daniel,  born  1772,  Autograph       ....  209 

"           "         "      Portrait             ....  217 

Daniel,^2  »     ^jgy^         u 256 

Daniel,i3  u     13^2,         " 256 

"        Mehetabel"  (Sherman),  Portrait    ....  224 

Battel,  John  and  others,  Autographs,  1756        .         .         .  120 

"       Mehetabel"  (Sherman),  Autograph,  1743       .         .  112 

Boutell,  Hon.  Henry  S.,"  Portrait 345 

"            "     Lewis  H.,           " 344 

Colchester,  England,  view  of     ......  80 

Congress  Voting  Independence          .....  121 

Day,  President  Jeremiah,  Portrait,  1823    ....  233 

"             "                 "           House,  New  Haven,         .         .  144 

"     Sherman,^^  Portrait 321 

Declaration  of  Independence 40 

Dedham,  England,  Church  and  Street  (two  views)  .         .  8 

Diss,  England,  Church        . 8 

Evarts,  Jeremiah,  Autograph,  1810 209 

"               "          Portrait 225 

"        Mehetabel"  (Sherman),  Autograph,  1810     .         .  209 

"              "                       "           Portrait    ....  224 

Hon.  William  M.,^^  Portrait  .         .         .         .         .328 

Gamble,  Lieut.  Robert  H.,!^       " 369 

Golden  Lion  Inn,  Ipswich,  England,  front        ...  80 

rear          ...  65 


Vlll 


List  of  Illustrations 


OPPOSITE 

Gravestone,  Elizabeth  (Hartwell)  Sherman,  1760 
"  Capt.  John^^  Sherman  and  wife 

Hon.  Roger^"       "  "       " 

"  William''  Sherman,  1741 

Greene,  Hon.  Roger  S.,^^  Portrait 
Hoar,  Hon.  Ebenezer  R.,^^  Portrait    . 
"      George  F..^^ 

"  '*      Samuel,  '* 

"         "  "         House,  Concord,  Mass. 

*'      Samuel,^*  the  younger,  Portrait 

"      Sarah"  (Sherman)  " 

House,  Day  and  Thacher,  New  Haven 
"       Hon.  Samuel  Hoar,  Concord,  Mass. 
"        Rev.  Benjamin  Prescott,  Peabody,  Mass.  exterior 
..  .»  i.  u  a  u      parlor 

"       Charles  R.^'^  Sherman,  Norwalk,  Conn. 

•'        Nancy  Sherman,  Canton,  Mass.    . 

"        Hon.  Roger^**  Sherman,  New  Haven 
Houses     " 

House,  Yale  President,  New  Haven 
Hutchinson,  J.  R.,  Portrait 
Independence,  Declaration  of    . 

"  The  Congress  Voting 

Kent,  Mrs.  William,^^  Martha  Lane  Porringer 
Law,  Jonathan,  Will  of       ...         . 
Letter,  Oliver"  Sherman,  1792  . 

"      Rebecca         "         1792  . 

Mackintosh,  John  S.,^' Portrait  . 

McDonald,  Mrs.  C.  E.  W.,"  Rebecca  Sherman  Porringer 
Porringer,  Rebecca  Sherman  (Mrs.  McDonald) 
Martha  Lane  (Mrs.  William'^  Kent) 

Prescott,  Rev.  Benjamin,  Chair 

"  "  "  House,  Peabody,  Mass 

"  "  *'         Parlor  in  House 

Prescott    &    Sherman,    Partnership    Agreement,    Auto- 
graphs, 1794 

Prescott    &    Sherman,    Partnership    Agreement,    Auto- 
graphs, 1827         ..... 


List  of  Illustrations 


IX 


OPPOSITE  PAGE 

Public  Record  Office,  London,  Exterior   ....  32 

"             "           "              "         Round  Reading  Room     .  33 

Reber,  Col.  Samuel,"  Portrait 288 

Sherman,  Benjamin  P.,^^  Portrait 257 

Brothers,  five  sons  of  Edward  S.,^"     .         .         .  376 

Major  Charles, ^2  Portrait 296 

Charles  R.,^^  House,  Norwalk,  Conn.          .         .  280 

Edmond,  Autograph,  1591          ....  64 

Edward  S.,^^  Portrait  (drawing)                   .         .  360 

' 232 

Silhouette         .         .         .264 

"         "      Mrs.,  Portrait         ....  232 

Elizabeth,  (Receipt)  Autograph,  1748        .         .  113 

"          (Hartwell),  Gravestone,  1760    .         .  89 

B}^  (Thacher)  Portrait       .         .         .  336 

Henry,  Autograph,  1586 64 

Isaac,"           "            1796 200 

James  M.,"  Portrait 304 

Capt.  John,^  Immigrant,  Autograph  ...  64 

'•      John"  (son  of  Roger)      "         1761    ,         .  73 

1790   .         .  184 
*'      Portrait  .         .         .184 
"         "           "               "      Mrs.  and   son,  Por- 
trait               .         .185 
"         "           "               "      C  o  m  m  is  s  i  on    as 

Captain,  1784      .  192 
"         "           *'               *'      and    wife,   Grave- 
stone    .         .         .  193 
Rev.  John"  and  wife,  Silhouette        .         .         .  264 

John  Taylor, ^^  Portrait 297 

Joseph,^  Autograph,  1691  .....  72 

Mehetabel  (Wellington),  Autograph,  1741        .  81 

Nancy,  Mrs.  Capt.  John,"  House,  Canton  Mass.  193 

Oliver,"  Letter,  1792 200 

Rebecca  (Prescott),  Letter,  1792        .         .         .  168 

Autograph,  1808  .         .         .         .         ,  201 

"         (Prescott),  Gravestone,  New  Haven    .  89 
Hon.  Roger,^"  Account  as  Treasurer  of  Yale, 

1772 152 


List  of  Illustrations 


OPPOSITE 

Sherman,  Hon,  Roger/"  Almanac,  1755     . 

ti  a  It  ii         1761 

"  "  "         Autograph,  1741 

41  ii  ii  ii  I7CC 

u  ii  ii  t«  1751 

(I  ii  ii  ii  J  JQ-} 

"  "  "         Bible  Family  Record 

'•  "  "         Birth  Place  Stone 

"  "  "        Credentials  as  U.  S.  Senator 

"  *'  "         Execution   issued   as  Justice  of 

the  Peace,  1755 
"  "  "         Gravestone,  New  Haven 

"  "  "         Houses,  New  Haven   , 

"  "  "         House,       "  "        .         . 

"  '•  '•         Layout  of  Land,  1754 

"  "  "         Portrait         .... 

♦•  "  "  "         Earle     . 

"  "  "  "         Hicks    . 

"  "  "         Warrant  of  Arrest  issued  as  Jus 

tice  of  the  Peace,  1765     . 
"  ••  "         Will,  Last  Page  of 

Yale  Degree,  M.  A.,  1768   . 
"         Roger^^  (son  of  Hon.  Roger),  Autograph,  1793 

1794 
1827 
Portrait 
Mrs.,  Portrait 
Yale     Degree 
M.  A.,  1790 
Roger^^  (son  of  George),  Son   and    Grandson 

Portrait 

Lieut.  Roger^*  (son  of  Herbert  A.),  Portrait 

Hon.  Roger  Minott,^^  Portrait   . 

Thomas  Townsend,^'         *'  .         .         . 

"  "  Silhouette,  1915 

William'  (father  of   Hon.   Roger),   Autograph 

1735 

William   (father  of    Hon.   Roger),  Gravestone 

1741 


List  of  Illustrations 


XI 


OPPOSITE  PAGE 

Sherman,  William^"  (brother  of  Hon.  Roger),  Autograph, 

1741 112 

••        William^^  (brother  of  Hon.  Roger),  Agreement 

of  Heirs  of,  1756       ......  120 

"         Lieut.  William"  (son   of  Hon.  Roger),  Auto- 
graph, 1776 200 

"         Gen.  William  T.,^^  Portrait          ....  281 

Thacher,  Prof.  Thomas  A.,         "                 ....  337 

"           "             •'         "     Mrs.  and  Three  Generations  .  336 

"           "             "         "     House,  New  Haven        .         .  144 

White,  Charles  A..^^  Portrait 368 

"       Oliver  S.,i8          "            361 

Roger  S.,^3           a            ^61 

Yale  College  President's  House         .....  144 

Yaxley,  England,  Church  .......  8 


LIST   OF    FAMILIES 


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1  Thomas  ^  Sherman ^ 

2  John^Sherman (i  Thomas^ 

3  Thomas^  Sherman (2  John^ 

4  Thomas"  Sherman (3  Thomas^ 

5  John*  Sherman , ( 

6  Henry*  Sherman ( 

7  William*  Sherman ( 

8  Anthony*  Sherman ( 

9  Francis*  Sherman •( 

10  James*  Sherman ( 

1 1  Thomas^  Sherman (4  Thomas* 

12  Nicholas^  Sherman (5  John* 

13  HenryS  Sherman (6  Henry* 

14  Edmund^   Sherman ( 

1 5  Robert*  Sherman ( 

16  John*^  Sherman (7  William* 

17  Alexander^  Sherman (9  Francis* 

18  Francis^  Sherman (10  James* 

19  Thomas^  Sherman (12  Nicholas-^ 

20  Henry'' Sherman (13  Henry^ 

21  Samuel®  Sherman ( 

22  Daniel®    Sherman ( 

23  Nathaniel®  Sherman ( 

24  John®  Sherman ( 

25  Ezekiel®  Sherman ( 

26  Edmund®  Sherman ( 

27  Edmund®  Sherman (14  Edmund^ 

28  Richard®   Sherman ( 

29  Bezaliel®  Sherman ( 

30  Samuel®  Sherman ( 

31  John®  Sherman...    ( 

32  Daniel'   Sherman (22  Daniel® 

33  Capt.  John^  Sherman (24  John® 

34  SamueP  Sherman (27  Edmund® 

35  SamueP  Sherman (30  Samuel® 

36  Bezaliel^  Sherman ( 


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Nathaniel^  Sherman (30  Samuel") 

Joseph^  Sherman (33  Capt.  John^) 

John^  Sherman (34  SamueP) 

William^  Sherman (38  Joseph^) 

John'-*  Sherman (39  John^) 

Hon.  Roger^"  Sherman (40  William^) 

Rev.  Nathaniel^*'  Sherman (  "  ) 

Rev.  Josiah^^  Sherman (  "  ) 

Daniel^*^    Sherman (41  John^) 

Capt.  John^^  Sherman (42  Hon.  Roger^*^) 

Lieut.  VVilliam^^  Sherman (  "  ) 

Chloe'^  (Sherman)  Skinner (  "  ) 

Rebecca"  (Sherman)  Baldwin, .. .(  "  ) 

Elizabeth"  (Sherman)  Baldwin  .  .  .(  "  ) 

Roger"  Sherman    (  "  ) 

Mehetabel"    (Sherman)    Barnes- 

Evarts (  "  ) 

Martha"  (Sherman)  Day   (  *'  ) 

Sarah"  (Sherman)  Hoar (  "  ) 

Taylor"  Sherman (45  DanieP*^) 

Rev.  John^'^  Sherman (46  Capt.  John") 

Major  Charles^  Sherman (  "  ) 

Nancy^2  ^Sherman)  Mcintosh (  "  ) 

Lucinda^'^  (Sherman)   Littlefield  . .  .(  "  ) 

Elizabeth  L.^^  (Sherman)  Phelps.. (47  Lt.  William") 

Hon.  Roger  S}'^  Baldwin (49  Rebecca") 

Simeon^^  Baldwin (50  Elizabeth") 

Martha^^  (Sherman)  White (51  Roger") 

John  S.^^  Sherman (  "         ) 

Sophia^'^  (Sherman)  Taylor (  "         ) 

Edward  S.^^  Sherman (  "  ) 

George^^  Sherman (  "  ) 

Benjamin  P.^'^  Sherman (  "  ) 

Elizabeth  B.12  (Sherman)  Thacher (  "  ) 

Daniel"  Barnes (52    Mehetabel") 

Mary^'^  (Evarts)  Greene (  "  ) 

Martha  S.^^  (Evarts)  Tracy (      "      ) 

Hon.  William  M."  Evarts (      "      ) 


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Sherman^^  Day (53  Martha" 

Hon.  Ebenezer  R.^^  Hoar (54  Sarah" 

Sarah  S.^^  (Hoar;  Storer.    (         " 

Edward  S.^^  Hoar ( 

Hon.  George  F.^'^  Hoar   (         " 

Hon.  Charles  R.^^  Sherman (55  Taylor" 

Gardiner^^  Sherman (56  Rev.  John^^ 

Harriet^'  (Sherman)  Bouton ( 

Maria^^  (Sherman)  Moore ( 

Henry^^  Sherman (57  Major  Charles^^ 

James  T.^^  Sherman (  " 

Andrew  T.^^  Sherman (  '* 

John  T.^^  Sherman (  " 

Elizabeth  W.i^  (Baldwin) 

Whitney (61  Hon.  Roger  S.^^ 

Henrietta  P.^^  (Baldwin) 

Foster ( 

Hon.  Simeon  E.^^  Baldwin ( 

Henry^^  Baldwin (62  Simeon^^ 

Simeon^^  Baldwin 

Henry  D.^^  White (63  Martha^^ 

Charles  A.  13  White 

Willard  W.13  White 

Thomas  H. 13  White 

George  E.^^  White 

Susan  S.13  (Taylor)  Irvin (65  Sophia^ 

Margaret^^  (Taylor)  Van  Nest 

Thomas  T.^^  Sherman (66  Edward  S.^^ 

Kate  W.13  (Sherman)  Townsend   ...( 

Reginald  P.^^  Sherman ( 

Herbert  A.^^  Sherman ,  ( 

Arthur  O.^^  Sherman ( 

Alexander  H.  V.^^  Sherman ( 

Roger^^  Sherman     (67  George^^ 

George  E.^^  Sherman (    " 

Martha  W.13  (Sherman)  Bucknam ( 

Louisa  S.i^  (Sherman)  Loud (68  Benjamin  P.^* 

Richard  B.^^  Sherman (      " 


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no  Sherman  D.^^  Thacher (69  Elizabeth  B.'^ 

111  William  L.i^xhacher ( 

112  E)lizabeth^3  (Thacher)  Kent (  " 

113  Anna^^  (Greene)  Boutell (71  Mary^^ 

ii4  Roger  S.^^  Greene (        " 

115  Daniel  C.'^  Greene (        " 

1 16  Jeremiah  E.^^  Tracy (72  Martha^'^ 

117  Hettie  S.^''  (Evarts)  Beaman.(73  Hon.  William  M.^^ 

118  Helen  M.'3  (Evarts)  Tweed.. ( 

119  Elizabeth  H.^^  (Evarts) 

Perkins (  " 

120  Sherman^^  Evarts (  " 

121  Rev.  Prescott"  Evarts (  " 

122  Louisa  W.^3  (Evarts) 

Scudder (  " 

123  MaxwelP^  Evarts (  " 

124  Roger  S."  Day (74  Sherman^^ 

125  Jane  O.^^  (Day)  Palmer ( 

126  Clinton^^  Day (  " 

127  SamueH^  Hoar (75  Hon.  Ebenezer  R.^'^ 

128  Elizabeth'3  (Hoar)  Bowles.. ( 

129  Sherman^^  Hoar (  " 

130  Rockwood^3  Ho3j. (^g  jiqj^  George  F.^^ 

131  Charles  T.^^  Sherman (79  Hon.  Charles  R.^"- 

132  Mary  E.^3  (Sherman)  Reese  . .( 

133  Gen.  William  T.^=^  Sherman. .  .(  " 

134  Susan  D.^^  (Sherman) 

Bartley (  «' 

135  Frances  B.^^  (Sherman) 

Moulton (  '• 

136  James  M."  Sherman (84  James  T." 

137  Edward  B."  Whitney (87  Elizabeth  W." 

138  Alfred  D.^^  Foster (88  Henrietta  P.^" 

139  Emily  B."  (Foster)  Thacher ( 

140  Burnside^*  Foster (  " 

141  Reginald^^  Foster (  " 

142  Henry  De  F.^*  Baldwin (91  Simeon^^ 

143  Blanche  D."  (Baldwin)  Lamb ( 

144  Roger  S."  Baldwin (  " 


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SHERMAN  COAT-OF-ARMS 

(^rigrinal  belonged  tn  Hon.  Roger  Sherman  at  his  death  in  17'*.^ 


THE   SHERMAN   FAMILY 

OF  YAXLEY,  SUFFOLK  AND  DEDHAM,  ESSEX    ENGLAND, 
AND  SOME  DESCENDANTS  IN  AMERICA 


^"T^HE  name  Sherman  was  borne  in  many  parts  of  England  more 
-*■  than  six  hundred  years  ago.  It  was  written  in  various  ways, 
including:  Shearman,  Shereman,  Shirman  and  Sharman.  It  was 
of  Enghsh  origin  and  came  from  the  trade  or  occupation  of  wool 
worker  or  maker  of  woolen  cloth.  The  shearer  clipped  the  sheep 
and  the  shearman  or  sherman  made  the  wool  into  cloth  and  was 
also  known  as  a  clothier  or  woolen  manufacturer. 

The  Shermans  of  Dedham,  in  Essex,  many  of  whom  were  en- 
gaged in  this  occupation  or  trade,  are  frequently  described  in  wills 
and  records  as  clothiers.  Sometimes  one  of  them  is  called  a  sher- 
man, as  "Henry  Sherman,  sherman,"  Some  of  the  earliest  of 
this  name  had  the  prefix  le,  as  John  le  Sherman.  There  were  in 
the  fifteenth  and  sixteenth  centuries  several  contemporaneous  and 
distinct  families  of  this  name  in  different  counties  and  even  in 
the  same  county,  apparently  not  related  to  one  another  and  having 
many  of  the  same  Christian  names.  This,  of  course,  increases  the 
difficulty  in  tracing  their  respective  lineages.  In  many  of  these 
early  families  the  Christian  name  of  Roger  frequently  appears, 
but  none  of  the  New  England  immigrants  are  descended  from 
any  of  them. 

The  family  under  consideration  is  the  one  early  of  Yaxley, 
in  Suffolk,  and  later  of  Dedham,  in  Essex. 

Yaxley,  also  called  Yaxlee,  Yakesley,  Jakeslee  and  Jackesley, 
is  a  small  village  or  parish  in  the  Hundred  of  Hartesmere  in  the 
northern  part  of  Suffolk.  A  hundred  is  a  subdivision  of  a  County. 
Blackstone,  in  his  commentaries,  says :  "As  ten  families  of  free- 
holders made  up  a  town  or  tithing,  soiten  tithings  composed  a  su- 
perior division,  called  a  hundred  as  consisting  of  ten  times  ten 
families."     (Book  I,  p.  115.) 

The  Yaxley  church  is  an  ancient  stone  building  of  Norman 

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architecture  with  a  square  tower  and  a  churchyard  where  many 
of  the  parishioners  were  buried.  All  the  gravestones  of  the  Sher- 
mans have  long  since  disappeared,  except  one  on  the  floor  of  the 
south  aisle  of  the  Church  in  memory  of  Barbara  Sherman,  the 
widow  and  second  wife  of  Thomas*  Sherman,  of  Yaxley.  She 
died  January  18,  1621/2,  and  a  curious  Latin  inscription  herein- 
after mentioned  tells  of  her  parentage  and  of  her  husband  and  two 
sons.  There  was  a  manor  of  Yaxley  which,  in  the  middle  of  the 
sixteenth  century,  was  vested  in  Anthony  Yaxley,  eldest  son  of 
John  Herberd,  alias  Yaxley,  serjeant-at-law,  son  of  Richard  Her- 
berd,  alias  Yaxley.  Anthony  Yaxley  lived  at  Melles,  now  Mellis, 
in  Suffolk,  and  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Garneys,  of 
Kenton,  in  Suffolk.  Their  daughter  Elizabeth  was  the  first  wife 
of  Thomas*  Sherman,  of  Yaxley.  By  deed  of  gift,  Anthony 
Yaxley  and  Richard  Yaxley,  his  son  and  heir,  granted  to  William 
Eglyn,  Clerk,  Vicar  of  Yaxley,  Thomas^  Sherman,  Senior,  and 
Thomas*  Sherman,  Junior,  Richard*  Sherman  and  others,  land 
called  Erlysforth  Close,  in  compliance  with  an  arbitration  dated 
"tricesimo  die  Julii  Anno  Regni  Regis  Henrici  Octavi  tricesimo 
octavo,"  July  30,  1546.  ("The  Manors  of  Suffolk,"  Coppinger, 
Vol.  Ill,  p.  349.) 

There  are  now  no  Shermans  living  in  or  near  Yaxley. 
^^y  Dedham,  also  called  Delham,  Dyham  and  Byham,  is  a  village 
and  parish  in  the  Hundred  of  Lexden,  in  the  northern  part  of 
Essex,  near  the  River  Stour.  In  it  were  two  manors,  one  called 
Dedham  Hall  and  the  other  called  Over-hall  and  Nether-hall, 
lands  in  which  manors  were  held  by  the  Shermans  as  tenants. 
These  manors  at  one  time  belonged  to  a  family  named  Dedham. 
Robert  de  Dedham,  who  died  in  1288  held  land  in  Dedham  (Mor- 
ant's  History  of  Essex,  1768,  Vol.  II,  p.  247).  Morant  says  of 
Dedham :  "This  was  antiently  a  famous  cloathing  Town,  even  as 
early  as  K.  Richard  the  second's  reign  [1377-1399]  and  the  Bay 
trade  extended  into  it  afterwards,  but  is  now  greatly  upon  the 
decline.  *  *  *  Michael  de  la  Pole,  Earl  of  Suffolk,  had  here 
a  Fulling  Mill  about  the  year  1382."  There  is  evidence  that 
woolen  cloth  was  manufactured  in  Essex  in  Roman  and  Saxon 
times.  In  1250,  the  Monastic  houses  of  Essex  exported  wool  to 
Italy.  At  the  beginning  of  the  fourteenth  century,  cloth  workers 
from  Bruges  settled  at  Dedham  and  other  places.    An  interesting 


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group  of  houses,  formerly  the  residence  of  immigrant  Flemings 
engaged  in  the  Bay  and  Say  weaving  industry,  is  still  standing  in 
Dedham.  Bay  and  Say  are  what  are  now  known  as  baize  and 
serge.  St.  Mary's  church,  at  Dedham,  dating  from  the  time  of 
Henry  III  (1216-1272)  is  a  large  and  fine  one  with  a  tall,  square 
tower  and  a  churchyard  used  as  a  burial  ground,  in  which  only 
one  Sherman  tombstone  now  remains,  that  of  Edmund^  Sherman, 
Gent.,  who  died  Jan.  9  1741/2,  and  his  wife,  Mary,  which  has 
upon  it  the  arms  of  the  Yaxley  and  Dedham  Shermans.  John 
Constable,  one  of  England's  great  landscape  artists,  was  born  and 
received  his  early  education  near  Dedham,  and  painted  many 
scenes  from  its  neighborhood  which  is  often  called  ''Constable's 
Country."  Henry*  Sherman,  son  of  Thomas^  Sherman,  of  Yax- 
ley, who,  according  to  his  father's  will,  dated  Jan.  20,  1551,  was 
still  serving  his  apprenticeship,  although  then  considerably  over 
twenty-one  years  of  age  and  married,  settled  in  Dedham,  and 
there  learned  and  afterwards  pursued  the  trade  of  sherman  or 
clothier  or  woolen  cloth  manufacturer.  A  school  in  Dedham  was 
incorporated  by  charter  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  dated  May  14,  1574, 
with  the  title  of  "Queen  Elizabeth's  Free  Grammar  School." 
She  enjoined  on  the  parents  of  the  boys  of  this  school  that  they 
should  furnish  their  sons  there  with  bows,  shafts,  bracers  and 
gloves,  in  order  to  train  them  to  arms. 

Henry*  Sherman,  of  Dedham  and  Colchester,  clothier,  whose 
will  was  proved  July  25,  1590,  directed  that  he  be  buried  in  the 
parish  Church  of  Dedham  and  gave  to  the  poor  of  Dedham  £20, 
to  be  a  continual  stock  for  the  poor  to  the  world's  end,  and  that  it 
should  be  ordered  at  the  discretion  of  the  Governors  of  the  Free 
School  of  Dedham.  (See  p.  54.) 

Edmund'^  Sherman  of  Dedham,  clothier,  son  of  Henry*  Sher- 
man, in  his  will,  proved  Apr.  30,  1601,  mentioned  his  house  by  the 
church  gate,  and  gave  a  field  and  tenement  in  Dedham  to  "the 
Governors  of  the  Public  Grammar  School  in  Dedham,  to  be  im- 
proved for  a  dwelling  house  for  a  schoolmaster  that  shall  teach 
children  to  read  and  writing,  which  said  schoolmaster  shall  freely 
teach  one  poor  child  which  shall  be  from  time  to  time  appointed 
unto  him  by  my  son  Edward  and  after  him  by  his  heirs  forever." 
There  is  now  in  Dedham,  opposite  the  Chitrch,  a  building  called 
"Sherman  Hall."    The  Parish  Register  of  Dedham  is  replete  with 


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entries  of  vital  records  of  the  Shermans,  showing  that  many  of 
them  were  born,  married  and  buried  there  in  the  sixteenth  and 
seventeenth  centuries,  but  for  a  long  time,  no  Shermans  have 
lived  in  Dedham.  The  descendants  of  the  Dedham  Shermans, 
however,  are  numerous  in  the  United  States. 

The  town  of  Diss,  in  the  Hundred  of  Diss,  in  the  Southern 
part  of  Norfolk,  near  the  river  Waveney,  is  another  place  where 
some  of  the  early  Shermans  lived.  It  is  said  to  take  its  name 
from  its  pond  or  ditch  now  called  a  mere,  which  lies  in  the  rear  of 
the  buildings  on  the  main  street.  It  has  a  fine  large  ancient  stone 
church  with  a  square  tower  situated  on  an  eminence  overlooking 
the  town.  Notable  among  its  Shermans  was  Thomas^  Sherman, 
who  made  his  will  in  1492,  hereinafter  set  forth.  Eye,  near  Yax- 
ley, in  Suffolk,  was  also  connected  with  the  Shermans.  Wortham, 
Suffolk,  was  the  home  of  the  Waller  isLvnily.  Jane,  of  that  name, 
married  the  noted  Thomas^  Sherman,  of  Yaxley,  and  became 
the  mother  of  nine  sons.  Shermans  and  their  relatives  also  lived 
in  other  places  in  the  neighborhood  of  Yaxley  and  Dedham,  in- 
cluding Roydon,  Bramford,  Thrandeston,  Ardleigh.  Palgrave, 
Colchester,  Ipswich  and  Bury  St.  Edmunds. 

The  preparation  of  this  genealogy  during  a  period  of  several 
years  has  involved  extensive  searches  in  the  English  records  and 
the  examination  of  many  Parish  Registers  and  many  wills  and 
probate  records  in  the  Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  at 
Somerset  House,  London,  and  at  Ipswich,  Bury  St.  Edmunds, 
Colchester,  Norwich  and  other  places,  and  also  records  in  the 
London  Public  Record  Office,  the  British  Museum  and  elsewhere, 
of  Manor  Court  Rolls,  Feet  of  Fines.  Lay  Subsidies.  Inquisi- 
tions Post  Mortem,  Patent  Rolls,  Close  Rolls,  Proceedings  of  the 
Court  of  Chancery,  the  Court  of  Star  Chamber,  the  Court  of 
Augmentations  and  the  Court  of  Rec|uests,  De  Banco  Plea  Rolls, 
Common  Pleas  Plea  Rolls.  Deeds  and  other  instruments. 

The  De  Banco  and  Common  Pleas  Plea  Rolls  in  the  Public 
Record  Office  are  the  Records  or  minutes  in  Latin  of  the  pro- 
ceedings of  the  Courts  of  Kings  Bench  and  Common  Pleas.  Each 
Roll  has  its  number  and  consists  of  many  sheets  of  parchment 
or  membranes  also  numbered  and  each  about  a  foot  wide  and 
over  two  feet  long,  fastened  together  at  one  end.  The  proceed- 
ings recorded  are  mainly  actions  to  recover  debts  or  damages  for 


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trespass  on  land  or  for  personal  injuries.  They  also  include  suits 
of  an  equitable  nature.  The  following  is  a  translation  of  an  ex- 
ample of  one  of  these  minutes  or  entries  in  the  Court  of  Common 
Pleas : 

Suffolk.     Michaelmas  Term  4  Philip  and  Mary  [Nov., 
1556] .    Thomas  Sherman  Gent,  in  his  own  proper  person 
proffers  himself  against  John  Deye  of  Yaxley,  husband- 
man, of  a  plea  wherefore  he  has  broken  the  close  and 
house  of  him  the  said  Thomas  at  Yaxley.     (Roll  1168, 
Membrane  Z76). 
These  Rolls  are  not  indexed.    Those  covering  certain  periods 
have  been  examined,  entry  by  entry,  for  references  to  the  name 
Sherman.    The  searcher  notes  and  reports  each  such  appearance 
of  the  name,  giving  the  numbers  of  the  Roll,  membrance  and  entry. 
Such  entries  as  were  thought  to  refer  to  any  particular  Shermans 
in  question  were  given  to  an  expert  who  read  and  translated  and 
copied  or  made  abstracts  of  them. 

Much  of  this  work  was  done  by  the  late  Mr.  J.  Henry  Lea,  and 
his  very  able  and  expert  associate,  Mr.  J.  R.  Hutchinson,  of  Clif- 
ford's Inn,  Fleet  Street,  London.  The  late  Charles  A.  White, 
Esq.,  of  New  Haven,  Conn.,  also  for  many  years  pursued  in- 
vestigations as  to  the  ancestry  of  the  Shermans  in  England  and 
contributed  valuable  and  interesting  articles  on  the  family  with 
abstracts  of  wills  and  records  which  appeared  in  "The  New  Eng- 
land Historical  and  Genealogical  Register."  Mr.  White's  con- 
tributions were  signed  "A  Descendant  of  Captain  John  Sher- 
man." (See  Register  51,  p.  309  and  54,  pp.  62,  152.)  Many  of 
the  wills  hereinafter  mentioned  were  abstracted  by  the  late  Henry 
F.  Waters  and  appear  in  his  "Genealogical  Gleanings  in  Eng- 
land," and  "The  New  England  Historical  and  Genealogical  Reg- 
ister," which  publication  will  be  hereinafter  referred  to  as  the 
"Register." 

Grateful  acknowledgment  for  much  information  as  to  the 
American  Shermans  is  made  to  the  late  Professor  Frank  Demp- 
ster Sherman,  of  Columbia  University,  who  died  Sept.  19,  1916, 
and  was  the  supreme  authority  on  the  genealogy  of  the  various 
branches  of  the  family  in  America.  The  tireless  energy,  pa- 
tience and  perseverance  with  which  his  skillful  and  exhaustive 
researches  in  this  field  were  conducted  for  many  years,  coupled 


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with  his  great  accuracy,  resulted  in  the  compilation  by  him  of 
comprehensive  genealogies  of  reliability  and  inestimable  value. 
It  is  greatly  to  be  regretted  that  he  did  not  live  to  complete  his 
work.  His  records  are  now  in  the  New  York  Public  Library,  the 
gift  of  Mrs.  Sherman. 

The  Sherman  lineage  under  consideration  has  been  directly 
traced  only  to  Thomas^  Sherman,  of  Diss,  No^'folk  and  Yaxley, 
Suffolk,  whose  will  is  dated  Nov.  4,  1492,  less  than  a  month  after 
the  discovery  of  America  by  Columbus,  on  Oct.  12,  1492.  Many 
records  relating  to  earlier  Shermans,  of  Yaxley  and  other  neigh- 
boring places  in  Suffolk,  have  been  found  and  are  deemed  worthy 
of  notice.  Perhaps  further  investigations  may  connect  some  of 
these  persons  with  the  line  of  Thomas,  of  Diss. 

For  the  benefit  of  those  unfamiliar  with  ancient  records  and 
the  methods  of  notation  of  time,  it  is  to  be  observed  that  the  time 
of  many  events  is  recorded  by  reference  to  regnal  years.  These 
begin  with  the  first  day  of  the  reign  of  the  sovereign.  It  is  con- 
venient to  here  note  that  the  reigns  to  which  most  frequent  ref- 
erence will  be  made  begin  as  follows : 

Edward  II  July    8, 1307 

Edward  III  Jan.  25, 1326 

Richard  II  June  22, 1377 

Henry  IV  Sept.  30, 1399 

Henry  V  Mar.  21, 1413 

Henry  VI  Sept.    1,1422 

Edward  IV  Mar.   4, 1461 

Edward  V  Apr.    9,1483 

Richard  III  June  26, 1483 

Henry  VII  Aug.  22,  1485 

Henry  VIII  Apr.  22,  1509 

Edward  VI  Jan.    28,1547 

Mary  July     6,1553 

Elizabeth  Nov.  17, 1558 

James  I  Mar.  24,  1603 

Charles  I  Mar.  27, 1625 

Charles  II  Jan.  30,  1649 

The  regnal  year,  known  as  the  first  year  of  Elizabeth,  began 
on  Nov.  17,  1558,  and  the  second  year,  of  course,  began  on  Nov. 


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17,  1559.    The  law  terms  of  the  Courts  were  and  are  as  follows: 

Hilary  Term  from  23  or  24  Jan.,  to  12  or  13  Feb.,  prior  to  1830 — 
since  then  Jan.  11  to  Jan.  31. 

Easter  (or  Paschal)  Term,  from  17  days  after  Easter,  lasting 
three  weeks,  prior  to  1830.    Since  then  Apr.  15  to  May  8. 

Trinity  Term — From  1264  to  1540,  began  on  Wednesday  after 
Corpus  Christi  day  (Thursday  after  Trinity  Sunday)  lasting 
three  weeks.  From  1541  to  1751  it  began  on  Friday  after 
Corpus  Christi  and  lasted  until  the  following  Wednesday  fort- 
night.    Since  1830,  May  22  to  June  12. 

Michaelmas  Term  from  1264  to  1640  began  on  9  or  10  Oct.,  and 
ended  28  or  29  Nov.  From  1641  to  1751  it  began  on  23  or  24 
Oct.  and  ended  as  before.    Since  1830,  Nov.  2  to  Nov.  25. 

Therefore,  Michaelmas  Term  in  the  reign  of  Elizabeth  would 
be  referred  to  in  a  court  record  as  being  in  two  regnal  years,  thus 
Michaelmas  Term  2  and  3  Elizabeth  would  be  1559. 

Until  1752  in  England  and  this  country  there  were  two  meth- 
ods of  reckoning  time,  the  civil  or  ecclesiastical  year,  beginning  on 
Mar.  25  (Annunciation  Day  or  Lady  Day),  and  the  historical 
year,  beginning  on  Jan.  1.  Hence,  the  days  between  Dec.  31  and 
Mar.  25  were  in  two  years,  thus  Feb.  25,  1750,  according  to  the 
old  civil  year  was  Feb.  25,  1749,  and  is  properly  expressed  Feb. 
25,  1749/50. 

The  present  calendar,  or  what  is  called  New  Style,  in  distinc- 
tion from  Old  Style,  was  established  by  Act  of  Parliament  in 
1751,  adopting  the  Gregorian,  in  place  of  the  Julian  Calendar,  as 
adjusted  by  Julius  Caesar  in  46  B.  C.  By  the  Julian  Calendar  the 
average  length  of  the  year  was  fixed  at  365^  days.  This  was 
too  long  by  a  few  minutes  and  this  error  having  aggregated  10 
days,  Pope  Gregory  XIH  by  bull  in  1582,  introduced  what  is 
called  the  Gregorian  Calendar,  by  which  the  day  following  the 
feast  of  St.  Francis,  Oct.  5th,  was  called  Oct.  15th,  and  the  present 
system  of  reckoning  the  ordinary  years  as  of  365  days  each  and 
the  leap  years  as  of  366  days  each,  was  established.  England, 
however,  continued  to  use  the  Julian  Calendar  until  the  Gregorian 
Calendar  was  adopted  by  the  Act  of  Parliament  above  mentioned, 
Chapter  XXIII,  24  George  II,  1751,  entitled  "An  Act  regulating 
the  commencement  of  the  year;  and  for  correcting  the  calendal 


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now  in  use."  It  enacted  that  the  first  day  of  Jan.  next  following 
the  last  day  of  Dec,  1751,  should  be  the  first  day  of  the  year 
1752,  and  that  from  and  after  that  day,  the  several  days  of  each 
month  should  go  on  and  be  reckoned  and  numbered  in  the  same 
order  until  the  second  day  of  Sept.,  1752,  and  that  the  natural  day 
next  immediately  following  should  be  called  and  reckoned  to  be 
the  fourteenth  day  of  Sept.,  omitting  for  that  time  only,  the  eleven 
intermediate  nominal  days,  and  that  the  several  natural  days  which 
should  follow  should  be  numbered  forward  in  numerical  order 
from  said  fourteenth  day  of  Sept.,  according  to  the  order  and 
succession  of  days  then  used  in  the  then  present  calendar.  There 
is  still  some  error  in  the  calendar  resulting  in  an  excess  of  time  in 
each  year.  The  difference  between  Old  Style  and  New  Style 
from  1582  to  1700  is  10  days  and  from  1700  to  1753  is  11  days. 
This  should  be  borne  in  mind  in  considering  Old  Style  dates,  and 
the  difference  should  be  added  in  correcting  a  date  from  Old  Style 
to  New  Style.  Thus,  Feb.  11.  1750,  Old  Style,  is  Feb.  22,  1750. 
New  Style.  In  Old  Style,  March  was  called  the  first  month  and 
Feb.  the  twelfth  month. 

THE  YAXLEY  SHERMANS. 

Yaxley  has  always  been  a  small  village  and  probably  all  the 
Shermans  who  have  lived  there  were  of  the  same  family.  The 
Arms  of  this  family  are :  Or,  a  Lion  Rampant  sable  between 
three  oak  leaves,  vert.  The  crest  is:  A  Sea  Lion  sejeant  or  (or 
sable  or  argent).  ("The  General  Armory,"  Burke,  1878,  p.  922.) 
For  an  illustration  of  these  Arms  see  "The  New  York  Genea- 
logical and  Biographical  Record,"  Vol.  44,  p.  341.  This  is  similar 
to  one  which  belonged  to  Hon.  Roger  Sherman  at  his  death  in 
1793,  and  is  now  owned  by  the  author.  Other  Sherman  Arms 
given  by  Burke  are :  Sherman  of  Newark,  County  of  Leicester. 
In  the  Herald's  Visitation  of  Leicester  in  1619,  appears  William'' 
Sherman,  then  aged  34  years,  son  and  heir  of  John^  Sherman  and 
grandson  of  William*  Sherman,  grocer  and  merchant  of  London, 
fifth  son  of  Thomas^  Sherman  of  Yaxley,  time  of  Henry  VII 
(1485-1509),  with  same  arms  as  Sherman  of  Yaxley,  the  lion 
charged  on  the  shoulder  with  an  annulet  for  difference.  Crest :  a 
sea  lion  sejeant  argent,  guttee  de  poix,  finned  or.  Sherman  of 
Ottery  St.  Mary,  Devonshire.     In  the  visitation  of  Devonshire  in 


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1620,  appear,  John  Sherman  and  Richard  Sherman,  sons  of 
WilHam  Sherman  and  grandsons  of  John  Sherman  who  was  son 
and  heir  of  Robert  Sherman  of  Yaxley,  by  his  wife  the  daughter 
of  WilHam  Sherman  of  Ottery  St.  Mary.  Arms :  Or,  a  lion  ram- 
pant sable  between  three  holly  leaves  vert.  Crest :  a  sea  lion 
sejeant  sable,  guttee  d'or,  finned  proper. 

In  the  Lay  Subsidy  of  1327,  which  was  a  tax  of  one-twentieth 
on  moveables  or  personal  property,  the  original  roll  for  which  is 
in  the  Public  Record  Ofhce  in  London,  John  Sherman,  of  the  '*Vil- 
lata  de  Jakeslee,"  Yaxley,  in  the  Hundred  of  Hartesmere,  Suf- 
folk, was  taxed  twelve  pence.  The  record  reads :  "de  Johanne 
Sherman  xii  d."     (Sufifolk  Green  Book  No.  IX,  Vol.  2,  p.  24.) 

In  1341,  Roger  Sherman,  Chaplain,  suffered  a  fine  of  lands  in 
Yaxley,  Eye,  and  other  neighboring  places.  (Calendar  of  Sufifolk 
fines,  Rye,  p.  193.) 

Henry  Shennan,  of  Yaxley,  son  of  John,  appears  in  Court 
proceedings  in  1349-1356,  as  follows : 

Trinity  Term  24  Edward  III  (May- June,  1349),  The  Prior 
of  Eye,  Suffolk,  a  Village  about  two  miles  east  of  Yaxley,  sued 
Henry  Sherman  of  Jakesle,  to  compel  him  to  render  his  reasonable 
account  for  the  time  during  which  he  was  the  said  Prior's  re- 
ceiver of  money.  (De  Banco  Plea  Roll  362:  membrane  68.) 
Easter  Term  27  Edward  III  (Apr.-May,  1352),  John  son  of  John 
of  the  Howe,  who  was  of  Yaxley,  sued  Henry  son  of  John  le 
Sherman  for  debt  (D.  B.  P.  Roll  373  :4). 

Trinity  term  28  Edward  III  (May- June,  1353),  Margaret  who 
was  the  wife  of  Ivo  de  Kenton  sued  Henry  le  Sherman,  of 
Yakesle  to  compel  him  to  render  to  her  reasonable  account  for  the 
time  during  which  he  was  her  receiver.     (D.  B.  P.  Roll  378:38.) 

Michaelmas  Term  31  Edward  III  (Nov.,  1356),  John 
Pampyng  sued  Henry  Sherman  of  Yakesle  to  recover  debt  of  40 
shillings.     (D.  B.  P.  Roll  392:317.) 

After  this,  no  record  of  any  Sherman  of  Yaxley  has  been  found 
until  May,  1395  (Trinity  Term  18-19  Richard  II),  when  Roger 
Glendale  and  Johan,  his  wife,  sued  John  Wrenne,  of  Yaxley,  John 
Dune,  Thomas  Sharman,  Thpmas  Cokke  and  Thomas  Attehowe 
to  recover  the  third  part  of  twelve  acres  of  land  in  Yaxley  which 
plaintiffs  claimed  in  dower  of  the  dowering  of  Henry  Sharman, 
formerly  Johan's  husband.     The  sheriff  was  ordered  to  seize  the 


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aforesaid  third  part  into  the  hands  of  the  King  (De  Banco  Plea 
Roll  538:182).  The  defendant,  Thomas  Sharman,  was  probably 
a  son  of  the  plaintiff  Johan  (Sharman)  Glendale.  It  will  be  seen 
hereafter  that  Thomas^  Sherman  of  Yaxley,  in  his  will  dated 
Jan.  20,  1551,  mentions  his  "lands  sumetyme  Wrenys  lying  in 
Yaxlee." 

In  Apr.-May,  1460  (Easter  Term  38  Henry  VI),  John  Kew, 
of  Diss,  and  John  Payn,  of  Reydon,  sued  to  recover  ten  marks 
from  each  of  John  Sherman  and  Robert  Sherman,  both  of  Yax- 
ley, yeomen.     (De  Banco  Roll  797:325.     Register  68,  p.   148.) 

The  will  of  John  Sherman  of  Yaxley,  dated  Aug.  20,  1465, 
was  proved  Oct.  2,  1466.  He  directs  that  he  be  buried  in  Yaxley 
churchyard,  and  mentions  his  wife  Margaret,  his  son  Robert  and 
Robert's  son  William.  He  also  mentions  another  Robert  Sher- 
man who  was  probably  a  relative.  He  gives  his  wife  a  garden 
called  "Bukksyerde."  Thomas^  Sherman  of  Yaxley,  who  died  in 
1551,  in  his  will,  mentions  lands  called  "Bukky's  Lede,"  and  he 
may  have  been  a  descendant  of  this  testator  John  Sherman  (Reg- 
ister 66,  p.  322). 

The  next  Yaxley  Sherman  to  be  found  in  the  records  is 
Thomas^  Sherman,  of  Diss  and  Yaxley,  who  died  in  1493,  and 
with  him  the  pedigree  hereinafter  given  starts. 

From  the  foregoing,  it  appears  that  the  following  named 
Shermans  were  living  at  Yaxley,  at  the  dates  following : 

John  Sherman — 1327. 

John  Sherman — 1349. 

Henry  Sherman,  his  son — 1349. 

Henry  Sherman. 

Johan  (Jane)  Sherman,  his  wife — before  1395, 

Thomas  Sherman — 1395. 

John  Sherman — 1460. 

Robert  Sherman — 1460. 

John  Sherman — 1465. 

Margaret  Sherman,  his  wife — 1465. 

Robert  Sherman,  their  son — 1466. 

William  Sherman,  son  of  last  mentioned  Robert — 1466. 

Thomas^  Sherman,  of  Diss  and  Yaxley — 1492. 

The  line  of  Dcdham  Shermans  begins  with  Henry*  Sherman, 
who  was  born  about  1520,  and  whose  will  is  dated  Jan.  20,  1590. 


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OTHER  EARLY  SHERMANS. 

A  license  to  trade  in  wool  was  granted  at  Westminster,  June 
8,  1274,  to  Richard  le  Shereman  merchant  of  Huthe  (Hythe),  in 
Essex,  near  Colchester.  (Calendar  of  Patent  Rolls,  Edward  I.) 
Adam  le  Scherman  and  Christian,  his  wife,  of  Suffolk,  were  sued 
for  trespass  in  June,  1297.  (Coram  Rege  Rolls,  Index  Library.) 
Michaelmas  Term  18  Richard  H,  1394,  William  Sherman,  of 
BIyburgh,  James  Sherman,  of  Little  Blakenham,  and  John  Sher- 
man, of  Belton,  all  in  Suffolk,  were  sued;  William  for  "with 
swords,  bows  and  arrows"  taking  and  imprisoning  Robert  Gar- 
neys;  James  for  taking  and  carrying  away  goods  and  chattels  (De 
Banco  Roll  535:523),  and  John  for  forcible  entry  and  taking  of 
property.     (Same  Roll  556.) 

Robert  Sherman,  Clerk,  was  Rector  of  Ikworth,  Suffolk,  about 
eight  miles  southwest  of  Yaxley,  from  Dec.  12,  1426,  to  Mar.  5, 
1449/50.  (Ikworth  Parish  Registers  by  Ernest  Jackson,  p.  39.) 
He  was'  sued  for  debt  several  times  and  in  1448  sued  to  recover  a 
horse  of  the  price  of  forty  shillings. 

Thomas  Sherman,  husbandman  of  Aspale  juxta  Debenham, 
about  seven  miles  south  of  Yaxley,  was  a  party  to  actions  1438- 
1449.  William  Sherman,  Rector  of  the  parish  church  of  Thweyt, 
about  three  miles  southwest  of  Yaxley,  appears  as  party  to  actions 
1439-1454. 

The  will  of  John  Herberd  of  Yaxley,  dated  Jan.  23,  1458/9, 
proved  June  29,  1459  (P.  C.  C.  Stokton  17),  devises  "all  my 
lands  late  bought  of  Margaret  Sherman  &  Thomas  Porter,  chap- 
lain, lying  in  Yaxlee  in  a  field  called  Netherfield"  (Register  68,  p. 
149.) 

Easter  Term  24  Henry  VI,  1446,  Robert  Scherman,  of  Cog- 
geshall,  Essex,  sherman,  was  sued  for  debt  (De  Banco  Roll  741 : 
27)  and  in  Michaelmas  Term  27,  Henry  VI,  1448,  he  was  sued  as 
Robert  Sharman,  for  trespass.     (Roll  751:270.) 

Trinity  Term  8  Henry  VII,  1493,  Robert  Wrenne,  of  Yax- 
ley, husbandman ,  John  Sherman,  of  Gyslyngham,  husbandman, 
and  another,  were  sued  by  Geoffrey  Dunston  for  forcible  entry  of 
his  houses  at  Bury  St.  Edmunds  and  Yaxley,  and  taking  chattels 
and  depasturing  his  lands  with  horses  and  cattle  on  Oct.  19,  1492 
(De  Banco  Roll  925:227). 


12  Sherman  Genealogy 

William  Sherman  was  Vicar  of  Newton,  Suffolk,  about  six 
miles  south  of  Yaxley,  in  Nov.,  1495.     (Roll  936:282.) 

Michaelmas  Term  13  Henry  VII,  1497,  John  Sherman,  of 
Neyland,  Suffolk,  near  Dedham,  Essex,  fuller,  was  sued  for  debt. 
(Roll  942:165.) 

In  1499  Thomas  Sherman  was  Vicar  of  Great  Elyngham,  near 
Diss,  in  Norfolk  (Roll  947:221). 

Trinity  Term  9  Henry  VIII,  1517,  a  writ  was  issued  for  the 
arrest  of  Roger  Sherman,  of  Debenham,  Suffolk,  about  ten 
miles  south  of  Yaxley,  for  detaining  a  horse.  (Com.  Pleas  Roll 
1019:400.) 

The  Court  Rolls  of  the  manor  of  Sackville,  in  Debenham, 
have  entries  between  1513  and  1602,  relating  to  a  Sherman 
family  of  Debenham,  tenants  of  that  manor.  Of  this  family  were 
Nicholas  Sherman,  a  tenant,  in  1513.  He  died  about  1537,  leav- 
ing a  widow,  Margaret,  and  a  youngest  son  and  heir,  John,  aged 
ten  years.  Roger  Sherman  took  land  in  1513  and  died  about 
1517,  leaving  Roger  Sherman,  his  youngest  son  and  heir,  aged 
three  years  in  1519,  who  married  Elizabeth  and  had  a  son  John, 
who  died  in  1587,  leaving  a  wife  Alice,  who  afterwards  married 
Qement  Tuthill,  and  daughters  Alice  and  Elizabeth.  The  said 
Roger  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  both  died  before  Sept.  2,  1601. 
There  was  also  a  tenant  Thomas  Sherman,  mercer,  dealer  in 
cloths,  who  also  lived  at  Horham  and  Ipswich,  who  died  in  1602, 
having  in  1601  surrendered  lands  to  the  use  of  his  last  will.  These 
Manor  Rolls  are  in  the  Town  Hall,  Ipswich. 

Gilbert  Sherman,  of  Becclys,  Suffolk,  Gent,  appeared  in  the 
Courts  as  a  party  often  from  1533  until  1573,  when  Thomas* 
Sherman,  his  administrator,  appears  by  Francis  Sherman,  his  at- 
torney. Gilbert  Sherman  married  Isabel,  daughter  of  Robert 
Wolcy  (Wolsey),  of  Beccles,  dyer,  and  Isabel,  his  wife.  Gilbert 
Sherman  appeared  in  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  as  Attorney  for 
Richard  Yaxley,  sued  by  Thomas  Sherman,  of  Yaxley,  for  £20, 
Michaelmas  Term  28  Henry  VIII,  1536.  (Roll  1091 :512.)  Gil- 
bert Sherman,  described  as  "one  of  the  attorneys  of  this  Bench, 
1539."  (Roll  1102:412.)  Michaelmas  Term  3  Edward  VI,  1549, 
Gilbert  Sherman  in  his  own  proper  person  sued  Thomas  Brown, 
of  Beccles,  yeoman,  for  defamation  in  that  Brown  af  Beccles,  did 
say  and  proclaim  "Sherman  thow  art  a  false  Knave  &  a  Tray  tour,  a 


Sherman  Genealogy  13 

Theefe,  an  oppressour,  a  bryber;  and  by  Godds  bloud,  Traytour! 
yf  thow  wilt  not  paye  me  for  my  geldyng,  I  shall  carry  the  to  the 
Oke  at  Muswold  with  thre  hundreth  horsemen,  for  now  ys  the  day 
come  that  all  theves,  oppressours  &  Traytours  as  thowe  art  shal 
be  hanged ;  and  as  for  the  lawe,  Knave,  we  wyll  no  more  of  yt,  & 
by  Godds  sowle,  traytour,  I  will  make  the  sure  by  &  by  that  thoue 
shalt  not  go  away."  (C.  P.  Roll  1142:294.)  The  oak  on  Mouse- 
hold  Heath  without  the  gates  of  Norwich,  was  an  ancient  tree 
where  traitors  were  hanged.  Kett,  in  his  rebellion,  set  up  his 
court  beneath  it. 

EARLY  NEW  ENGLAND  SHERMANS. 

The  early  Sherman  settlers  in  New  England,  whose  descen- 
dants in  this  country  are  so  numerous,  were  as  follows : 

Captain  John  Sherman,  Rev.  John  Sherman  and  his  brother 
Samuel  Sherman,  Philip  Sherman  and  his  brother  Samuel  Sher- 
man, all  of  whom  came  from  Dedham,  Essex  County. 

Rev.  John  Sherman  and  his  brother  Samuel  spelled  their 
name  "Sherman."    The  others  spelled  it  "Shearman." 

William  Sherman  also  came  from  England  about  1632  to 
Plymouth,  Mass.,  and  afterwards  settled  at  Marshfield  where 
he  died  and  was  buried  Oct.  25,  1679.  His  descendants  are 
numerous.  His  place  of  origin  in  England  is  as  yet  unknown, 
but  is  was  probably  Northamptonshire. 

Other  early  immigrant  Shermans  who  left  no  known  de- 
scendants were  Richard,  uncle  of  Rev.  John,  of  Dedham,  who 
died  in  Boston,  Mass.,  May  20,  1660,  and  Thomas  Sherman,  who 
came  from  London  in  the  ship  "Hopewell,"  Feb.  17,  1634.  He 
may  have  been  the  Thomas  who  was  of  Ipswich,  on  Dec.  27,  1642, 
and  was  then  sued  for  trespass.  (Records  and  Files  of  Quarterly 
Courts  of  Essex  County,  Vol.  I,  p.  45.)  He  was  a  servant  of 
Governor  Simon  Bradstreet,  and  on  Dec.  31,  1645,  was  sentenced 
by  the  Court  to  be  whipped  next  lecture  day  at  Ipswich,  "that  is 
faier  wether"  for  running  away,  stealing  money  from  his  master 
and  others,  writing  a  defamatory  letter  from  England  and  forg- 
ing one  from  his  father,  to  the  prejudice  of  the  country  and  his 
master.  (Id.  p.  91.)  The  court  on  Jan.  2,  1650,  directed  that 
the  sentence  of  Thomas  Shareman,  servant  to  Worshipful  Simon 


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Brodestrette,  above  mentioned,  of  Dec.  31,  1645,  be  carried  out, 
said  Shareman  to  serve  his  master  one  year  and  four  months 
longer.  (Id.  p.  205.)  Nothing  further  is  known  of  him,  nor  is 
anything  known  of  three  Shermans  who  came  to  Virginia  from 
England;  James  in  1643,  Edmund  in  1650,  and  William  in  1652; 
nor  of  Joseph  of  Wethersfield,  Conn.,  in  1636,  and  Thomas  of 
Fairfield,  Conn.,  in  1651,  and  later  of  Long  Island. 

Captain  John  Sherman  came  to  Watertown,  Mass.,  with  his 
mother,  Grace,  then  wife  of  Thomas  Rogers,  and  her  husband, 
about  1636,  and  lived  and  died  there.  He  was  the  ancestor, 
among  others,  of  Hon.  Roger  Sherman,  signer  of  the  Declara- 
tion of  Independence;  Judge  Roger  Minott  Sherman,  Judge  and 
United  States  Attorney  General  Ebenezer  Rockwood  Hoar,  United 
States  Senator  George  Frisbie  Hoar,  United  States  Attorney- 
General,  Secretary  of  State  and  Senator  William  Maxwell  Evarts, 
Governor  of  Connecticut  and  United  States  Senator  Roger  Sher- 
man Baldwin  and  his  son,  Chief  Justice  and  Governor  of  Con- 
necticut, Simeon  Eben  Baldwin. 

Hon.  Samuel  Sherman,  brother  of  Rev.  John,  about  1634, 
came  from  Dedham  with  his  father  Edmund,  w^ho  died  at  New 
Haven,  Conn.,  1641.  He  lived  at  Watertown  and  Boston,  Mass., 
Wethersfield,  Stratford  and  Fairfield,  Conn.,  where  he  died  April 
5,  1700.  He  was  a  leading  man  in  New  Haven  Colony,  a  con- 
spicuous member  of  the  Church  and  an  Assistant  from  1662  to 
1667.  He  was  the  father  of  Captain  and  Judge  John  Sherman, 
of  Woodbury,  Conn.,  who  was  speaker  of  the  Connecticut  Gen- 
eral Assembly,  Assistant  and  Judge  of  Probate  and  Judge  of  the 
County  Court.  Their  descendants  included  General  William 
Tecumseh  Sherman  and  United  States  Senator  and  Secretary 
of  State,  John  Sherman. 

Rev.  John  Sherman  came  in  the  ship  "Elizabeth,"  which  sailed 
from  Ipswich  "the  last  of  April,  1634,"  aged  20.  He  settled  first 
at  Watertown,  Mass.,  then  at  Milford,  Conn.,  New  Haven,  Conn, 
and  finally  again  at  Watertown,  Mass.,  where  he  died  Aug.  8, 
1685.    He  was  a  noted  divine. 

Hon.  Philip  Sherman  came  in  1632/3,  lived  for  a  short  time  in 
Roxbury,  Mass.,  removed  to  Rhode  Island  about  1638  and  set- 
tled at  Portsmouth,  where  he  died  in  Mar..  1687.  He  was  one  of 
the  founders  of  the  Rhode  Island  Colony,  its  first  Recorder  or 


Sherman  Genealogy  15 

Secretary,  and  prominent  in  all  public  affairs.  Among  his  de- 
scendants were  Gen.  Thomas  West  Sherman,  of  the  Mexican  and 
Civil  Wars,  Vice-President  James  Schoolcraft  Sherman  and 
Professor  Frank  Dempster  Sherman,  of  Columbia  University. 
Samuel  Sherman,  brother  of  Philip,  settled  in  Boston,  Mass., 
where  he  died,  in  1643.  A  William  and  a  Thomas  Sherman  were 
in  New  Jersey  before  1700. 

To  the  late  Professor  Frank  Dempster  Sherman,  the  Sherman 
family  will  be  under  lasting  obligation  for  his  services  during 
many  years  in  ascertaining  the  facts  and  compiling  genealogies  of 
the  several  branches  of  the  family  in  America.  His  line  of  de- 
scent from  Hon.  Philip^  Sherman,  of  Rhode  Island,  is  as  follows : 

Hon.  Philip^  Sherman,  born  Dedham,  England,  baptized  there 
Feb.  10,  1611;  died  Mar.,  1687,  Portsmouth,  Rhode  Island;  mar- 
ried Sarah  Odding.  Their  son  Peleg-  Sherman,  born  Portsmouth, 
R.  I.,  1638;  died  1719,  Kingston,  R.  I.;  married  July  25,  1657, 
Elizabeth  Lawton,  daugter  of  Thomas  Lawton,  born  1639,  and 
survived  her  husband.  Their  son,  Thomas^  Sherman,  born  Ports- 
mouth, R.  I.,  Aug.  8,  1658;  died  before  July  21,  1719;  married 
May  26,  1702,  Lydia  Wilcox,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Elizabeth 
(Cook)  Wilcox,  granddaughter  of  Frances  Cooke  and  Richard 
Warren,  who  came  in  the  "Mayflower;"  d.  1756,  as  widow  of 
Thomas  Potter,  Sr.  Their  son,  Benjamin^  Sherman,  born  South 
Kingston,  R.  I.,  about  1712;  died  after  1786;  married  for  his  first 
wife,  about  1740,  his  second  cousin,  Mary  Sherman,  dau.  of 
William,"  born  June  29,  1724,  North  Kingston,  R.  I.,  and  died 
May  12,  1762.  Their  son,  James'^  Sherman,  bap.  South  Kingston, 
R.  I.,  July  17,  1762;  died  Jan.  12,  1839;  married  about  1788, 
Ruth  Brewster,  daughter  of  William  and  Olive  (Morgan)  Brews- 
ter, a  descendant  of  Elder  William  Brewster  of  the  Mayflower, 
born  Oct.  25,  1764,  and  died  Feb.  1,  1845.  James^  Sherman  served 
in  the  Revolutionary  War.  Their  son,  James^  Sherman,  born 
Apr.  20,  1796,  near  Rome,  N.  Y. ;  died  Apr.  16,  1865;  married 
Feb.  28,  1821,  Fidelia  Fairchild,  daughter  of  Stephen  and  Ruth 
(Foote)  Fairchild,  born  Nov.  8,  1799,  and  died  Sept.  3,  1875. 
Their  son,  John  Dempster'^  Sherman,  born  Oct.  25,  1829,  at 
Locke,  Cayuga  County,  N.  Y. ;  died  Feb.  11,  1908;  married  Aug. 
10,  1857,  Lucy  McFarland,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Martha  (Skin- 
ner)  McFarland,  born  June  14,  1838  and  died  Mar.  14,  1878. 


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Their  eldest  son  was  Professor  Frank  Dempster^  Sherman,  born 
May  6,  1860,  at  Peekskill,  N.  Y. ;  married  Nov.  16,  1887,  Juliet 
Mersereau  Durand,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Cyrus  Bervic  and  Sarah 
Elizabeth  (Mersereau)  Durand,  born  Sept.  15,  1868.  Profes- 
sor Sherman,  Ph.B.,  Columbia,  1884,  from  1886  until  his  death 
was  connected  with  Columbia  University  in  the  School  of  Archi- 
tecture and  at  his  death  was  Professor  of  Graphics.  He  was  also 
well  known  as  the  author  of  many  poems.  He  died  Sept.  19,  1916. 
The  Sherman  immigrants  whose  descendants  are  hereinafter 
dealt  with,  were  of  the  Dedham  family,  whose  Dedham  ancestor 
was  Henry*  Sherman,  of  Dedham  and  Colchester,  clothier  or 
woolen  manufacturer.  He  undoubtedly  was  the  son  of  Thomas^ 
Sherman,  of  Yaxley,  a  very  interesting  and  notable  character  in 
his  day.  Singularly,  however,  in  the  great  amount  of  information 
about  these  people,  no  absolute  proof  that  these  men  were  father 
and  son  has  been  found.  Thomas^  died  in  1551,  leaving  nine  sons, 
of  whom  Henry*' was  the  fourth.  By  his  father's  will,  dated  Jan. 
20,  1551,  Henry*  receives  a  legacy  to  be  paid  to  him  "when  he 
comyth  oute  of  his  prentyshode."  Because  he  was  still  serving 
as  an  apprentice  learning  a  trade,  he  was  not  necessarily  a  minor. 
The  usual  term  of  apprenticeship  was  then  seven  years  and  al- 
though such  terms  usually  began  during  minority,  they  frequent- 
ly continued  for  several  years  after  the  apprentice  was  of  full  age 
and  sometimes  began  after  the  age  of  twenty-one.  This  was  ap- 
parently the  case  with  Henry.*  His  father  was  married  probably 
about  1512,  and  as  Henry's*  daughter  Alice  who  married  Nicholas 
Fynce,  had  a  daughter  Elizabeth  buried  at  Dedham,  Mar  6,  1563, 
she  must  have  been  married  in  1562  or  earlier  and  born  about 
1542.  Consequently,  Henry*  was  born  as  early  as  about  1520,  and 
in  such  case  was  about  30  years  old  at  the  time  of  his  father's 
death  in  1551.  He  was  engaged  in  the  trade  of  shearman  or 
clothier  or  woolen  manufacturer  and  the  Dedham  Manor  Court 
Rolls  show  that  he  was  a  householder  there  in  1548.  Nothing  in 
any  records  as  yet  found  shows  that  this  Henry  was  not  the  son 
of  Thomas^  of  Yaxley,  or  that  there  was  any  other  person  named 
Henry  Sherman  who  could  have  been  the  son  of  said  Thomas. 
Henry,  the  son  of  Thomas,  is  mentioned  in  the  wills  of  his  mother, 
his  brothers  and  his  nephews,  but  not  in  such  a  way  as  to  abso- 
lutely identify  him.    He  was  the  progenitor  of  the  Dedham  Sher- 


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mans  who  bore  the  Arms  of  the  Yaxley  Shermans.  "The  Arms 
of  the  Shermans  of  Essex,  as  recorded  in  the  College  of  Arms, 
are  the  same  with  slight  variation  as  the  Arms  of  the  Yaxley  Sher- 
mans." (Charles  A.  White,  Reg.  54  p.  64.)  John  Gwillim's 
"Display  of  Heraldry,"  published  in  1660,  says  that  the  Dedham 
Shermans  were  "originally  extracted  from  Yaxley  in  Suffolk" 
(Reg.  51,  p.  357).  Other  circumstantial  evidence  that  Henry* 
was  the  son  of  Thomas^  Sherman  of  Yaxley,  will  hereinafter  ap- 
pear. 

Another  fact  not  absolutely  proved,  but  practically  certain  is 
that  Grace  Sherman,  the  mother  of  Captain  John  Sherman,  of 
Watertown,  the  immigrant,  was  the  daughter  of  Tobias  Makin,  of 
Fringrinhoe,  Essex.  The  burial  of  his  father  John,  and  his  bap- 
tism and  that  of  his  brother  Richard,  at  Great  Horkesly,  Essex, 
and  the  baptism  at  Dedham  of  his  half-sister,  Elizabeth  Rogers, 
after  their  mother  Grace's  second  marriage  to  Thomas  Rogers,  as 
shown  by  the  records,  will  appear.  Grace,  in  her  will,  called  the 
Rev.  John  Sherman  her  cousin,  that  is,  as  the  term  was  then  used, 
her  nephew.  It  is  quite  certain  that  his  mother,  Joan,  was  a 
daughter  of  Tobias  Makin,  and  consequently,  a  sister  of  Grace. 
These  and  other  facts  hereinafter  stated  and  the  absence  of  any 
evidence  to  the  contrary,  tend  to  prove  the  parentage  of  Grace 
Sherman. 

The  earliest  will  of  a  Yaxley  Sherman  is  that  of  John,  who 
died  in  1466.    The  following  is  an  abstract  of  it: 

JOHN  SHERMAN,  of  Yaxley,  Suffolk ;  m.  Margaret ;  d.  1466. 
Will  dated  Aug.  20,  1465. 

To  be  buried  in  Yaxley  churchyard.  Bequest  to  Mar- 
garet my  wife ;  to  the  high  altar  of  Yaxley.  To  Robert  my  son 
the  tenement  formerly  Robert  Sherman's  containing  eight 
acres  of  land.  To  my  godson  Richard  eight  acres  of  land 
called  Fiveacre  and  Ly  Heme.  To  my  wife  Margaret  a  gar- 
den called  Bukksyerde.  A  trental  (thirty  successive  daily 
requiem  masses)  of  St.  Gregory  to  be  said  for  my  soul  and 
the  souls  of  my  father  and  mother.  A  churchale  (festival  at 
which  ale  is  used)  to  be  held  in  Yaxley  church.  Executors 
Robert  Sherman  my  son  and  his  son  William.     Proved  Oct. 


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2,   1466.      (Archdeaconry  of   Sudbury,   Bury   St.   Edmunds, 
Book  II,  fol.  384.    Reg.  66,  p.  322.) 

The  will  of  Thomas^  Sherman,  of  Yaxley,  dated  Jan.  20, 
1550/1,  gives  to  his  sister  Loclcwood,  an  annuity  charged  on  lands 
called  "Bukkys  Lede." 

1.  THOMAS^  SHERMAN,  of  Diss,  Norfolk  and  Yaxley,  Suf- 
folk, England ;  mar.  Agnes.  He  d.  1493.  His  will  in  Latin 
dated  Nov.  4,  1492,  was  proved  Apr.  4,  1493  (Consistory 
Court,  Norwich,  Awbrye  130).  The  following  is  a  transla- 
tion of  it : 

IN  THE  NAME  OF  GOD  AMEN  the  fourth  day  of  the  month  of 
November  1492  I  THO :  SHERMAN  of  Dysse  being  sound  of  mind  and 
of  good  memory,  do  make  my  testament  and  last  will  in  manner  follow- 
ing. First  I  bequeath  my  soul  to  Almighty  God  the  Blessed  Virgin  and  all 
the  Saints  and  my  body  to  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  the  Parish 
church  of  Dysse  aforesaid  Item  I  bequeath  to  the  high  altar  of  the  same 
church  6s.  8d.  Item  I  bequeath  to  the  reparation  of  the  same  church  6s. 
8d.  Item  I  bequeath  to  the  Gilde  of  St.  Nicholas  20d.  Item  I  bequeath  to 
the  Gilde  of  Corpus  Christi  12d.  Item  to  the  high  altar  of  Yaxle  2s.  Item 
I  bequeath  to  the  reparation  of  that  Church  20d.  Item  I  bequeath  to  Will- 
iam Tybbenham  my  servant  6s.  8d.  Item  I  bequeath  to  each  of  my  god- 
sons and  goddaughters  4d.  Item  I  bequeath  to  the  lane  called  Stybys  (or 
Styvys)  lane  6s.  8d.  Item  I  bequeath  to  the  reparation  of  the  church  of 
Reydon  two  bushels  of  corn  and  four  bushels  of  malt.  Item  I  bequeath 
to  the  reparation  of  the  church  of  Stuston  two  bushels  of  corn  and  four 
bushels  of  malt.  Item  I  bequeath  to  the  reparation  of  the  church  of 
Burston  two  bushels  of  corn  and  four  bushels  of  malt.  Item  I  will  that 
Agnes  my  wife  shall  have  my  tenement  except  three  houses  namely  a 
Berne  a  stable  a  nethouse  next  to  the  tenement  of  Agnes  Melton  with  the 
croft  lying  between  the  land  of  Thomas  Cowper  on  the  one  part  and  the 
Lord's  copyhold  land  in  the  tenure  of  William  Boty  on  the  other  part  for 
the  term  of  her  widowhood  and  eight  cows.  Item  I  will  that  John  my  son 
shall  have  my  lands  and  tenements  in  Dysse  and  Yaxle  aforesaid  to  fulfil 
and  perform  my  last  will.  Item  I  bequeath  to  the  four  orders  of  Friars 
of  Norwich  to  each  of  them  3s.  4d.  Item  I  will  have  an  honest  priest 
to  sing  for  my  soul  and  for  the  souls  of  my  parents  and  benefactors  by 
the  space  of  four  years.  Item  I  bequeath  to  Agnes  the  wife  of  John  Clerk 
one  young  cow  of  the  best.  Item  I  bequeath  to  Thomas  Clerk  my  godson 
one  young  cow  with  calf.  Item  I  bequeath  to  Elizabeth  Clerk  one  heifer 
and  to  each  of  the  sons  of  the  said  John  Clerk  one  calf.  Item  I  be- 
queath to  each  of  the  daughters  of  John  Sherman  one  calf.  Item  I  be- 
queath to  Thomas  Shereve  my  godson  one  calf.  The  residue  of  all  my 
goods  not  above  bequeathed  I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  disposition  of  the 


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aforesaid  John  Sherman  and  John  Clerk  whom  I  ordain  make  and  con- 
stitute my  faithful  executors  to  order  and  dispose  as  they  shall  deem  best 
for  the  pleasure  of  God  and  the  good  of  my  soul.  Dated  the  place  day 
and  year  aforesaid.  Proved  at  Norwich  4  April  1493  and  administration 
granted  to  John  Sherman  executor  named  in  the  will,  power  being  reserved 
to  John  Clerk  the  other  executor.  (Consistory  Court  of  Norwich,  Reg- 
ister Awbrye,  fol.  130.) 

Children : 
2        I.  John-  Sherman  of  Yaxley. 

II.  Agnes-  Sherman;  m.  John  Clerk  or  Clerke.  Chil- 
dren: 1.  Thomas  Clerke;  2.  Elizabeth  Clerke  and  one 
or  more  other  sons. 

Will  of  Richard  Lany,  citizen  and  scrivener,  of  London,  dated 
Nov.  11,  1538,  proved  Jan.  22,  1539.  Mentions  "kinswoman 
Margery  Clerke." 

Richard  Lany's  dau.  Faith  Lany,  called  in  his  will  a  "young- 
ling," mar.  William*  Sherman,  son  of  Thomas. ^  William*  Sher- 
man d.  June  1,  1583. 

Roydon,  Norfolk,  is  very  near  Diss.  Burston,  Norfolk,  is 
about  two  miles  north  of  Diss. 

The  will  of  John  Clerke,  of  Diss,  son-in-law  of  Thomas^ 
Sherman,  of  Diss,  is  dated  Feb.  2,  1506-7: 

My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  churchyard  of  Disse.  To  the  high 
altar  there,  for  tithes  forgotten,  3s.  4d.  To  the  reparations  of  the  same 
church  12d.  To  the  gilde  of  St.  Nicholas  8d.  To  the  gilde  of  Corpus 
Christi  8d.  I  will  that  my  executors  shall  pay  to  the  Purchas  in  Framing- 
ham  quarterly.  To  the  high  aUar  of  Gissinge  4d.,  to  the  altar  in  Burston 
6d.  To  the  same  church  4  bushels  of  malt.  To  each  of  my  children  £3.  6s. 
8d.  to  be  paid  as  it  may  be  borne,  with  conditions  that  if  any  land  should 
remain  by  reason  of  inheritance,  they  are  to  deliver  such  title  as  they 
have  to  executors;  if  they  will  not,  executors  are  to  withhold  money  be- 
queathed ;  if  any  of  my  children  die,  that  money  to  be  divided  among  my 
children ;  if  more  than  one  die,  then  half  to  my  children  and  half  to  Ex- 
ecutors "for  the  good  of  my  soul;"  if  all  the  children  die,  then  the  money 
to  be  disposed  of  in  masses  singing  and  in  other  "almes  deedes  doing 
most  to  the  pleasure  of  God  and  the  profit  of  my  soul."  Agnes  my  wife 
to  have  my  tenement  in  Yaxle,  with  two  pastures  in  Burston  and  Little 
Thornham  for  life.  If  my  son  Thomas  will  purchase  my  tenement  in 
Disse  with  Cowpersclos,  he  shall  have  them  within  the  price  of  any  other 
£6-13s.  4d.  and  then  the  said  £3-6s.-8d.  to  be  parcel  of  the  same.  My 
other  lands  and  meadows  in  Burston.  Gissing  and  Reydon  to  be  sold  by 
Executors  and  after  death  of  wife  Agnes,  all  my  lands  to  be  sold  and  if 


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any  of  my  children  be  able  to  buy  that  at  Yaxle,  after  her  death  they  shall 
have  it  40  shillings  within  the  price,  besides  the  £3.  6s.  8d.  With  the 
money  so  arising  I  will  have  a  lawful  priest  for  me  and  my  friends  to 
Rome,  there  to  be  in  prayer  and  pilgrimage  the  hoole  Lent  and  to  sing 
for  me  and  my  friends  a  whole  year,  viz. :  my  wives  and  my  children,  my 
father  and  my  mother  Robert  and  Kateryn,  Johan  Kew  and  Mant,  Stevyn 
Brightled  and  John  Payn  the  which  I  am  in  debt  to.  The  residue  of  all 
goods  not  bequested  I  put  to  Executors  disposition,  whom  I  appoint  Agnes 
my  wife,  John  Gierke,  priest,  and  Thomas  my  son,  to  dispose  for  me  and 
my  friends  souls.  Feoffees  to  deliver  seizin  of  my  land  to  my  executors. 
Proved  Apr.  14,  1507  by  Sir  John  Gierke,  priest  and  Thomas  Gierke,  power 
reserved  to  Executrix.  (Episcopal  Gonsistorial  Gourt  of  Norwich,  Reg- 
ister Rixe  No.  26  fol.  460.) 

2.  JOHN^  SHERMAN  (1.  Thomas^,  of  Yaxley,  Suflfolk;  m. 
Agnes  Fuller,  dau.  of  Thomas  Fuller.  She  also  m.  Robert 
Hendry,  probably  after  the  death  of  John  Sherman.  He  d. 
1504.  His  will,  dated  Aug.  10,  1504,  was  proved  Dec.  12, 
1504.  (Consistory  Court  Norwich,  Rix  42.)  The  following 
is  an  abstract  of  his  will : 

I  bequeath  my  soul  to  Almighty  God,  our  Lady  Saint  Mary  and  to  all 
ye  holy  company  of  heaven.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish  yard  of  our  lady 
of  Yaxle  aforesaid. 

To  the  high  altar  of  said  church  for  tithes  forgotten,  or  too  little 
paid,  three  shillings  four  pence.  To  the  reporacion  of  said  church,  one 
comb  of  malt  and  three  bushels  of  wheat.  To  the  gilde  of  Saint  Thomas 
in  Yaxley  aforesaid  a  cow.  To  the  reporacion  of  ye  church  of  Dysse  eight 
bushels  of  malte  and  four  bushels  of  wheat. 

To  Agnes  my  wife  for  her  life,  my  tenements  in  Yaxley  called  Hobbes, 
with  all  the  land,  both  free  and  bond  thereto  appertaining,  and  a  close 
called  tilers  close.  Also  to  Agnes  my  wife  for  her  life  my  tenements  in 
Yaxley  wherein  I  now  dwell  with  all  the  land,  both  free  and  bond  and 
other  appurtenances  thereto  belonging,  or  else  my  tenement  in  Dysse,  with 
appurtenances  (except  a  close  called  Elmswell)  at  her  choice.  The  other 
tenements  to  be  let  by  my  executors  "to  ffynde  w*  my  children"  and  pay 
my  debts,  and  then  to  my  son  Thomas  at  the  age  of  twenty  two. 

If  my  wife  dies  before  my  son  Thomas  becomes  twenty  two,  then 
said  tenements  and  lands  which  she  held  for  life  to  be  let  by  my  executors 
until  my  son  Thomas  becomes  twenty  two  and  then  Thomas  to  have 
them,  he  paying  to  his  sister  Margery  when  she  comes  to  the  age  of 
twenty  two  years  ten  pounds. 

If  my  said  daughter  Margery  decease  within  the  age  of  twenty  two 
years,  then  I  will  the  said  Thomas  shall  provide  a  priest  a  year  to  sing  for 
my  soul,  and  my  friends  souls,  and  another  priest  another  year  at  his  most 
ease. 


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If  Thomas  my  son  decease  within  the  age  of  twenty  two  years  then 
all  the  above  named  tenements  and  lands  shall  be  sold  by  my  executors, 
and  Margery  my  daughter,  if  she  live,  shall  have  to  her  marriage  twenty 
pounds,  and  the  residue  to  be  disposed  by  the  discretion  of  my  executors. 

Also  I  will  that  if  Thomas  my  son  and  Margery  my  daughter  at  the 
age  of  sixteen  years  will  not  be  content  and  ruled  by  my  executors  for 
their  "fyndyngs"  then  Thomas  my  son  to  have  towards  his  said  findings 
of  my  executors  every  year  twenty  six  shillings  eight  pence,  and  the  said 
Margery  yearly  thirteen  shillings,  four  pence,  until  they  come  to  the  age 
of  twenty-two  years. 

And  I  will  that  a  close  called  Emswell  in  Dysse  afore  excepted  be  sold 
by  my  executors  to  the  performance  of  this  my  testament. 

To  Thomas  my  son  at  twenty  two  years,  four  quarters  of  barley  and 
a  cow.  To  Margery  my  daughter  at  the  said  age  of  twenty  two  years, 
eight  comb  of  barley  and  a  cow.  To  Robert  my  servant,  eight  bushels  of 
barley.  To  each  of  my  godchildren,  twelve  pence.  Moreover  I  desire  and 
require  Mr.  Thomas  Jermyn  of  Rushbrooke  and  others  being  feoffees  of 
trust  to  my  use  in  all  above  named  tenements  and  lands,  as  well  free  as 
bond  with  all  their  premises,  make  estate  and  surrender  of  the  same 
when  they  shall  be  required,  according  to  this  my  testament  and  last  will. 

The  residue  of  all  my  goods  and  chattels  before  not  bequeathed  I 
give  to  my  executors  to  dispose  for  my  soul  and  my  friends  as  shall 
seem  to  them  best  and  most  pleasure  to  Almighty  God  and  profit  of  my 
soul. 

My  said  wife  and  Thomas  Fullen,  my  father  in  law,  to  be  executors. 
(Reg.  54,  p.  152.) 

Agnes,  his  widow,  was  living  in  the  time  of  peace  in  the  reign 
of  Henry  VIII,  that  is,  probably  between  1514  and  1522.  See 
action  in  Court  of  Common  Pleas  in  1528  of  Thomas^  Sherman 
vs.  Isabel  Dedham. 

The  will  of  William  Fuller,  of  Bury  St.  Edmunds,  dated 
Mar.  10,  1497/8,  was  proved  Mar.  16,  1498/9: 

"To  Syr.  William  Norton,  viij.d.  To  Margery  my  wife  and 
heirs  my  tenement  I  dwell  in  with  all  hostilments  [furniture] 
utensils  and  jewels.  To  Margett  Deve  a  bedd  complete.  To  Wil- 
lian  Wellys  my  godson,  a  feder  bedde.  To  Robert  Fuller  my 
neve  [nephew]  xl.s.  To  William  Sherman  my  godson  xij.d.  My 
two  tenements  in  Longgebraklond  to  be  sold.  The  residue  to 
Margery  my  wief  and  Richard  Bele,  whom  Executors.  Super- 
visor, my  right  worshipful!  and  special  goode  mastyr  William 
Carowe,  Knt.  Witnesses:  Richard  Wellys,  Roberd  Semycroft, 
William  Mason."    (Bury  St.  Edmunds  Wills  Book  VI,  fol.  108.) 


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The  testator  may  have  been  a  relative  of  Agnes  (Fuller) 
Sherman.    Children : 

3         I.  Thomas^  Sherman  Gent,  of  Yaxley. 

II.  Margery^  Sherman  under  16  years  of  age  in  1504  and 
probably   a   few   years   younger   then.      Mar.    Robert 
Lockwood,   of   Eye,   Suffolk.      Mentioned   as   "sister 
Lokwood"    in   will    of    her   brother    Thomas^    dated 
January  20,  1550-1    (Reg.  54,  p.   153)   by  which  he 
bequeathed  to  each  of  her  children  then  married  ten 
shillings  and  to  each  of  her  children  then  unmarried 
twenty  shillings  to  be  paid  at  marriage  if  married  be- 
fore twenty-two  years,  or  else  to  be  paid  on  arriving 
at  the  age  of  twenty-two.    In  Michaelmas  Term  10-11 
Elizabeth,  Nov.,   1568,   Margery   Lockwood   of   Eye, 
widow,  sued  Thomas*  Sherman  of  Yaxley,  Gent,  her 
nephew,   to   recover   £40.      (Com.    Pleas   Roll    1274, 
1374.)     The  will  of  Robert  Lockwood  of  Eye  is  dated 
May  25,  1558.     Proved  Jan.  19,  1558-9.     (Bury  St. 
Edmunds  Wills  1558,  folio  461.) 
"To  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  Eye.    Bequests  to  daugh- 
ter Marie  wife  of  John  Ward ;  to  daughter  Ann  wife  of  An- 
thony Barker;  *to  Margerie  my  wife  all  my  plate  for  term  of  her 
life,  and  after  her  death,  Thomas   Sherman  the  younger  shall 
have  my  silver  goblet,  and  Marie  my  daughter  my  silver  spoons' ; 
to  'my  daughter  Mary's  sister,  dwelling  beyond  Donkaster,  40  s.' 
'My  nevie  Thomas  Sherman.'    'Thomas  Sherman  one  of  my  cof- 
fers of  Waynskott.'     Bequests  to  Ann  Chappell,  Francis  Sher- 
man, James  Sherman,  Anthony  Sherman,  Robert  Chappell.   Wife 
Margerie  Executrix.     Thomas  Sherman  a  witness."     (Reg.  66, 
p.  323.) 

John^  Sherman  had  one  or  more  other  daughters,  according 
to  his  father's  will ;  supra. 

Thomas  Sherman,  a  witness  to  Robert  Lockwood's  will,  was 
Thomas*  Sherman,  son  of  Thomas^  Sherman  of  Yaxley,  and 
nephew  of  the  testator's  wife.  He  is  also  mentioned  in  the  will  as 
"my  nevie."  Thomas'^  Sherman,  the  younger,  mentioned  in  the 
will  was  his  son.  Francis,*  James*  and  Anthony*  Sherman  were 
also  sons  of  Thomas^  Sherman  of  Yaxley  and  nephews  of  testa- 
tor's wife. 


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3.  THOMAS^  SHERMAN  (2.  John,^  Thomas^),  of  Yaxley, 
Suffolk.  Under  16  years  of  age  Aug.  10,  1504,  according  to 
his  father's  will  of  that  date  (supra).  Probably  b.  about 
1490.  Mar.  Jane  Waller  dau.  of  John  Waller,  of  Wortham, 
Suffolk,  probably  about  1512.  He  died  in  1551  after  May  5. 
His  will  dated  Jan.  20,  1550/1,  was  proved  at  London,  Nov. 
16,  1551.    The  following  is  a  copy: 

In  the  name  of  god  Amen  The  xxti  daye  of  January  in  the  yere  of 
our  Lord  god  A  Thousand  fyve  hundreth  and  fyfte  And  in  the  fourth  yere 
of  the  reigne  of  o''  Soveraigne  Lorde  King  Edward  the  Sixt.  I  Thomas 
Sherman  of  Yaxlee  in  the  Countie  of  Sufif.  and  in  the  dioces  of  Norwiche 
being  in  good  mynde  and  pfytt  remembrance  make  this  my  testament  and 
last  will  in  maner  and  forme  hereafter  following/  fifirst  I  bequethe  my 
soule  to  Almightie  god  and  to  all  the  holy  company  in  heaven/  my  bodye 
to  be  buryed  in  the  Churche  of  Yaxlee  aforesaid  yf  it  shall  please  god 
that  I  shall  depte  in  the  towne  of  Yaxlee  aforesaid  or  ells  in  suche  place 
where  yt  shall  please  god  to  call  me/  Item  I  give  to  the  highe  Aulter  of 
the  seyd  Churche  for  my  tithes  forgotten  or  to  letill  paide  iijs.  iiijd.  Also 
I  bequeathe  and  will  have  delt  and  gevyn  to  the  poor  people  with  in  the 
Towne  of  Yaxlee  vjs.  viijd.  Also  to  the  poor  people  w*  in  the  towne  of 
Eye  tenne  shillinges/  Also  to  the  poore  people  of  y^  towne  of  Thrandeston 
iijs.  iiijd/  Also  to  the  poor  people  of  the  towne  of  Burgate  iij  s.  iiij  d./ 
Also  to  the  poor  people  of  the  towne  of  Dysse  tenne  shillinges/  Also  to 
the  po""  people  of  the  towne  of  Reydon  iij  s.  iiij  d./  Also  I  bequeathe  to 
Jane  my  wief  my  mesuage  wherein  I  dwell  w'  all  other  my  Meases  Londes 
teiites  Medowys  pastures  woodes  weyes  and  hereditamentes  in  Yaxlee  and 
Eye  aforesaid  lying  and  being  on  the  Est  syde  of  the  wey  leding  from 
Norwiche  to  Ippiswiche  for  terme  of  her  lyfe/  except  one  close  callyd 
Cokys  close  which  I  will  my  sister  Locwood  have  for  terme  of  her  lyfe/ 
of  the  whiche  close  the  same  my  syster  ys  nowe  in  possession/  And  also 
Except  and  resvyd  at  the  said  Mease  wherein  I  do  now  dwell  the  olde 
parlour  the  Chambr  our.  the  said  plour  the  soler  ouer  the  hall  and  the 
Chamber  next  the  hall  dore  the  byrne  the  Melhouse/  space  for  foure 
horse  in  the  stabyll.  The  Soler  ouer  the  stabyll  and  libte  in  ye  bakhous  to 
bake  and  to  brewe  whiche  I  will  Thomas  my  sonne  have  to  hym  his 
heires  and  assignes  with  free  lybertie  ingate  and  outgate  in  and  to  all  the 
said  bowses  and  other  the  premisses  before  except  &  Resved  at  all  tyme 
and  tymes  my  said  wief  payeing  the  rentes  to  the  lordes  of  the  fee/  that 
is  to  sey  to  the  Kinge  grace  for  the  Manner  of  Eye  by  yere  xvj  s.  j  d./ 
and  to  the  Mannr  of  Eyeball  be  yere  vjd/  and  to  the  said  Manner  for 
two  henys  and  a  Cok  by  yere  vd/  And  to  M^"  Anthony  Yaxlee  for  fyve 
acres  of  Lande  called  fulburnys  by  yere  iij  s.  iiij  d/  Also  I  give  and  be- 
queathe to  Jane  my  wief  tenne  Combes  of  wheate  Twentie  Combes  of 
Make/  Eight  Keyn,  ffiftie  shepe/  foure  horsse  at  her  close/  and  thone  half 
of  all  my  Swyn  and  pultery/     Also  I  will  that  Jane  my  wif  shall  haue 


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the  use  and  occupieng  of  my  two  bedstedes  and  beddes  nowe  stonding  and 
being  upon  the  newe  Chamber  w'^  the  Couerynges,  and  all  other  thinges  to 
the  said  beddes  belonging  with  a  Cobord  and  Stoles  on  the  seyd  Chamber, 
terme  of  her  lyfe,  and  after  her  decease  to  remayne  to  Thomas  my  sonne 
and  to  his  assignes/  And  if  it  fortune  my  wief  to  marry  ageyn.  Then  I 
will  Thomas  my  sone  to  enter  and  have  the  said  Chamber  beddes  and  all 
other  thinges  on  the  said  Chamber  to  her  bequeathed  Also  I  bqueathe 
to  Thomas  my  sonne  my  Cownter  table  and  the  two  bedstedes  and  loeddes 
nowe  stonding  and  being  in  the  olde  parlour  w'  two  other  of  my  best 
coveringes  and  all  other  thinges  to  y^  seid  beddes  and  bedstedes  belonging/ 
Also  I  bequeathe  to  Jane  my  wief  a  syluer  pece  weing  viij  ounces  and 
a  half  and  half  a  quarter/  xij  siluer  spones  weying  xviij  ounces/  a  syluer 
salte  weying  viij  ounces.  As  longe  as  she  shall  kepe  her  sole  and  un- 
maried/  And  if  it  fortune  her  to  mary  To  remayne  to  Thomas  my  sonne 
and  his  assigns/  And  as  long  as  she  shall  kepe  her  self  sole  and  onmaried/ 
Then  after  her  decease  to  remayne  to  the  said  Thomas/  Also  I  be- 
queathe to  Jane  my  wief  thone  half  of  all  my  stuf  of  household  before 
not  bequeathed/  And  thother  half  I  give  to  Thomas  my  sonne,  he  paying 
to  eiche  of  his  brethern  twentie  shillinges  whenf  they  shall  come  to  thage  of 
xxjt'  yeres/  Also,  I  bequeath  to  Thomas  my  sonne  one  Goblet  weying 
xiiij  ounces  and  odd/  And  a  siluer  salt  pcell  gilt,  and  thre  syluer  spones/ 
and  to  eiche  of  my  Children  a  syluer  spone/  Also  I  bequeathe  to  Thomas 
my  sonne  one  of  my  geldings  and  foure  other  of  my  horse  and  Coltes  at 
his  election  after  hys  mother  hath  chosen/  Also  I  bequeathe  to  Richard 
my  sonne  Twentie  markes  over  and  beside  all  suche  money  as  I  haue 
given  hym  or  lent  hym  whiche  is  abowte  xxx  ti/  Also  I  bequeathe  to 
John  my  sonne  fourtie  poundes/  Also  I  bequeath  to  Henry  my  sonne 
fourtie  poundes/  to  be  paide  to  hym  when  he  comyth  oute  of  his  prenty- 
shode/  Also  I  bequeathe  to  Willm  my  sonne  fourtie  poundes/  to  be  payde 
lyke  as  to  Henry/  Also  I  bequeathe  to  Anthony  my  sonne  fourtie  poundes 
to  be  paide  when  he  comythe  to  the  age  of  xxij  yeres/  And  yf  it  shall 
appere  to  myne  Executors  at  the  said  xxij  yeres  that  yt  shalbe  more 
for  the  profyt  of  the  said  Anthony  to  haue  an  Annuitie  of  fourtie  shillinges 
by  yere  then  to  have  the  fourtie  poundes/  Then  I  will  Thomas  my  sonne 
to  have  the  said  xU'/  and  he  to  make  the  said  Anthony  a  good  suer  Suffi- 
cient Annuitie  of  xls  yerely  going  oute  of  my  londes  sumetyme  Wrenys 
lying  in  Yaxlee  aforesaid  payable  at  two  tcrmes  in  the  yere  by  even  por- 
cions.  for  terme  of  lyfe  of  the  same  Anthonye/  Also  I  give  and  be- 
queathe to  flfraunces  my  sonne  and  to  his  heyres  my  Mease  Londes 
medowes  pastures  and  hereditamentes  lying  in  Dysse  in  the  Countie  of 
Norflf.  whiche  I  late  bought  of  John  Waren  of  Disse/  And  also  all  that 
my  Mease  Londes  pastures  hereditamentes  with  thappurtennces  lying  in 
Breseworth  in  the  Countie  of  Suff.  when  he  comes  to  the  age  of  xxijt« 
yeres/  And  I  will  that  myne  Executors  shall  have  and  take  the  profyttes 
of  the  said  meases  Londes  and  other  the  premisses  untill  the  saide  xxijt« 
years  to  fynde  ye  saide  ffraunces  to  Scole/  and  other  lernyng.  And  the 
over  plus  of  the  profyttes  of  the  said  Mease  Londes  &  other  the  p^misses 


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to  goo  to  the  fynding  of  Barthilmew  and  James  to  Scole  untill  the  saide 
xxijti  yeres  Also  I  bequeathe  to  the  said  ffraunces  when  he  comethe  to 
the  age  of  the  said  xxijt'  yeres  fyve  poundes  Also  I  bequeathe  to  Barthil- 
mewe  my  sonne  fourtie  poundes  to  be  payde  at  the  Age  of  xxijt'  yeres 
Also  I  bequeathe  to  James  my  sone  fourtie  poundes  at  the  said  Age/  And 
if  it  shall  fortune  eny  of  my  said  sonnes  to  Dye  before  they  have  re- 
ceyved  their  Legacie  or  bequest  of  money.  Then  I  will  that  their  parte  or 
partes  be  equally  devyded  amonge  the  residue  of  my  sonnes  then  being 
alyve/  Also  I  bequeathe  to  eche  of  my  godchilddren  xij  d/  Also  I  be- 
queath to  my  syster  Lokwood  an  Annuytie  of  Twentie  shillinges  yerely  to 
be  paide  by  Thomas  my  sonne  his  Executors  or  assignes  at  eny  half  yere 
tenne  shillinges  after  my  decease  during  her  lyf/  And  yf  it  fortune  the 
said  XX  s  or  eny  parte  thereof  to  be  unpaide  at  any  of  the  said  half  yeres 
whiche  yt  ought  to  be  paid/  That  then  I  will  my  said  syster  or  her  as- 
signes shall  enter  and  dystreyn  into  my  Mease  and  closes  called  Bukkys 
went  or  any  parte  or  parcell  therof.  lying  in  Yaxlee  aforesaid  &  the 
distres  ther  so  taken  to  drive  Lede  or  cary  awey  and  v/ith  hold  untill 
suche  tyme  my  said  suster  and  her  assignes  be  fully  satisfied  content  and 
payde  aswell  of  the  said  Annuytie  of  xx  s  as  of  the  Arrerages  of  the 
same  or  ony  pte  therof  with  her  resonable  costes  and  charges  susteyned 
for  the  same/  Also  I  bequeathe  to  eche  of  my  Systers  Children  nowe  be- 
ing maried  tenn  shillinges  and  to  eiche  on  of  my  said  systers  children 
being  nowe  onmaried  Twentie  shillinges  to  be  payde  at  their  daye  of 
mariage  yf  they  be  maried  before  they  come  to  thage  of  xxij'»  yeres/ 
or  ells  to  be  paide  to  eche  of  them  at  their  said  ages  of  xxijt'  yeres  Also 
I  will  yf  Janne  my  wief  at  any  tyme  hereafter  cleym  aske  demaunde  or  sue 
for  enny  Dowry  to  have  of  all  my  Manners  Londes  and  Tenementes,  and 
other  the  premisses/  or  ells  disturbites  or  sew  for  eny  parte  or  parcell  of 
eny  other  thing  contrary  to  this  my  testament  and  last  wyll  Then  I  will 
my  said  wyfe  have  no  pte  or  parcell  of  ony  of  all  my  foresaid  Meases 
londes  and  Tentes  and  other  the  premisses  to  her  before  given  or  be- 
queathed/ nor  no  other  Legacie  or  bequest  in  this  my  testament  and  last 
will  conteyned/  Also  I  will  yf  any  of  all  my  Children  shall  make  eny 
sute  trobyll  or  cleym  to  or  for  eny  maner  of  londes  Tentes  or  other  thing 
or  thinges  contrary  to  this  my  testament  and  last  will  in  disturbaunce  of 
this  my  said  Last  will,  then  I  will  that  ony  suche  childe  or  children  so 
cleymyng  eny  part  or  pcell  of  my  londes  tentes  or  goodes  other  then  I 
have  to  them  severally  given  or  assigned  by  this  my  last  will/  shall  have 
no  parte  nor  pcell  of  eny  Legacie  or  bequest  to  them  or  eny  of  them  given 
or  bequeathed  making  any  suche  trobyll  or  cleym  contrary  to  this  my 
Testament  and  last  will,  but  suche  legacie  and  bequest  to  be  at  the  dis- 
posicion  of  myn  Executors/  And  as  concernyng  the  thirde  parte  of  my 
Manners  of  Reydon  ond  Reydon  Tuft  with  thappurtennces  in  Rcydon  and 
Bresingh  m  And  all  my  landes  Tentes  Medowes  pastures  woodes  wcyes 
rentes  reuercons  and  hereditamentes  in  Reydon  brysinghm  and  Dysse 
in  the  Countie  of  Norff.  with  all  my  measuages  Landes  tentes  Medowes 
pastures  woodes  weyes  Rentes  reucons  and  hereditamentes  lying  or  being 


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in  Yaxlee  Eye  Thrandeston  and  Lytell  Thornham  in  the  Countie  of  Suff. 
to  gather  with  the  Reuercon  of  all  the  aforesaid  Londes  Tefites  and  here- 
ditamentes  in  Yaxlee  and  Eye  aforesaid  after  the  decease  of  Jane  my 
wief.  whiche  I  have  heretofore  in  this  my  said  last  will  geven  and  assigned 
to  Jane  for  terme  of  her  lyf/  except  only  suche  londes  and  Tentes  in 
Dysse  and  Breseworth  aforesaid  whiche  I  have  heretofore  given  and  as- 
signed to  ffraunces  my  sonne.  I  give  and  bequeathe  them  holy  unto 
Thomas  my  sonne  and  to  his  heyres  and  assignes/  Also  I  bequeathe  to 
Robert  Woodcroft  xl  s.  to  be  payd  when  he,  comythe  to  the  Age  of  xxijt' 
yeres  yf  he  be  rulyd  and  orderyd  by  myne  Executors/  And  all  the  Resi- 
due of  my  goodes  Cattelles  debtes  mony  plate  and  all  my  other  goodes 
aswell  moveable  as  not  moveable  I  put  them  Holy  to  the  good  disposicion 
of  myne  Executours  to  the  pformance  of  this  my  testament  and  last  wyll 
and  to  the  bringing  vp  of  my  Children  being  within  Age  untill  they  come 
to  thage  of  xxj  yeres  Whom  I  ordeyn  and  make  Robert  Kene  of 
Thrandeston  gentilman  and  Thomas  my  sonne  myne  Executors/  And 
the  said  Robert  to  have  for  his  labor  and  paynes  xx  s/  And  superviso'' 
of  this  testament  and  last  will.  I  shall  desire  and  requyer  S''  Henry 
Bedyngfeld  Knight  to  be/  to  whom  I  giue  for  his  payne  and  faver  for  and 
in  eyding  of  myn  Executors  with  his  good  Counsell  and  Assistance  fourtie 
shillinges/  By  me  Thomas  Sherman/  wytnesscs  John  Whetyngham  Ed- 
ward Torold  William  Eglyn  vicar  of  yaxlee. 

Probatum  fuit  testamentu  coram  dno  Cant.  Archiepo  apud  London 
xvjo  die  Mens  Nouembris  Anno  Dni  Millimo  quingentesimo  quiquagesimo 
primo.  Juramento  Thome  Shirman  Executoris  in  hmor  testamento  noiat 
Acapprobatu  et  insinuatu  Et  comissa  fuit  admistraco  orm  bonoz  tc  diet 
defunct  p'fat  ex/  De  bene  et  fidelir  admistrand  eadem/  Ac  de  pleno 
Inuentario  te  exhibent  Ad  sea  dei  Eungelia  Jurat/  Repuata  ptate  alteri  ex 
tc  cum  venerit. 

(Reg.  54,  p.  153.) 

Jane,  testator's  widow,  mar.  (2),  Gardiner,  possibly  John 
Gardiner,  of  Stoke  Ash,  Suffolk,  and  d.  a  widow  in  1573.  Her 
will  is  dated  Jan.  10,  1572/3  and  was  proved  Mar.  11,  1572/3. 
(P.  C.  C.  Peter  9.)     The  following  is  a  copy: 

In  Dei  noie  Amen  I  JANE  GARDINER  of  Yaxley  in  the  countie 
of  Suflf  wydowe  do  declare  and  make  this  my  last  will  and  testament  the 
xth  daye  of  Januarie  in  the  xv'h  yere  of  the  raigne  of  o^  soucraigne  ladie 
Elizabeth  by  the  grace  of  god  of  England  Fraunce  and  Ireland  Quene  &c. 
being  of  good  and  perfitt  remembrance  thanks  be  giuen  vnto  god  ffirst  I 
bequeath  my  soule  vnto  allmightie  god  by  whose  passion  and  precious 
bloudsheeding  I  trust  to  be  saued  And  my  bodie  to  be  buried  in  the  churche 
of  Yaxley  by  my  late  husbande  Thomas  Sherman  Item  I  giue  and  be- 
queath to  the  poore  of  Yaxley  xxs  Item  I  giue  to  the  poore  of  Roydon  vs 
Item  I  giue  and  bequeth  to  the  poore  of  Stokeaishe  v*  The  saied  poore  of 
euerie  of  the  saied  townes  to  be  paied  at  my  buriall  or  within  one  moneth 


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next  followinge  Item  I  giue  vnto  Anthonye  Sherman  my  sonne  xx'i  off 
lawfull  money  of  England  and  suche  bed  and  bedsteds  w'^  fouer  kiene  w^h 
be  in  his  hands  &  possession  Item  I  giue  vnto  Henry  Sherman  my  sone 
xx'i  of  Hke  money  Item  I  giue  vnto  James  Sherman  my  sonne  xx'i 
of  like  money  and  suche  beasts  and  neate  W^h  be  in  his  possession  And 
the  bedd  y'  I  nowe  lie  vpon  w'h  the  mantell  couerled  blankets  and  shetes 
thereto  belonging  Item  I  giue  vnto  the  saied  Anthonye  one  siluer  saulte 
parcell  gilte  and  six  siluer  spoones  the  saied  xxii  to  euerie  of  my  saied 
sonnes  Anthonye  Henry  and  James  bequeathed  I  will  and  my  mynde  is 
that  Thomas  Sherman  my  eldest  sonne  shall  paie  it  vnto  them  within 
twoe  yeres  next  after  my  decease  parcell  of  five  score  pounds  w^^  he 
oweth  me  Item  I  giue  and  bequeath  vnto  Willm  Sherman  Robart  Sher- 
man Bettrice  Sherman  Margaret  and  Marie  Sherman  sones  and  daughters 
off  Anthonye  Sherman  and  vnto  Brigett  Sherman  and  Marie  Sherman 
daughters  of  James  Sherman  IxH  of  lawfull  money  of  england  equallie 
and  evenlie  to  be  parted  and  deuyded  and  suche  parte  to  be  paied  vnto 
eurie  one  of  them  at  their  seuerall  ages  and  when  they  shall  come  to  the 
yeres  of  xx*'  yeres  And  the  saied  IxH  to  be  paied  by  my  executors  wher- 
of  Thomas  Sherman  my  eldest  sonne  oweth  me  fortie  pounds  and  Richard 
Sherman  twentie  pounds  and  odde  money  And  if  anye  of  the  saied  chil- 
dren do  depart  and  decease  oute  of  this  worlde  before  they  shall  atteine 
and  some  vnto  their  seuerall  ags  of  xx*'  yeres  Then  I  will  the  parte  of 
suche  childe  soe  deceased  shall  remaine  vnto  the  survyuours  or  survyuour 
of  euerie  of  them  so  deceased  And  the  saied  Ix'i  so  giuen  and  bequeathed 
I  will  it  shalbe  bestowed  in  some  cattell  or  some  other  thinge  wherby 
there  may  growe  and  come  some  yerelie  proffitt  and  gaine  vnto  the  saied 
children  And  the  saied  gaine  and  proffitt  to  be  evenlie  deuyded  amonge 
the  saied  children  at  suche  tyme  w^h  they  oughte  to  haue  their  parte  or 
porcon  Item  I  giue  vnto  Willm  Sherman  Robert  Sherman  Bettrice  Sher- 
man Margarett  Sherman  and  Marye  Sherman  sonnes  and  daughters  of 
Anthonye  Sherman  six  siluer  spoones  that  is  to  saie  one  to  William  one 
to  Robert  one  to  Bettrice  one  to  Margaret  and  twoe  to  Marie  w^h  be  in 
the  custodie  and  possession  of  Anthonye  Sherman  their  father  Item  I 
giue  vnto  James  Sherman  and  Anthonie  Sherman  my  sonnes  all  suche 
pewter  as  is  in  the  counter  at  Roydon  evenlie  to  be  parted  betwene  them 
Item  I  giue  vnto  James  my  sone  the  mare  with  the  foale  and  the  shepe  w*^'^ 
he  nowe  possesseth  Item  I  giue  vnto  Elizabeth  Sherman  wief  of  Thomas 
Sherman  my  sonne  my  veluett  hoode  with  all  things  therunto  belonginge 
Item  I  giue  vnto  Sybill  Sherman  wief  of  Fraunces  Sherman  my  sonne  a 
damaske  kirtle  and  a  veluett  hatt  and  a  grograine  kirtile  w^h  a  garde  of 
veluett  Item  I  giue  vnto  Elizabeth  Sherman  wief  of  Thomas  Sherman  my 
sone  my  clothe  gowne  garded  w'h  veluett  Item  I  giue  vnto  James  Sher- 
man my  sonne  six  siluer  spoones  w^h  he  nowe  hath  Item  I  giue  vnto 
Marie  Sherman  wief  vnto  Anthonye  Sherman  a  worsted  gowne  garded 
w<h  veluett  the  saied  Anthonie  Sherman  payeng  vnto  James  Sherman  xiij* 
iiijd  in  consyderacon  of  the  same  Item  I  giue  vnto  Margerie  Sherman 
wieff  of  James  Sherman  a  gowne  of  mockadoe  a  worsted  kirtle  garded  w^^* 


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veluett  and  a  savegarde  Item  I  giue  vnto  the  wief  of  Bartholomew  Sher- 
man my  sone  a  clothe  gowne  furred  and  lace  laied  vpon  it  Item  I  giue 
vnto  Elizabeth  Sherman  wief  of  John  Sherman  my  taflfatae  hatt  Item  I  giue 
vnto  Margerie  Sherman  wief  of  James  Sherman  my  saddle  wih  all  the 
furnyture  thereto  belonging  Item  I  giue  vnto  James  Sherman  my  sone 
my  least  cawdron  my  spitt  a  trevett  and  a  great  chafer  and  an  yron  huche 
wch  be  at  Roydon  Item  I  giue  vnto  Margaret  Sherman  daughter  of  An- 
thonye  Sherman  a  chest  being  at  Yaxley  Item  I  giue  vnto  Bettrice  Sher- 
man daughter  of  the  saied  Anthonie  a  chest  at  Roydon  Item  I  will  that 
my  executors  paie  vnto  my  sone  Bartholomew  Sherman  lijs  w^h  I  owe 
him  Item  I  will  that  all  my  apparrcll  and  rayment  above  giuen  &  be- 
queathed be  delyuered  as  it  is  giuen  and  aboue  apointed  within  one  moneth 
next  after  my  decease  The  rest  of  all  my  goods  cattell  implements  of 
householde  stuffe  and  debts  whatsoeuer  they  be  vnbequeathed  I  will  they 
shalbe  evenlie  and  equallie  deuyded  betwene  Anthonie  Sherman  and 
James  Sherman  my  sones  Item  I  giue  vnto  Thomas  Sherman  sone  of 
Thomas  Sherman  my  eldest  sone  xxs  Item  I  giue  vnto  Elizabeth  Sherman 
daughter  of  the  saied  Thomas  Shermon  xxs  when  they  shall  accomplish 
and  come  to  the  full  age  of  xx*'  yeres  And  for  the  better  and  more  suer 
performance  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament  I  ordeine  and  make 
Thomas  Sherman  my  eldest  sone  and  Anthonie  Sherman  my  sonnes  my 
executors  So  y*  the  said  Thomas  Sherman  enter  and  become  bownden 
vnto  my  saied  sonnes  Henry  Anthonie  and  James  in  seuerall  bonds  to 
euerie  of  them  for  the  true  payment  of  their  parte  and  partes  of  their 
legacies  aboue  giuen  vnto  them  at  suche  daies  and  tymes  aboue  be- 
queathed And  that  the  sayed  bonds  be  entred  accordinge  to  the  lawe  with- 
in twoe  moneths  after  my  decease  w^h  if  the  said  Thomas  refuse  to  doe  I 
will  he  shalbe  no  executor  And  then  I  will  Fraunces  Sherman  my  sone 
to  be  executor  wth  my  sone  Anthonie  In  witnes  whereof  I  haue  setto  my 
marke  before  theis  witnesses  followinge  Me  ipo  Sherman  criptore  et  alijs 
sub  testibus  noiat'  Roberto  Cuddon  Edwardo  Hodson  et  Robto  Turveye. 

Probatum  fuit  testamentum  hmoi  coram  Dno  Cantur'  Archiepo  apud 
London  xjr"o  die  mensis  Martij  Anno  Dni  Millesimo  quingeno  Septua- 
gesimo  secundo  Jura*"  Anthonij  Sherman  et  Thome  Sherman.  (P.  C.  C, 
Peter,  9.)      (Reg.  68.  p.  146.) 

This  will  made  22  years  after  her  first  husband's  death,  is 
very  interesting  as  she  mentions  all  of  her  nine  sons  except  Wil- 
liam, who  was  then  rich  and  lived  in  London  and  Ipswich,  the 
wives  of  all  of  her  sons  except  Henry,  Richard  and  William,  and 
several  of  her  grandchildren.  She  does  not  name  Bartholomew's 
wife.  It  would  have' been  still  more  valuable  if  she  had  given  the 
names  of  her  second  husband  and  the  wives  of  her  sons  Henry 
and  Bartholomew  and  had  stated  their  residences.  Henry  also 
was  rich  and  lived  at  Dedham  or  Colchester.  Richard  and  Bar- 
tholomew both  lived  in  London.    Children  : 


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4  I.  Thomas*  Sherman,  of  Yaxley,  Gent.,  eldest  son  and 
heir. 
II.  Richard*  Sherman,  of  London  and  of  Diss,  Norfolk, 
Gent.,  second  son.  m.  Margaret  (Lane?).  He  died 
Mar.,  1587,  buried  at  Diss  Mar.  28,  1587.  (Reg.  59, 
p.  398.)  Will  dated  Jan.  21,  1587,  "interlaced"  Feb. 
10,  1587,  proved  May  9,  1587  (P.  C.  C.  Spencer  73) : 

Richard  Sherman  of  Disse  in  Co.  Norfolk  Gent.  To  be  buried  in 
Church  of  Disse  or  elsewhere.  Bequest  to  poor  of  Disse.  To  my 
nephew  Thomas  Sherman  of  Palgrave  £20.  To  my  godsonne  Richard 
Sherman,  son  of  said  Thomas  £10.  Also  my  close  lying  in  Bressingham 
holden  of  the  Manor  of  Roydon  Hall  (by  copye).  "To  my  nephew 
Thomas  Sherman  of  Disse,  my  brother  Henry  Sherman's  sonne  £5."  To 
Lamnel  (Samuel?)  Lane  £10.  To  Agnes  Archer  £10.  To  Jacob  Lane 
£5.  To  nephew  Nicholas  Sherman,  houses  and  lands  in  Diss,  Margaret 
testator's  wife  to  have  them  during  her  life.  Bequests  to  nieces  Margaret 
Goffe  and  Elizabeth  Sherman  and  to  nephew  James  Sherman.  To  Bea- 
trice Sherman  and  her  brother  Robert  Sherman,  to  be  paid  by  my  nephew 
Nicholas  Sherman.  To  my  wife  Margaret  "lease  of  the  house  in  London" 
and  contents.  Wife  executrix.  Nephew  Thomas  Sherman,  of  Palgrave, 
Supervisor.    Witness  Henry  Wiseman  Minister  of  Diss.     (Reg.  54,  p.  160.) 

Probably  had  no  issue.  Thomas^  Sherman,  of  Palgrave,  was 
son  of  testator's  brother  Thomas.*  Nicholas  Sherman,  Margaret 
Goffe,  Elizabeth  Sherman  and  James  Sherman  were  children  of 
testator's  brother  John*  Sherman.  Beatrice  Sherman  and  her 
brother  Robert  were  children  of  Anthony*  Sherman.  Richard* 
Sherman  lived  in  London  for  sometime  and  is  described  in  Court 
Records  as  a  merchant  and  as  a  citizen  and  grocer.  In  1564  he 
sued  Richard  Yaxley,  of  Yaxley,  for  debt  and  Thomas  Grey,  of 
Thrandeston,  for  trespass  on  land  in  Thrandeston.  In  1567 
Richard  Sherman,  merchant,  of  London,  by  Francis  Sherman, 
his  brother,  his  attorney,  sued  for  debt.  In  1568  he  sued  by  Fran- 
cis, his  attorney,  describing  himself  as  citizen  of  London,  and  in 
1569  he  sued,  described  as  citizen  and  grocer  of  London  (C.  P.  P. 
Roll  1217:261  and  257;  Roll  1260:517;  Roll  1274:1685  and  Roll 
1282:1483).  In  1571  Richard  Sherman  paid  for  license  to  cove- 
nant for  land  in  Little  and  Great  Thornham,  Suffolk.  Easter 
Term  22,  Elizabeth  1580,  Richard  Sherman  and  Margaret  his 
wife  as  Administratrix  of  John  Lane,  deceased,  sued  for  debt 
(C.  P.  P.  Roll  1375  :180).  Perhaps  John  Lane  was  the  father  of 
Margaret.     In  his  will,  supra,  Richard*  Sherman  gives  ilO  to 


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Lamnel  Lane  and  £5  to  Jacob  Lane.  Richard,  by  his  brother 
Francis  his  attorney,  sued  in  1580  for  price  of  a  gelding  sold  at 
Yaxley.  In  a  suit  in  the  Court  of  Requests  by  Richard*  Sher- 
man, Gent  and  John'*  Sherman,  Gent,  and  John  Norman,  the  elder, 
John  Norman  the  younger  and  William  Norman  against  William 
Yaxley,  Esq.,  and  others,  concerning  i5  a  year  bequeathed  by 
Francis  Yaxley,  Esq.,  deceased,  to  the  poor,  out  of  certain  lands 
in  Yaxley,  Eye  and  Breseworth,  Suffolk,  whereof  said  Richard 
and  John  Sherman  and  said  Normans  are  feofifees,  depositions 
were  taken  at  Hoxne,  January  12,  29  Elizabeth  (1587). 
Giles  Pooley,  of  Yaxley,  clerk,  aged  55,  deposed  that  he  was 
present  when  the  late  Bishop  of  Norwich  required  Thomas* 
Sharman  gent,  deceased  and  John  Norman  to  let  the  said  lands 
for  the  best  value  for  the  benefit  of  the  poor.  (Giles  Pooley, 
Vicar  of  Yaxley,  married  Margery,  widow  of  James*  Sherman.) 
Robert  Moore,  of  Yaxley,  laborer,  aged  60,  deposed  that  there  be 
within  the  town  of  Yaxley,  divers  persons  more  meet  to  be  put  in 
trust  with  the  said  lands  than  those  who  be  now  feofifees  of  the 
same,  they  being  very  aged,  namely,  the  said  William  Yaxley  and 
his  sons,  and  the  sons  of  the  late  Thomas^  Sherman  deceased. 
Richard*  and  John*  Sherman  were  then,  in  1587,  each  over  60 
years  old.  Each  of  them  died  in  1587,  Richard  in  March,  and 
John  in  September. 

Hilary  Term  28,  Elizabeth  [Jan.,  1586]  Richard  Sherman 
gent,  and  Margaret  his  wife  in  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  sued 
Robert  Fyler,  of  Debenham  and  others,  for  breaking  the  close  of 
said  Richard  and  Margaret  at  Yaxley  (Roll  1457:1872). 

5  in.  John*   Sherman,   of   Bramford,   Suffolk,  and  of   St. 

Matthews,  Ipswich. 

6  IV.  Henry*  Sherman,  of  Dedham  and  Colchester. 

7  V.  William*   Sherman,  of    St.    Olave,    Southwark    and 

Ipswich. 

8  VI.  Anthony*  Sherman,  of  Roydon,  Norfolk. 

9  VII.  Francis*  Sherman,  of  Blownorton,  Norfolk. 

VIII.  Bartholomew*  Sherman,  m.  Elizabeth.     Possibly  th« 

Bartholomew    Sherman    mentioned    in    the    will    of 

Thomas  Sherman,  of  Stoven,  Suffolk,  1593. 

Bartholomew*  Sherman  was  under  full  age  at  the  date  of  his 

father's  will  Jan.  20,  1551.     His  father  gave  him  £40  to  be  paid 


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to  him  at  22  and  directed  that  the  profits  of  certain  lands  go  "to 
the  fynding  of  Bartholomew  *  *  *  iq  scole  until  the  said 
twenty  second  yere."  He,  like  two  of  his  brothers,  became  a 
citizen  and  grocer  of  London.  His  mother,  in  her  will  dated 
Jan.  1.0,  1573,  makes  a  bequest  to  his  wife  but  does  not  give  her 
name.  In  the  lay  subsidy  for  1568,  Bartylmew  Sharman  was 
taxed  at  Ringsfield,  Suffolk,  about  13  miles  northeast  of  Yaxley, 
on  £8  in  goods.  Michaelmas  Term  12-13,  Elizabeth,  1570,  Bar- 
tholomew Sherman,  citizen  and  grocer  of  London,  sued  to  re- 
cover for  goods  sold  including  "  great  raysens,  prunes,  wormsed, 
vergresse,  nutmygges  and  corants."  (C.  P.  P.  Roll  1287:803.) 
Michaelmas  Term  14-15,  Elizabeth,  1572,  by  his  brother,  Francis 
Sherman,  his  attorney,  he  sued  and  recovered  on  a  bond  made 
Sept.  20,  1569.  (C.  P.  P.  Roll  1306:12.)  He  also  sued  in  Lon- 
don for  debts  in  1582.  Trinity  Term  2,  James  I  (May-June, 
1604),  Bartholomew  Sherman  sued  Mary  Conwey,  of  London, 
widow.  Executrix  of  George  Gyn,  late  citizen  and  merchant  tai- 
lor of  London,  on  a  covenant  made  between  the  said  Bartholomew 
and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  whom  the  said  Bartholomew  overlived, 
and  the  said  George  (De  Banco  Roll  1716:575).  The- plaintiff 
may  have  been  Bartholomew*  Sherman. 

10     IX.  James*  Sherman,  of  Yaxley,  Suffolk. 

The  visitation  of  Suffolk,  of  1561  (Harleian  Society  Publica- 
tions p.  74),  gives  the  pedigree  of  Waller  of  Wortham.  This 
states  that  Thomas  Waller,  of  Parham,  Suffolk,  married  Mar- 
garet, daughter  of  Hotofte,  of  Colombyn  Hall,  Suffolk,  and  had 
John  Waller,  son  and  heir,  who  married  Margaret  Thorolde, 
daughter  of  John  Thorolde,  of  Thornham,  Suffolk.  Their  daugh- 
ter Jane,  married  Thomas^  Sherman,  of  Yaxley.  Their  eldest 
son,  George  Waller,  married  Mary  Yaxley,  daughter  of  Anthony 
Yaxley,  of  Melles,  Suffolk,  Esq.  Thomas*  Sherman  married  for 
his  first  wife,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  said  Anthony  Yaxley. 

The  will  of  Johan  Waller,  of  Wortham,  Suffolk,  is  dated 
Oct.  20,  1537  (29  Henry  VIII),  and  was  proved  June  26,  1539 
(P.  C.  C.  Crumwell  14)  : 

"To  be  buried  in  the  church  porch  of  Burgate  by  Margaret  my 
wife  *yf  I  die  within  XXti  miles  of  it.'  To  high  altar  of  mother 
church  of  Norwich;  'to  high  altars  of  Wortham,  of  Yaxlee,  of 


32  Sherman  Genealogy 

Melles,  of  Great  Thornham,  of  Sybeton.'  My  father  and  mother 
Thomas  and  Margaret,  Margaret  my  late  wife.  To  Margery  my 
wife  all  my  lands  in  Wortham  and  Palgrave,  for  life,  remainder 
to  Waller  my  son  and  his  heirs.  Anne  my  dughter  on  day  of 
her  marrige,  if  she  die,  her  legacy  to  be  'equally  divided  among 
all  my  children  and  all  my  wife's  children.'  If  Anne  shall  be 
ruled  in  marriage  by  her  mother.  Commission  to  Margery  the 
relict  to  administer." 

The  Manor  Court  Rolls  for  the  manor  of  Haywood  Hall,  in 
Diss,  Norfolk,  show  that  on  May  5,  1551  (5  Edw.  VI),  Thomas^ 
Sherman  was  amerced  or  fined  for  default  of  Court  suit.  On 
Mar.  29,  1552  (6  Edw.  VI),  it  was  presented  to  the  Court  that 
Thomas^  Sherman  died  after  the  last  Court,  that  he  held  of  this 
manor,  certain  lands  both  free  and  copyhold,  but  whether  he  died 
thereof  seized  the  jurors  do  not  know ;  that  Thomas*  Sherman  is 
his  son  and  next  heir  and  of  full  age ;  that  on  his  death-bed,  said 
Thomas^  Sherman  surrendered  all  these  copyhold  lands  holden 
of  this  manor  to  the  use  of  Thomas*  Sherman,  his  son  and  heir, 
according  to  the  form  and  effect  of  the  last  will  of  said  Thomas^ 
the  father.  At  this  Court  came  the  aforesaid  Thomas*  Sherman, 
son  of  the  aforesaid  Thomas^  Sherman,  the  father,  and  in  full 
court  paid  to  the  bailiff  49  shillings  for  certain  copyhold  lands 
holden  of  this  manor  by  his  said  father.  (Roll  5-6,  Edward  VI, 
1552-3.) 

These  rolls  also  show  that  Thomas*  Sherman  was  amerced 
for  defaults  at  several  courts  held  between  Oct.,  1552  and  1556 
(4  and  5,  Philip  and  Mary).  At  the  Court  held  Oct.  10,  1582 
(24  Elizabeth)  came  Thomas*  Sherman,  Senior,  Gent,  and  sur- 
rendered all  these  his  customary  lands  and  tenements  holden  of 
this  manor,  of  which  he  took  surrender  according  to  the  last  will 
of  Thomas^  Sherman,  his  father,  as  in  the  6th  year  of  King  Ed- 
ward VI  [1552]  is  more  fully  contained,  to  the  use  of  Thomas' 
Sherman,  Gent.,  his  son  and  the  heirs  males  of  his  body  lawfully 
begotten,  and  in  default  of  such,  to  the  right  heirs  of  him  the  said 
Thomas*  Sherman,  the  father,  forever.  At  the  Court  held  Dec. 
15,  1584  (27  Elizabeth),  Thomas''  Sherman,  Junior,  is  admitted 
to  all  these  lands  surrendered  to  his  use  at  the  Court  holden  Oct. 
18,  1582,  by  Thomas*  Sherman,  Senior,  his  father.  (Roll 
1555-1602.) 


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Thomas^  Sherman,  Gentleman,  was  a  forceful  and  interesting 
character,  a  man  of  ability  and  influence.  He  was  under  sixteen 
years  of  age  on  Aug.  10,  1504,  the  date  of  his  father's  will,  and 
therefore,  born  after  Aug.  10,  1488.  He  was  probably  born  be- 
tween then  and  1490,  and  married  in  1513  or  earlier,  as  his  old- 
est son  Thomas*  was  of  full  age  in  Trinity  Term,  May  or  June, 
1535,  when  he  was  a  plaintiff  in  an  action  at  law  for  damages  for 
trespass  upon  land  (Common  Pleas  Plea,  Roll  1086,  Membrane 
307),  and  consequently  born  in  1514  or  earlier.  He,  Thomas^ 
Sherman,  was  a  churchwarden  of  Yaxley  Parish,  a  Deputy 
Sheriff  for  Suffolk  County  and  an  Attorney  at  Law  of  the  Courts 
of  Common  Pleas  and  King's  Bench.  As  shown  by  his  will  and 
the  records,  he  was  also  an  owner  and  tenant  of  many  parcels  of 
land  in  various  places  in  Norfolk  and  Suffolk  and  Lord  of  sev- 
eral manors.  There  is  a  record  in  Michaelmas  Term  (Oct.  or 
Nov.),  1519,  of  a  payment  by  Thomas  Sherman  for  license  of 
concord  of  a  plea  of  covenant  concerning  land  in  Burgate,  Suf- 
folk (about  two  miles  west  of  Yaxley)  (C.  P.  P.  Roll  1026:574). 
His  first  recorded  appearance  as  an  attorney  at  law  was  in  Trin- 
ity Term,  13  Henry  VIII,  1521,  when  he  appeared  as  plaintiff's 
attorney  in  actions  for  debts,  for  Richard  Coke,  Rector  of  the 
Church  of  St.  Peter,  of  Lever,  Suffolk  (C.  P.  P.  Roll  1033:298) 
and  for  Richard,  Prior  of  the  Monastery  of  the  Apostles  Peter 
and  Paul,  of  Eye,  Suffolk,  against  Simon,  Prior  of  the  House  and 
Church  of  St.  Mary  of  Mendham  (C.  P.  P.  Roll  1033:305).  For 
many  years  thereafter  he  had  a  large  and  active  practice  and  was 
himself  a  frequent  litigant  as  plaintiff  or  defendant  throughout 
his  life.  In  some  of  these  litigations  his  opponents  characterized 
him  severely.  From  1524  to  1528  he  and  John  Waller,  his  father- 
in-law,  and  Richard  Grey  had  actions  against  Thomas  and  Rob- 
ert Wrenne  and  Margaret  Wrenne,  widow,  all  of  Yaxley,  for 
trespass  on  lands  in  Yaxley  and  Thrandeston  (C.  P.  P.  Rolls 
1052:609,  1056:586;  1059:583).  In  the  Lay  Subsidy  for  1524, 
Thomas  Shirman,  of  Yaxle,  was  assessed  at  £15  in  goods,  and 
taxed  thereon  eight  shillings.  Robert  Clerk,  Henry  Qerk  and 
Margaret  Wren,  widow,  were  also  then  taxed  at  Yaxley.  John 
Gardiner  was  taxed  at  Stoke  Ash.  Thomas  Wase  and  Robert 
Wrenne  were  taxed  at  Eye  (Suft'olk  Green  Books  No.  X,  pp.  167, 
180,  183). 


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Michaelmas  Term  (Oct.-Nov.)  20,  Henry  VIII,  1528, 
Thomas^  Sherman  in  person,  sued  Isabell  Dedham,  widow,  to  re- 
cover the  third  part  of  lands  in  Burgate  as  his  right  and  heritage 
and  into  which  the  said  Isabell  has  not  ingress  unless  after  the 
demise  which  Robert  Hendry,  former  husband  of  Agnes,  mother 
of  the  aforesaid  Thomas,  whose  heir  he  is,  made  thereof  unto 
the  aforesaid  Isabell,  and  he  says  that  said  Agnes  was  seized  of 
the  third  part  aforesaid  in  the  time  of  peace  in  the  time  of  the 
King  that  now  is.  (C.  P.  P.  Roll  1059:410.)  This  shows  that 
Agnes  Fullen  (or  Fuller),  wife  of  John^  Sherman,  also  married 
Robert  Hendry,  probably  as  her  second  husband  and  that  she  was 
living  in  time  of  peace  in  the  reign  of  Henry  VIII,  that  is,  either 
between  1509  and  1512  or  between  1514  and  1522.  Michaelmas 
Term,  23  Henry  VIII,  1531,  Thomas^  Sherman,  in  person,  sued 
Thomas  Wrenne,  of  Yaxley,  for  assaulting  the  plaintiff  at 
Eye,  with  force  and  arms  (C.  P.  P.  Roll  1071:660).  Thomas' 
Sherman  was  Executor  of  the  will  of  Simon  Torold,  of  Eye;  in 
1533  (C.  P.  P.  Roll  1078:74).  Thomas^  Sherman  and  George 
Waller,  his  brother-in-law,  sued  to  recover  land  in  Wortham  and 
Redgrave  in  1534  (C.  P.  P.  Roll  1083:307,  485). 

In  the  Court  of  Star  Chamber,  Sir  John  Wiseman,  Knight, 
filed  a  bill  of  complaint  against  Thomas^  Sherman,  of  Yaxley, 
stating  that  Sherman  had  for  a  long  time  been  seized  in  fee  of  an 
acre  of  land  called  Gors  Close,  in  Suffolk,  which  he  and  his 
ancestors  of  long  time  had  holden  of  said  Sir  John  and  his  ances- 
tors as  of  his  Manor  of  Swattyshall,  by  fealty  and  ten  pence  rent, 
that  said  Thomas  had  wrongfully  denied  payment  of  rent  for 
three  years,  by  reason  whereof  orator  on  April  22,  1530,  did  send 
two  of  his  servants,  William  Elynger  and  William  Erysshe,  to 
take  a  distress  upon  said  land  "who  there  did  fyend  a  plowe  & 
iiij  hors  fested  to  the  same  the  wich  they  did  take  by  way  of 
dystres  and  drove  it  forward  the  said  mannor  of  Swattyshall  and 
as  they  were  dreyving  the  said  dystres  in  the  Kings  high  way 
thetherward,  than  &  ther  met  with  them  in  the  seid  way  Johanne 
Sherman,  Johanne  Dikon,  Margery  Hege  with  staves  in  their 
hands,  John  Calfe,  Edwarde  Hawke,  Nicholas  Buskard,  John 
Turrold,  the  elder,  and  John  Nunne  with  other  ryortus  persons 
the  number  of  X,  to  your  orator  unknowyn,  &  then  &  there  put 
them  in  daunger  of  their  lyvis  &  grevously  did  bete  William  Erys- 


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she  &  take  away  the  seid  dystres  from  them."  Afterwards  on  24 
April,  23  Henry  VIII  (1531),  complainant  again  sent  Elynger 
&  Erysshe  to  the  same  field  "&  ther  they  did  fyend  the  said  plowe 
&  iiij  hors,  the  wich  they  toke  by  way  of  distres  and  intended  to 
have  drevyn  to  the  seid  mannor;  but  as  they  came  thetherward 
mette  with  them  by  the  way  Johanne  Sherman,  the  wyff  of 
Thomas  Sherman,  Thomas  Dykon  and  Margery  Hedge  with 
slavys  &  stonys  in  their  lappys,  as  well  as  other  servants  of  the 
said  Thomas  Sherman,  who  with  force  &  armis  did  fyght  with 
them  &  them  did  bett,  wond  &  yll  intret."  (Bundle  23  :206.  Reg- 
ister 68,  p.  148.)  Johanne  was  Jane  Sherman,  wife  of  Thomas^ 
Sherman. 

Thomas  Wace  (or  Wase),  of  Eye,  yeoman,  by  his  will  dated 
June  22,  1533,  proved  Mar.  5,  1538,  appointed  Robert  Kene,  of 
Thrandeston,  and  Thomas^  Sherman,  of  Yaxley,  Executors  and 
gave  to  testator's  godson  Henry*  Sherman,  son  of  Thomas^  Sher- 
man, a  legacy  of  six  shillings  and  eight  pence.  (Register  67,  p. 
154.)  Wace  died  before  Aug.  22,  1535,  when  his  executors  leased 
or  conveyed  land  in  Occolte  and  Eye  to  Thomas  Frier. 
About  1539,  George  Dennye  "a  man  of  great  age  and  impotent, 
who  can  neither  ryde  nor  go,"  brother-in-law  of  Thomas  Wace, 
sued  Thomas  Frier,  in  Chancery  before  Sir  Thomas  Audley,  Lord 
Chancellor,  for  lands  in  Occolte  and  Eye  of  which  complainant 
was  dispossessed  by  Robert  Kene  and  Thomas^  Sherman,  Ex- 
ecutors of  Wace,  who  let  the  lands  to  Frier. 

Trinity  Term  27  Henry  VIII,  1535.  Thomas^  Sherman, 
Senior,  Robert  Kene,  Thomas  Bek,  George  Waller  and  Thomas* 
Sherman,  Junior,  sued  Geoffrey  Warde,  of  Yaxley,  and  others 
for  ten  pounds  for  forcible  entry  on  plaintiffs'  lands  in  Yaxley, 
on  April  16,  1535.  Geoffrey  Warde  appeared  by  Gilbert  Sher- 
man, his  attorney.  (C.  P.  P.  Roll  1086:307.)  Thomas*  Sher- 
man, Junior,  must  have  been  of  full  age. 

Trinity  Term  29  Henry  VIII,  1537,  Thomas^  Sherman  sued 
Thomas  Grey,  of  Thrandeston,  gentleman  for  £10  for,  with 
force  and  arms,  breaking  plaintiff's  close  at  Thrandeston  and 
taking  and  driving  away  cows,  heifers  and  bullocks  (C.  P.  P. 
Roll  1094:432).  In  1538,  Sherman  again  sued  Grey  for  taking 
his  cattle  at  Eye  and  driving  them  to  Thrandeston  (C.  P.  P. 
Roll  1099:630).     Sherman  sued  Grey  and  others  in   1540  for 


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breaking  plaintiff's  close  at  Yaxley  and  cutting  growing  under- 
wood (C.  P.  P.  Roll  1106:260). 

Michaelmas  Term  32  Henry  VIII,  1540,  Thomas  Busby,  of 
Eye,  "sengilman,"  was  attached  by  the  King's  writ  of  privilege, 
to  answer  unto  Thomas^  Sherman,  one  of  the  attorneys  of  the 
King's  Bench  here,  according  to  the  liberties  and  privileges  of 
the  same  court  used  and  approved  time  out  of  mind  by  such  at- 
torneys and  other  officials  of  the  said  Bench,  of  a  plea  of  debt 
upon  a  bond  of  £6,  entered  into  by  the  said  Busby  1  June  32 
Henry  VIII,  1540,  at  Eye.  Sherman  recovered  the  debt  and  2 
shillings  damages  and  graciously  remitted  40  shillings  (C.  P.  P. 
Roll  1107:336). 

Michaelmas  Term  32  Henry  VIII,  1540,  Thomas^  Sherman 
was  Deputy  Sheriff  of  Suffolk  (C.  P.  P.  Roll  1107).  He  was  also 
Deputy  Sheriff  in  Trinity  Term  38  Henry  VIII,  1546  (C.  P.  P. 
Roll  1129:231). 

In  1540  and  1545,  Sherman  sued  Thomas  Grey  for  breaking 
his  closes  in  Eye,  Thrandeston  and  Yaxley,  trampling  the  grass 
and  taking  cattle  (C.  P.  P.  Roll  1123:663,  260.  Roll  1125:  464. 
Roll  1126:5).    Grey  also  sued  Sherman  for  trespass  on  his  lands. 

In  the  proceedings  of  the  Court  of  Augmentations  (a  Court 
established  by  King  Henry  VIII  in  1536,  to  augment  the  reve- 
nues of  the  crown  by  the  suppression  of  Monasteries)  there  is 
a  bill  of  complaint  of  Thomas^  Sherman,  undated,  addressed  to 
Sir  Richard  Ryche,  Chancellor  of  the  Court  (about  1536-1554), 
stating  that  on  April  9,  1539  (30  Henry  VIII)  plaintiff  was  seized 
in  fee  of  10  acres  of  pasture  in  Yaxley,  Suffolk,  next  to  a  wood 
called  Gosold  (Goswold)  wood  held  by  Thomas  Grey,  certain 
cattle  of  plaintiff  on  said  day  strayed  out  of  said  pasture  into  the 
said  wood  and  were  distrained  by  said  Thomas  Grey  and  driven 
into  the  pound  of  the  Honor  of  Eye  called  the  Castle.  Nicholas 
Cutler,  keeper  of  the  said  pound  and  castle,  now  refuses  to  de- 
liver up  the  same,  threatening  to  famysh  them  unless  plaintiff 
pay  unto  him  the  sum  of  19s.  8d.  and  to  lay  plaintiff  fast  by  the 
helys  in  the  dongeon  of  Eye  Castle,  until  the  same  be  payd. 
Plaintiff  holdeth  of  the  King  the  tythe  berne  [barn]  of  the  town 
of  Yaxley,  with  all  tythe  corne  belonging  to  the  said  town,  and 
this  corn  the  said  Nicholas  hath  taken  and  carried  away.  The 
answer  of  defendant  Cutler,  annexed,  contains  a  long  and  inter- 


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esting  historical  account  of  the  Honor  of  Eye  and  of  the  Castle. 
He  says  that  plaintiff  did  pay  the  aforesaid  19s.  8d.  by  one  Rob- 
ert Lokwode  (Bundle  18:87).  Robert  Lockwood  was  his 
brother-in-law. 

In  proceedings  of  the  same  Court  of  Augmentations  is  an 
entry  as  to  "certayn  Articles  concernyng  such  wrongs  and  in- 
juryes  as  oon  (one)  Thomas^  Sherman  hath  done  and  imagyned 
against  oon  Thomas  Grey  tenant  to  our  Sovereign  Lord  the 
King"  (undated  but  about  1534-1536).  From  the  bill  it  appears 
that  Thomas^  Sherman  was  an  attorney  at  the  Common  Law 
and  Deputy  to  the  Sheriff  of  Sussex  [probably  error  for  Suf- 
folk]. Plaintiff  had  judgment  against  him  in  the  Court  of  Eye 
for  possession  of  a  certain  hedge  pertaining  to  the  Manor  of  Eye. 
(Bundle  4:36.) 

Inquisition  taken  at  Eye  Co.  Suffolk,  the  Monday  next  before 
St.  Lawrence  32  Henry  VIII  (August,  1540)  to  enquire  of  the 
truth  of  certain  articles  contained  in  a  Bill  re  a  cause  depending 
between  Thomas  Grey,  plaintiff  and  Thomas^  Sherman,  defend- 
ant, in  the  Court  of  Eye.  Mention  of  (name  faded  out)  servant 
and  kinsman  of  said  Sherman,  and  of  Thomas*  Sherman,  junior, 
son  of  said  Thomas.  The  jury  find  that  Thomas^  Sherman  is  "a 
comon  noyer,  a  synestor  oppressor,  a  wrong  doer  &  a  dysturber 
of  hys  neybours ;"  that  he  was  sworn  by  the  Commissioners  of 
the  Hundred  of  Hartesmere  to  be  one  of  the  ferers  and  sessors 
for  the  last  Subsidy ;  and  that  at  the  time  of  the  said  Subsidy  he 
was  worth  in  moveable  goods  twenty  pounds.  (Proceedings  of 
same  Court  Miscel.    Books  108:24.) 

Francis*  Sherman,  son  of  said  Thomas^  Sherman  married 
Sibyl  Grey,  daughter  of  Thomas  Grey  (or  Gray),  of  Goswold 
Hall,  Thrandeston,  Suffolk. 

Between  1544  and  1547,  Thomas  Tyrell,  Clerk,  parson  of  Gys- 
lyngham,  Suffolk,  sued  Thomas^  Sherman  in  Chancery  charging 
him  with  having  purchased  a  parcel  of  land  in  Gyslingham,  next 
to  the  glebe  land  of  the  church  and  "being  of  a  gredy  &  covetouse 
mynde"  of  having,  without  right  or  title,  entered  on  the  glebe 
land  and  enclosed  it  with  the  purchased  land.  That  complainant 
exhibited  a  bill  in  chancery  against  Sherman  in  the  time  of  the 
late  Lord  Chancellor  Audley  (1533-1544)  and  obtained  a  com- 
mission for  the  ending  of  the  matter,  whereupon  Sherman  craftily 


38  Sherman  Genealogy 

commenced  an  action  of  trespass  against  complainant  in  Com- 
mon Pleas,  for  felling  two  oaks  on  said  glebe,  but  on  complaint 
to  the  Lord  Chancellor,  Sherman  was  enjoined  until  the  matter 
should  be  determined  in  chancery.  Sherman  in  his  answer,  says 
that  he  is  seized  in  fee  of  one  close  in  Gyslyngham  containing 
twenty-one  acres  called  Smythe  Close,  late  Thomas  Fuller's,  in 
which  close  complainant  has  two  small  pieces  of  land  containing 
about  one  acre  for  which  Sherman,  all  his  ancestors  and  all  other 
persons  whose  estate  therein  he  now  hath,  hath  time  without  mem- 
ory, paid  to  the  parson  of  the  church  "two  shillings  and  eight  pence 
yearly  for  the  farm  of  said  two  pieces  of  land  and  for  the  tythe 
and  herbage  thereof."  This  sum  defendant  has  paid  until  the 
Feast  of  St.  Michael  Z7  Henry  VIII  (29  Sept.,  1545).  The  land 
in  question  was  enclosed  by  an  hundred  years  before  defendant 
or  camplainant  were  born.  Defendant  bought  the  close  contain- 
ing twenty-one  acres  of  William  Revet,  of  Brockford,  son  and 
heir  of  John  Revet,  long  before  the  4th  of  Feb.,  27  Henry  VITI 
(1536).  (Early  Chancery  Proceedings  Bundle  1162.)  The 
Thomas  Fuller  mentioned  by  Sherman,  may  have  been  his  grand- 
father mentioned  in  the  will  of  his  father  John^  Sherman  as 
Thomas  Fullen. 

The  bill  of  complaint  in  the  Court  of  Chancery  of  Thomas 
Greye,  of  Thrandeston,  addressed  to  Sir  Thomas  Wryothesley 
(Lord  Chancellor  1544-1547),  complains  of  "divers  and  sondrye 
wrongs  and  injuries,  practysed  dayly  upon"  complainant  "by 
one  Thomas  Sherman  an  Attorney  of  the  Common  Law,"  viz. : 
the  said  Sherman  and  Thomas  Greye,  complainant's  uncle,  hav- 
ing purchased  jointly  divers  lands  and  tenements  in  Thrandeston, 
divided  the  same  between  them.  Greye,  by  his  will,  devised  his 
share  to  Elizabeth,  his  wife  for  life,  with  remainder  to  Richard 
Greye,  complainant's  brother.  Richard  married  Jane  Duke,  and 
by  his  will  devised  said  lands  to  complainant  after  said  Jane's 
death.  She  held  the  premises  without  let  from  Sherman  until 
Feb.  4.  27  Henry  VIII  (1536),  when  she  died:  whereupon  Sher- 
man entered  her  house,  broke  open  her  closet,  took  therefrom 
the  charters  concerning  the  lands,  and  by  colour  of  these,  now 
pretends  title  to  the  same.  The  land  is  called  Blakelond  Close. 
Mention  is  made  of  Waller,  Sherman's  brother-in-law,  and  of  "ij 
of  the  sonnes  of  the  said  Sherman"  (Early  Chancery  Proceed- 
ings Bundle  1126). 


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Trinity  Term,  38  Henry  VIII,  1546,  Thomas'  Sherman, 
Senior,  sued  Richard  Yaxley,  Junior,  of  Yaxley,  gentleman,  on 
a  bond  made  at  Diss,  October  25,  1537,  conditioned  for  Yaxley's 
making  to  Sherman  a  lawful  estate  by  the  next  Easter  (1538)  in 
V/i  acres  of  land  in  Yaxley  in  a  field  called  Estfeld,  otherwise 
Woodhall  feld,  between  the  lands  of  the  Prior  of  Hoxne  on  the 
East  and  land  of  said  Richard  on  the  west,  "one  hedde  abutting 
on  the  lands  of  the  churche  of  Yaxley  north,  which  was  late  Rob- 
ert Wrenny's,"  and  within  four  years  doing  everything  rea- 
sonable required  by  said  Sherman  (C.  P.  P.  Roll  1129:322). 

Michaelmas  Term  3  Edward  VI,  1549,  and  Michaelmas  Term 
4  Edward  VI,  1550,  Thomas^  Sherman,  Senior,  in  his  own 
proper  person,  appeared  against  William  Edwards,  a  peddler,  on 
the  plea  that  he,  "with  force  and  arms  upon  him,  the  said  Thomas, 
did  make  assault  at  Yaxlee,  and  him  did  beat  and  ill  use  so  that 
his  life  was  despaired  of"  (C.  P.  P.  Roll  1142:175  and  Roll 
1144:43).  As  he  died  in  1551,  perhaps  this  assault  hastened  his 
end.  His  last  recorded  Court  proceeding  is  an  action  for  tres- 
pass against  John  Newport  of  Yaxley,  in  Trinity  Term  5  Ed- 
ward VI,  May  or  June,  1551,  when  the  jury  in  the  case  were 
respited  until  the  Octave  of  St.  Michael,  Oct.  18,  1551. 

Besides  the  cases  above  noted  Thomas^  Sherman  is  recorded 
as  plaintiff  in  many  actions  for  debt,  assault  and  trespass  and  to 
recover  land  and  as  defendant  in  a  few  cases.  His  life  was  cer- 
tainly a  busy  one,  with  many  activities ;  dealing  in  land,  caring 
for  his  many  estates  and  tenants,  practising  law,  prosecuting  and 
defending  many  lawsuits  of  his  own  and  bringing  up  a  family  of 
nine  sons,  two  of  whom  Thomas  and  Francis,  followed  their 
father's  profession  of  the  Law. 

4.  THOMAS*  SHERMAN  (3.  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^), 
of  Yaxley,  Sufifolk,  Gentleman,  b.  about  1514  or  earlier, 
■m.  (1),  Elizabeth  Yaxley,  daughter  of  Anthony  Yaxley,  of 
Melles,  Suffolk,  and  Elizabeth  Garneys,  of  Kenton,  Suffolk 
She  was  living  on  Jan.  10,  1573,  date  of  Jane  Gardiner's  will. 
He  m.  (2),  Barbara  Whetcroft  (or  Wheatcroft),  daughter 
of  William  and  Alice  Whetcroft  (or  Wheatcroft),  of  Eye, 
Suffolk,  about  1579.  Probably  first  married  some  years  be- 
fore his  father's  death  in  1551.     He  was  buried  at  Yaxley, 


40         '  Sherman  Genealogy 

Sept.  17,  1585.  (Reg.  59,  p.  397.)  His  will  or  wills  and 
the  making  thereof  are  mentioned  in  the  suits  in  the  Court 
of  Star  Chamber,  of  Barbara  Sherman  and  others  against 
Mary  Sherman  and  others  (below),  and  in  the  other  suits 
hereinafter  noted.  No  will  has,  however,  been  found  on 
record. 

Barbara  Sherman,  his  widow,  d.  Jan.  18,  1621/2,  and  was 
buried  in  Yaxley  Church,  where  her  grave-stone  is  in  the 
floor  of  the  south  aisle. 

Anthony  Yaxley,  of  Melles,  Suffolk,  was  son  and  heir 
of  John  Yaxley,  Sergeant  at  law,  chosen  Sept.  10,  1496,  and 
Elizabeth  Brome  (dau.  of  John).  John  Yaxley  was  son  of 
Richard  Herberd,  alias  Yaxley,  of  Yaxley,  Suffolk,  who  m. 
(1),  Rose  Goldwell  and,  (2),  Alice  Lyard.  (Lincolnshire 
Pedigrees,  Harl.  Soc.  Pub'n,  p.  1123.)  The  pedigree  of 
Elizabeth  Garneys  is  given  in  Visitation  of  Suffolk  of  1561. 
The  will  of  John  Yaxlee,  Sergeant  at  law,  made  on  Pente- 
cost Monday,  20  Henry  VH  (May,  1505),  proved  Nov.  29, 
1505  (P.  C.  C.  Holgrave  39),  mentions  his  wife  Elizabeth 
and  his  son  Anthony,  whom  he  appoints  Executors.  Anthony 
Yaxley  had  a  second  wife,  Bridget  "nomine  vero  Penning." 
He  died  Oct.  28,  1558,  in  his  75th  year.  His  will,  describing 
him  as  '"sonne  &  heire  of  John,  Yaxley  Sergeant  at  the  lawe" 
is  dated  Sept.  30,  1556,  codicil  dated  Nov.  16,  1557.  He 
speaks  of  his  first  wife  and  his  children  and  mentions  his 
second  wife  Bridget  and  his  son  Richard.  Proved  Nov.  29, 
1558.  (P.  C.  C.  Welles  1.)  Robert  Gardyner  was  one  of  the 
witnesses.  Children  by  first  wife : 
11         I.  Thomas^  Sherman,  of  Yaxley  and  Palgrave. 

II.  Elizabeth^  Sherman,  under  20  years  of  age  Jan.  10, 
1573,  date  of  her  grandmother's  will,  supra;  m. 
Thomas  Blake  (of  the  Middle  Temple),  at  Yaxley, 
Dec,  1582.  (See  deposition  in  Star  Ciiamber  pro- 
ceedings below.)  Children  by  second  wife: 
III.  John^  Sherman,  of  Yaxley,  Counsellor  at  Law  and 
Justice  of  the  Peace  for  Suffolk,  b.  about  1582.  Yax- 
ley Parish  Register  shows  baptisms  of  the  following 
children  of  John  Sherman  Gent,  and  Esq. :  Elizabeth, 
Feb.  18.  1603/4;  John,  June  28,  1607;  Robert,  Oct. 


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24,  1608;  William,  Sept  3,  1610;  Anne,  Oct.  18,  1614, 
and  Marina,  Apr.  10,  1617.     Also  burial  of  Charles, 
Oct.  20,  1614  (possibly  twin  brother  of  Anne)  and 
burial  of  Marina,  April  10,  1617.     (Reg.  59,  p.  398.) 
Mr.  Richard  Sherman  was  Minister  at  Horsham, 
Suffolk,  Patron,  John  Sherman,  Aug.  6,  1603  (Suffolk 
Institute  of  Archaeology  Proceedings,  Vol.  6,  p.  101). 
In   Harleian   Additional   Manuscripts   No.    19090,   in 
British  Museum,  is  a  statement  that  "John  Sherman, 
Esq.,  Justice  of  the  peace  in  the  time  of  King  James 
and  King  Charles,  was  owner  of  a   faire  estate  in 
Yaxeley,  but  he  had  sold  it  before  his  death."    Henry 
Whetcroft,  Doctor  of  Law,  and  Master  in  Chancery, 
by  his  will  proved  July  1,  1616,  gave  a  gold  ring  to 
his  nephew  Mr.  John  Sherman.      (Suf.  Inst.  Arch. 
Pro.,  Vol.  6,  p.  101.) 
IV.  William^    Sherman,   bap.   at   Yaxley,   Apr.   26,    1585 
(Reg.  59,  p.  397),  d.  in  war  before  1622,  according  to 
his  mother's  gravestone  in  Yaxley  church. 
Thomas*  Sherman,  like  his   father,  was  an  Attorney  of  the 
Court  of  Common  Pleas  with  a  large  practice,  a  Deputy  Sheriff 
of  Suffolk,  and  a  leading  citizen  of  Yaxley,  where  he  lived  and 
died  and  was  buried.     Bloomfield's  History  of  Norfolk  (Vol.  2, 
p.  272),  says  that  Mr.  Sherman,  chief  man  of  the  town  of  Yax- 
ley, in  1557,  took  prisoner  a  man  named  Qobber  or  Qebber,  who 
tried  to  get  up  an  insurrection  and  got  people  to  Yaxley  church 
to  an  alleged  wedding.     Clobber  was  hanged  and  quartered.     He 
was  patron  of  the  Rectorship  of  Roydon,  Norfolk,  on  May  8, 
1560,  and  Feb.  26,  1572/3  when  Rectors  were  instituted  (Bloom- 
field,  Vol.  I,  p.  40).     Thomas*  Sherman  was  a  large  owner  and 
holder  of  lands  and  often  a  litigant  bringing  many  actions  in  the 
Courts  of  Common  Pleas  and  King's  Bench  for  debts,  for  dam- 
ages for  trespass  on  his  lands  and  to  recover  lands.     He  was 
also  sued  for  debt  and  for  trespass.     He  was  Deputy  Sheriff  of 
Suffolk  County  in  1556,  and  later.     Michaelmas  Term  4,  Philip 
and  Mary   (1556),  Thomas*  Sherman  Gent.,  and  Elizabeth,  his 
wife,,  were  sued  by  John  Hacon,  Esq.,  and  Francis  Hacon  gent., 
by  William  Whetcroft,  their  attorney,  to  recover  lands  in  Burgate 
and  Gyslyngham,  and  plaintiffs  recovered.     (C.  P.  P.  Roll  1168: 


42  Sherman  Genealogy 

119.)  At  the  same  term  Thomas*  Sherman  gent.,  in  person,  sues 
John  Deye,  of  Yaxley,  for  breaking  the  close  and  house  of  said 
Thomas  at  Yaxley  (Roll  1168:376).  At  the  same  term  Thomas* 
Sherman  gives  to  the  King  and  Queen  6s.  8d.  for  license  to  agree 
with  Edmund  Talmage  gent.,  in  a  plea  of  covenant  concerning 
lands  in  Somersham,  Florrton,  Nettelsted  and  Great  and  Little 
Blakenham,  Suffolk  (Roll  1168:677).  He  and  George  Waller 
were  plaintiffs  in  an  action  in  1564  to  recover  lands  in  Laxfield, 
Suffolk.  He  sued  Thomas  Gray,  of  Thrandeston  for  debt  and 
trespass.  Michaelmas  Term  10-11  Elizabeth  [Nov.,  1568],  his 
aunt,  Margery  Lockwood,  of  Eye,  widow  of  Robert  Lockwood, 
sued  him  to  recover  £40.  (C.  P.  P.  Roll  1274:1374.)  He  ap- 
peared as  attorney  for  Thomas  Holmes  in  1556,  for  his  brother 
William  in  1558,  for  his  brother  Francis  in  1564,  and  for  his 
brother  John  in  1565.  His  first  appearance  in  Court  was  as  plain- 
tiff with  his  father  and  others  against  Geoffrey  Warde,  for  tres- 
pass on  lands,  in  Trinity  Term  27  Henry  VIH  (1535).  He  must 
have  been  of  full  age  then  and  born  in  1514  or  earlier  (C.  P.  P. 
Roll  1086:307.)  In  Oct.,  1584,  he  was  sued  in  the  Court  of  Re- 
quests by  Gyles  Poolye,  Vicar  of  Yaxley,  who  married  the  widow 
of  James*  Sherman,  among  other  things,  to  recover  the  legacy 
of  £40,  given  to  James  by  his  father.  See  below.  He  was  an 
Executor  of  his  father's  will  and  in  1573  was  Administrator  of 
Gilbert  Sherman,  late  of  Beccles,  Suffolk,  deceased.  He  was 
also  an  Executor  of  his  mother's  will  and  overseer  of  his  brother 
William's  will. 

The  Court  rolls  of  the  manor  of  Haywood  Hall,  in  Diss,  as 
stated  above,  show  that  Thomas*  Sherman  surrendered  lands  to 
his  son  Thomas^  Sherman,  Junior,  Oct.  10,  1582,  to  which 
lands  he  was  admitted  on  Dec.  15,  1584. 

In  Star  Chamber  Proceedings,  Elizabeth  (Y.  3-35)  is  Bill 
of  Complaint  of  William  Yaxlee,  of  Yaxlee,  dated  23  Elizabeth 
(Nov.  17,  1580  to  Nov.  17,  1581).  It  states  that  Margaret  Yax- 
lee, widow  of  Richard  Yaxlee,  Esq.,  mother  of  plaintiff,  about 
17  Elizabeth  (1575)  let  the  Manor  of  Yaxlee  to  plaintiff;  plain- 
tiff about  1576  caused  a  court  Baron  of  said  Manor  to  be  held  to 
inquire  of  a  waste  committed  by  Edward  Keyne,  a  copyhold 
tenant,  by  cutting  down  a  tree.  Thomas*  Sherman  Gent.,  was 
sworn  as  a  juror.     The  said  Thomas  Sherman,  and  the  other 


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jurors,  not  having  the  fear  of  God  before  their  eyes,  did  not- 
withstanding certain  evidence  submitted  to  them,  find  a  verdict 
for  the  said  Keyne  "against  their  obedience  and  contrary  to  the 
lawes"  as  the  said  Thomas  Sherman  (foreman  of  the  jurors)  can- 
not be  ignorant  of,  "for  that  he  hath  been  an  olde  attorney  in 
your  Magesties  Court  of  Comon  Plees  at  Westminister  and  an 
ancient  practiser  in  the  same."  Barbara  Sherman,  the  widow  of 
Thomas*  Sherman,  had  htigations  with  her  husband's  relatives. 
In  or  about  1586,  Barbara  Sherman  filed  a  Bill  in  the  Court  of 
Chancery  against  William  Yaxley  to  recover  possession  of  copy- 
hold lands  in  Melles  and  Yaxley.  In  this  suit  a  decree  was  made 
Oct.  30,  1590.  It  recites  the  filing  of  the  bill  by  complainant,  of 
Yaxley,  late  wife  of  Thomas*  Sherman,  deceased,  and  mother 
and  guardian  of  John^  and  William^  Sherman,  sons  of  said 
Thomas,  deceased,  the  said  John  then  aged  four  years  and  said 
William  then  aged  one  and  one-half  years,  to  recover  possession 
of  copyhold  lands  in  Melles  and  Yaxley  devised  by  said  Thomas* 
Sherman,  deceased,  to  complainant  by  his  will  which  appointed 
her  and  her  two  sons  John  and  William,  Executors.  (Date  of 
filing  bill  not  stated,  but  probably  about  Oct.  or  Nov.,  1586.) 
Refers  to  William  Yaxley,  defendant,  as  Lord  of  the  Manors  of 
Yaxley  and  Pountney  Hall,  in  Melles.  Refers  to  Thomas^  Sher- 
man, father  of  said  Thomas*  Sherman,  late  husband  of  com- 
plainant. This  decree  recites  also  the  defendant's  answer,  stat- 
ing that  at  a  court  for  the  Manor  of  Yaxley,  held  Oct.  2,  1585 
(27  Elizabeth),  it  was  found  that  said  Thomas*  Sherman  Gent., 
died  since  the  last  Court  and  that  complainant  since  the  death  of 
her  husband,  has  been  resident  and  dwelling  in  the  town  of  Yax- 
ley. Mentions  Henry  Wheatcrofte,  brother  of  complainant.  The 
decree  recites  also  that  there  is  a  committee  of  the  body  of  Henry 
Yaxley,  son  of  late  defendant,  and  dismisses  cause  and  refers 
complainant  to  the  Court  of  Wards  to  seek  her  remedy.  (Chan- 
cery Enrolled  Decrees  32  Elizabeth  81 :19.) 

Hilary  Term  28  Elizabeth  (1586),  Giles  Pooly,  clerk,  sued  in 
the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  Barbara  Sherman,  of  Yaxley, 
widow,  William  Norman,  of  Yaxley,  husbandman,  and  George 
Richardson,  of  Botysdale,  husbandman,  for  breaking  his  close 
and  houses  at  Yaxley  and  Thrandeston.  (Roll  1457:1367.)  Giles 
Pooly  married  Margery,  the  widow  of  James*  Sherman.  He  was 
the  Vicar  of  Yaxley. 


44  Sherman  Genealogy 

In  the  Court  of  Requests,  Nov.  14,  28  Elizabeth  (1586),  the 
bill  of  complaint  of  Barbara  Sherman,  of  Yaxley,  widow,  John 
Sherman  and  William  Sherman,  her  sons,  executors  of  the  will 
of  Thomas  Sherman,  late  of  Yaxley  gent.,  deceased,  against  Mary 
Sherman,  alleges  that  said  Thomas  Sherman  in  his  life  time,  about 
15th  Elizabeth  (1573),  as  it  is  pretended,  entered  into  a  bond  for 
£20.  to  Anthony  Sherman,  of  Roydon,  Norfolk,  which  was 
either  in  the  life  time  of  said  Thomas  paid,  or  else  in  considera- 
tion thereof  said  Thomas  leased  to  said  Anthony  a  tenement  and 
lands  called  Penninge,  in  Roydon,  to  the  yearly  value  of  40  marks, 
which  said  Anthony  held  for  at  least  10  years  without  paying  any 
rent;  and  that  although  said  debt  was  satisfied  within  one  year 
from  said  leasing,  said  Thomas  Sherman,  in  his  life  time,  and 
complainant  Barbara,  since  his  death,  have  found  one  Anne  Sher- 
man, daughter  of  the  said  Anthony  Sherman,  the  obligee,  and 
Mary,  the  now  defendant,  widow  of  said  Anthony,  of  their  free 
cost,  meat,  drink  and  apparell  for  4  years,  and  also  have  found 
one  Thomas  Sherman,  son  of  the  said  Anthony,  meat,  drink,  etc., 
for  one  year. 

The  answer  of  Mary  Sherman,  widow,  21  Nov.,  29  Elizabeth 
(1586),  says  that  Thomas  Sherman  being  in  his  lifetime  esteemed 
to  be  a  man  of  the  living  of  £300,  by  year  "having  divers  chil- 
dren by  his  former  wife,"  accepted  and  took  said  Barbara  of 
mere  favor  and  left  and  devised  to  her  and  her  children  lands  and 
tenements  of  the  yearly  value  of  £200.  and  also  put  said  Bar- 
bara in  trust  for  the  payment  of  his  debts  and  legacies  and  made 
her  and  two  of  her  children  being  young  infants,  his  executors, 
yet  she  hath  little  or  no  care  to  pay  the  debts  but  seeks  to  defraud 
the  creditors ;  that  the  said  Thomas  Sherman,  in  consideration  of 
the  marriage  to  be  had  between  said  Anthony  Sherman  and  this 
defendant,  she  being  one  of  the  daughters  of  Sir  Anthony  Guy- 
dat,  Knight,  did  promise  to  make  her  a  jointure  of  lands  and  tene- 
ments of  the  yearly  value  £20  or  £30  and  after  the  marriage 
said  Thomas  Sherman,  in  performance  of  his  promise,  demised 
and  let  to  said  Anthony,  said  lands  and  tenements  mentioned  in 
the  will,  by  virtue  whereof  said  Anthony  entered  into  said  lands 
and  said  Thomas  Sherman  about  5  years  last  past  (1581)  deliv- 
ered to  said  Anthony  writings  concerning  said  premises,  and  by 
his  last  will  gave  the  same  premises  to  said  Anthony  and  this  de- 


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fendant,  and  the  heirs  male  of  their  bodies,  which  will,  by  the 
procurement  of  his  young  married  wife,  the  complainant,  upon 
whom,  he  being  very  old  (as  it  seemeth)  much  doted  and  with 
the  persuasions  of  her  and  her  friends,  who  by  reason  of  his  old 
age  desired  nothing  more  than  rest,  he  revoked  and  by  colorable 
means  to  see  the  said  writings  and  having  so  fraudulently  gotten 
them  into  his  hands  (to  please  his  young  wife)  he  by  force  car- 
ried away,  and  afterwards  devised  the  said  premises  to  com- 
plainant, and  the  said  Thomas  in  his  lifetime  did  earnestly  re- 
quest the  said  Barbara  to  provide  for  and  keep  the  said  Ann  Sher- 
man and  Thomas  Sherman,  children  of  defendant,  which  she 
vowed  she  would. 

Barbara's  replication  23  Jan.,  29  Elizabeth  (1587),  says  that 
Thomas  demised  said  lands  only  of  his  brotherly  good  will  and 
not  for  any  consideration. 

In  the  Court  of  Requests  on  25  June,  29  Elizabeth  (1587), 
Barbara  Sherman,  of  Yaxley,  widow,  and  John  Sherman  and 
William  Sherman,  sons  of  the  said  Barbara,  filed  a  bill  alleging 
that  Thomas  Sherman,  gent.,  deceased,  late  husband  of  said  Bar- 
bara, about  I3/2  years  since,  made  his  will,  that  Francis  Sherman, 
of  Breysworth,  Suffolk,  gent.,  brother  of  the  said  Thomas,  trus- 
tee to  receive  certain  money  of  William  le  Gryce,  John  Sherman, 
another  brother  of  Thomas,  Faith  Sherman,  late  wife  of  William 
Sherman,  deceased,  brother  to  said  Thomas,  conspired  against 
Barbara  about  the  will  of  Thomas,  Thomas  Sherman,  son  of 
testator,  mentioned.  Said  testator  was  seized  in  his  life  of  lands 
in  Yaxley,  Eye,  Thrandeston,  and  Little  Thornham,  in  Suffolk, 
and  bequeathed  to  Barbara  in  recompense  of  dower  the  said  lands 
for  her  life,  keeping  herself  unmarried,  and  on  her  decease  or 
marriage,  gave  said  lands  with  certain  exceptions  to  said  John 
Sherman  and  his  heirs  male,  and  in  default  thereof  to  said  Wil- 
liam and  his  heirs  male,  and  by  his  will  gave  his  executors  the 
profits  of  his  manor  lands  for  10  years  for  the  bringing  up  of  his 
children ;  that  certain  deeds  of  these  lands  are  by  casual  means  in 
possession  of  said  Francis  Sherman  and  Thomas  Sherman,  son  of 
testator  who  confederating  have  entered  the  premises  or  disposed 
of  them,  frustrating  said  will ;  that  said  Thomas  Sherman  in  his 
Hfetime  about  6  years  last  past  (1581),  devised  to  said  William 
Sherman,  now  deceased,  certain  lands  in  Roydon,  Norfolk,  of 


46  Sherman  Genealogy 

the  yearly  value  of  i20  and  said  William  made  his  will  and  made 
said  Faith  his  Executrix.  Afterwards,  said  Thomas  made  his  will 
and  since  then,  said  Faith  has  been  confederating  with  said 
Thomas,  the  son,  and  Francis  and  John  Sherman,  his  brother. 
Francis  answers  that  he  believes  his  brother  Thomas  never  made 
or  consented  to  any  such  will  as  complainants  allege,  that  said 
Thomas  was  indebted  to  Francis  in  various  amounts,  that  Steven 
Lacye  was  indebted  to  said  Thomas  in  £43.  Mentions  Barbara's 
brothers  Henry  Whetcroft,  Doctor  of  Laws,  and  George  Whet- 
croft,  denies  that  he  has  any  writings,  etc.  With  the  pleadings  are 
depositions  of  several  witnesses  taken  March  15,  1588,  one  of 
whom  was  Alexander^  Sherman,  of  Bresworth,  aged  26.  He  was 
son  of  Francis*  Sherman.  There  are  also  other  depositions  taken 
Feb.  3,  1588. 

In  Star  Chamber  Proceedings,  are  pleadings  and  depositions 
in  suit  of  Barbara  Sherman  and  others  against  Mary  Sherman  and 
others  in  1587;  the  bill  of  complaint  (undated,  but  exhibited  in 
1587)  of  Barbara  Sherman,  of  Yaxley,  Widow,  late  wife  of 
Thomas*  Sherman,  gent.,  deceased,  and  of  John  and  William 
Sherman,  sons  of  said  Thomas  and  Barbara,  joint  executors  of 
the  will  of  said  Thomas,  states  that  said  Thomas*  Sherman,  in 
his  lifetime,  was  seized  of  a  tenement  and  nine  closes  of  land 
in  Roydon,  Norfolk.  He  made  several  wills  of  which  one,  dated 
Sept.  21,  1584,  was  written  by  Thomas  Blake.  Afterwards, 
about  two  years  sithence  (since,  Thomas*  Sherman  died,  having 
ordained  his  last  will  in  writing  and  therein  nominated  his  wife 
and  said  sons  John  and  William,  being  children  of  very  tender 
age,  his  executors,  and  devised  to  said  Barbara  said  lands  for  ten 
years.  But  sithence  his  death,  one  Mary  Sherman,  widow  of  An- 
thony* Sherman,  younger  brother  of  said  Thomas*  Sherman,  with 
said  Thomas  Blake  and  one  Robert  Richardson,  and  in  confedera- 
tion with  Nicholas  Sherman,  William  Sherman  and  Robert  Sher- 
man, have  confederated  themselves  together  to  defeat  and  de- 
fraud complainants  of  their  said  estate  in  said  lands,  having 
through  the  said  Mary,  exhibited  a  bill  in  chancery  to  that  end. 
Anthony*  Sherman,  husband  of  said  Mary,  died  about  five  years 
past  in  the  tenement  at  Roydon,  which  he  then  occupied  as  tenant. 
(He  was  buried  at  Roydon,  Sept.  7„  1582,  Reg.  59,  p.  398).  The 
said  bill  was  exhibited  in  Chancery  in  Easter  Term  28  Elizabeth 


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(Apr.,  1586).  The  answer  of  Mary  Sherman,  Thomas  Blake, 
Gent.,  and  other  defendants,  dated  July  4,  1587,  states  that  said 
Mary  Sherman,  late  wife  of  Anthony  Sherman,  was  one  of  the 
daughters  of  Sir  Anthony  Guydat,  Knight.  The  lands  in  dispute 
were  promised  by  the  late  Thomas  Sherman  to  be  settled  on  her 
at  her  marriage.  When  Thomas  Sherman  took  said  Barbara  to 
wife,  she  "did  by  all  means  possible  labour  to  withdraw  the  good 
will  of  the  said  Thomas  from  the  said  Anthony  and  Mary."  De- 
position of  Elizabeth  Smithe,  of  Gislington,  Suffolk,  single- 
woman,  taken  Apr.  19,  1588,  states:  Anthony  Sherman  lay  not 
above  a  fortnight  sick,  and  died  about  harvest  time.  Mentions 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Sherman,  daughter  of  Thomas  Sherman,  de- 
ceased. 

Deposition  of  Alice,  wife  of  John  Randall,  of  Yaxley,  Suf- 
folk, husbandman,  aged  30,  taken  Apr.  18,  1588,  states:  the  day 
after  the  death  of  Anthony  Sherman,  the  said  Nicholas  (Sher- 
man) and  Margaret  Whithipoll  (daughter  of  Anthony)  came  to 
Roydon  to  the  burial,  because  that  in  the  night  after  the  said  An- 
thony died,  one  Thomas  Warne  was  sent  for  Mr.  Benjamin  Withi- 
poll  and  Margaret,  his  wife,  with  Nicholas  Sherman,  to  come  to 
the  burial  of  said  Anthony. 

Deposition  of  Thomas  Warne,  of  Wingfield,  Suffolk,  hus- 
bandman, aged  34,  states :  presently  after  the  death  of  said  An- 
thony, he  rid  (rode)  to  one  Nicholas  Sherman  and  to  one  Mar- 
garet Withipoll,  daughter  to  the  said  Anthony,  to  certify  to  them 
of  the  death. 

From  the  depositions,  it  appears  that  Thomas*  Sherman, 
shortly  before  the  death  of  his  brother  Anthony,  was  residing  at 
Sturston  (about  four  miles  north  of  Yaxley).     (S.  24:25.) 

Deposition  of  Nicholas  Sherman,  of  Ipswich,  Gent.,  taken 
Nov.  28,  1587  (30  Elizabeth),  gives  no  further  information.  (S. 
35:20.) 

Deposition  of  Mary  Hall,  now  wife  of  Robert  Hall,  late  wife 
of  Anthony  Sherman,  deceased,  taken  Oct.  26,  1587  (29  Eliza- 
beth), states:  when  Anthony  Sherman  lay  dying  and  Thomas* 
Sherman,  at  his  earnest  request,  gave  the  disputed  lands  to  de-; 
ponent,  there  were  present  Thomas  Blake,  Nicholas  Sherman, 
Robert  Richardson,  Robert  Sherman,  Margaret  Sherman,  Byt- 


48  Sherman  Genealogy 

teris  (Beatrice)  Sherman  and  Anne  Smith.    Robert  Sherman  was 
then  servant  with  William  Sherman,  of  Ipswich.     (S.  35:20.) 

William  Rede,  of  Yaxley,  husbandman,  for  a  long  time  a  ser- 
vant of  Thomas*  Sherman,  filed  in  the  Court  of  Requests,  a  bill 
of  complaint  dated  Jan.  28,  1587,  against  Barbara  Sherman,  the 
widow,  and  her  brother,  Henry  Whetcrofte,  stating  that  com- 
plainant had  been  tenant  of  Thomas'*  Sherman  for  several  years, 
of  lands  in  Yaxley  and  other  towns  adjoining,  that  Thomas,  ly- 
ing upon  his  death  bed,  in  the  presence  of  Barbara,  his  wife,  and 
Henry  Whetcrofte,  Doctor  of  Law,  her  brother,  who  took  upon 
him  to  make  the  last  will  of  said  Sherman,  did  will  that  com- 
plainant should  not  be  removed  out  his  house  so  long  as  he  would 
dwell  in  it  and  that  it  should  be  so  set  down  in  his  will  and  Bar- 
bara promised  that  complainant  should  have  it  accordingly,  that 
within  three  or  four  days,  Sherman  died,  and  Barbara,  knowing 
that  he  brother  had  not  set  down  the  gift  in  the  will,  has 
made  entry  into  the  premises  and  threatens  to  throw  complainant 
and  his  wife  and  children  out  of  the  same.  The  record  contains 
the  answer  of  Barbara  and  her  brother  Henry  and  the  depositions 
of  several  witnesses.  The  answer  says  that  Sherman  died  about  a 
year  and  a  half  "sithence"  (since),  part  only  of  the  will  was 
written  by  Whetcrofte,  Sherman  overseeing  it  and  adding  to  it ; 
after  he  had  executed  it,  he  asked  his  wife  to  let  Reade  and  Nor- 
man dwell  in  their  houses  so  long  as  they  will,  using  them  justly, 
this  Barbara  did,  until  complainant  behaved  undutif ully ;  all  or 
most  of  testator's  lands  were  in  one  clause  of  the  will  given  to  her 
for  life,  by  another  clause  the  same  lands  were  given  to  testator's 
executors  for  ten  years.  She  and  his  and  her  two  sons  were  made 
executors ;  after  complainant's  shameful  abuses,  she  made  entry 
into  the  premises  in  the  name  of  herself  and  two  sons.  A  wit- 
ness said  that  Thomas  Sherman  was  a  very  careful  man  in  all 
his  business.  William  Newman,  of  Yaxley,  testified  that  testator 
and  Barbara  were  married  by  the  space  of  six  years  or  more. 
(They  were  therefore  married  in  1579  or  earlier.)  One  of  the 
witnesses  was  James  Preston,  servant  with  Francis  Sherman,  of 
Breseworth,  Sufifolk,  Gent.  Anne  Whetcrofte,  of  Yaxley,  aged 
26,  Katherine  Whetcrofte,  of  Yaxley,  aged  24,  and  Alice  Whet- 
crofte, of  Yaxley,  aged  20,  sisters  of  Barbara  and  of  George 
Whetcrofte,  of  Yaxley,  Gent.,  aged  28,  all  deposed  (Court  of 
Requests  Bundle  327.) 


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In  the  Lay  Subsidy  of  1568  Thomas*  Sherman,  of  Yaxley,  was 
taxed  on  £20  in  lands,  and  Francis*  Sherman,  on  £3  in  goods. 

On  the  floor  of  the  south  aisle  of  Yaxley  Church  is  the  grave 
stone  of  Barbara  Sherman,  with  the  following  inscription : 

DIEIA:    18    1621 
HIC   lACET    ET    OBIT    ANO    SALVTIS    HUMANAE 
SHERMA  DVM  VIXIT  MODO  RELICTA  THO  SI  GENVS 
ET  PARVOS  SI  NOME  QVERIS  ET  ANOS  MARMORE 
SVBSCRIPTO  HEC  TVA  VOTA  DABO 

BARBARA  SHERMA  VXOR  THO  SHERMA  DE  YAX- 
LEY DEFVNCTI  FVIT  FILIA  WILL.  WHITCROFT 
OVONDAM  VNIVS  BALL  ET  BVRG  DE  EYE  ET  HABVIT 
DVOS  FILIOS  JOHN  SHERMA  AR.  CONSIL  AD.  LEGE 
ET  VNV  IVSTIC.  REGE  AD.  PACE  IN  COME  SVFF  ET 
WILL.     SHERMA  QV  PERIIT  IN  BELLO 

ET  SV  E  74. 

Translation. — Died  on  the  18th  day  of  January  in  the  year  of 
human  salvation  1621,  and  of  her  age,  74,  and  here  lies,  while  she 
lived,  widow  of  Thomas  Sherman.  If  her  family  and  children, 
if  her  name  you  ask  and  her  years,  I  will  grant  your  wishes  by 
this  stone  subscription. 

Barbara  Sherman,  wife  of  Thomas  Sherman,  of  Yaxley,  de- 
ceased, was  the  daughter  of  one  William  Whitcroft,  formerly 
one  of  the  bailiffs  and  burgesses  of  Eye,  and  had  two  sons,  John 
Sherman,  Gentleman,  counsellor  at  law  and  one  of  the  King's 
Justices  of  the  peace  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  and  WilHam  Sher- 
man, who  perished  in  war. 

5.  JOHN*  SHERMAN  (3.  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  of 
Bramford,  Suffolk,  and  of  St.  Matthews  parish,  Ipswich, 
Suffolk,  Gent.  b.  probably  1530  or  earlier;  d.  1587.  m.  (1), 
Elizabeth,  mother  of  his  children;  (2),  about  July  8,  1573 
(license  date),  Marian,  widow  of  Thomas  Whiting,  of 
Ipswich,  grocer,  deceased,  who  died  in  Apr.  or  May,  1573 
(Bury  St.  Edmunds,  licenses,  for  Yaxley).  (See  note  of  his 
will  below.)  She  was  John's  wife  on  Apr.  14,  1575,  when 
she  united  in  deed  (below).  She  was  probably  the  Marie 
Sherman,  wife  of  John,  buried  at  St.  Matthews,  Apr.  4,  1580 


50  Sherman  Genealogy 

(Reg.  59,  p.  400).  He  m.  (3),  Margaret,  before  Mar.  29, 
1586,  when  she  united  in  deed  (below).  He  was  buried  at 
St.  Matthews,  Ipswich,  Sept.  10,  1587  (Reg.  59,  p.  400).  His 
will,  dated  Mar.  25,  1587,  proved  Nov.  21,  1587  (P.  C.  C. 
„,.-—  Spencer  72>).  Bequests  to  wife  Margaret,  to  son  James,  £70 
in  discharge  of  his  brother  Robert's  gift  (by  his  will  dated 
Apr.  12,  1576,  see  below)  to  daughter  Elizabeth  Sherman 
like  bequest.  Forgives  Robert  Toulson  "and  Jane,  his  wife, 
my  daughter,  all  debts  due."  Residue  to  son  Nicholas.  Ap- 
points him  executor.  Bequests  to  poor  of  Bramford  and  of 
St.  Matthews  parish.  (Reg.  54,  p.  160.)  John*  Sherman 
was  probably  of  full  age  at  date  of  his  father's  will,  Jan.  20, 
1551.  He  was  called  gentleman  and  seems  to  have  had  no 
profession  or  business.  Michaelmas  Term  7-8  Elizabeth, 
1565,  by  Thomas  Sherman,  his  brother,  his  attorney,  he  sued 
Francis  Egerfeld,  of  Braxted,  Essex,  to  recover  a  gelding 
of  the  price  of  ilO  which  plaintiff  delivered  to  defendant  at 
Yaxley  on  Aug.  12.  1  Elizabeth  (1559),  to  be  cared  for  and 
returned.  Egerfeld  denied  the  detention  and  was  admitted 
to  wage  his  law,  which  he  did  forthwith  twelvefold.  There- 
for John  shall  take  nothing  by  his  writ,  but  let  him  be  in 
mercy  for  his  false  claim  and  let  Francis  go  sine  die  (C.  P. 
P.  Roll  1236 :103) .  He  sued  for  debts  in  1581,  by  his  brother 
Francis,  his  attorney  (C.  P.  P.  Rolls  1387:1163,  1394:1930). 
Children : 

I.  Robert^  Sherman,  of  London,  d.  Apr.,  1576.  Will 
dated  Apr.  12.  1576,  proved  Apr.  17,  1576.  (P.  C.  C. 
Carew  6.)  Describes  testator  as  servant  with  John 
Edwardes,  citizen  and  vintner  of  London.  Bequests 
to  poor  of  parish  of  St.  Magnus  the  martyr  in  Lon- 
don; "to  my  well  loved  uncle  Anthony  Sherman;"  to 
each  of  his  brothers,  Nicholas  and  James,  and  each  of 
his  sisters,  Margaret,  Dennys,  Elizabeth  and  Anne 
Sherman ;  "to  my  uncle  Henrie  Sherman ;"  forgives 
uncle  Bartholomew  Sherman  £8  he  owes ;  "To  my 
cosen  Thomas^  Sherman,  sonne  of  my  uncle  Thomas* 
Sherman,  of  Yacksleye  in  the  Co.  of  Suffolk,  one  ringe 
of  gould  with  a  stone  in  it."  Bequests  to  his  master 
Mr.  Edwards  and  his  wife.    Residue  to  his  father  John 


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Sherman  and  appoints  him  Executor,  his  uncle  Henry 
Sherman  to  be  supervisor  and  overseer.     (Reg.  54,  p. 
157).    Probably  never  married. 
12       II.  Nicholas^  Sherman,  of  Romford. 

III.  James^  Sherman,  of  Bramford,  Essex,  mentioned  in 
will  of  his  uncle  Richard*  Sherman,  dated  Jan.  21, 
1587;  d.  1589.  Adm.  Aug.  8,  1589,  to  Jane  Toulson, 
his  sister.  (P.  C.  C.  Adm.  Act  Book  1587-91,  fol. 
107.) 

IV.  Margaret-''  Sherman,  m.  at  St.  Matthews,  Ipswich, 
Apr.  22,  1577,  John  Goffe  (Reg.  59,  p.  399)  and  was 
living  a  widow  Nov.  21  1620,  at  date  of  will  of  her 
brother  Nicholas.  Mentioned  as  his  niece,  in  will  of 
her  uncle,  Richard*  Sherman,  dated  Jan.  21,  1587. 

V.  Dennys^  Sherman,  mentioned  in  will  of  her  brother 
Robert,  supra. 
VI.  Elizabeth^  Sherman,  mentioned  in  will  of  her  uncle 
Richard  Sherman  and  in  will  of  her  brother  Robert, 
supra.     Possibly  the  Elizabeth  Sherman,  daughter  of 
John  and  Elizabeth  baptized  at  St.  Mary  Tower,  Ips- 
wich, Aug.  27,  1562  (Reg.  59,  p.  398). 
VII.  Ann^  Sherman,  mentioned  in  will  of  her  brother  Rob- 
ert, supra.    Possibly  the  Ann  Sherman  who  m.  Richard 
Loudon,   Sept.   28,    1598,   at   St.    Matthews,   Ipswich 
(Reg.  59,  p.  399). 
VIII.  Jane^  Sherman,  bap.  at  St.  Matthews,  Ipswich,  Dec. 
23,  1566  (Reg.  59,  p.  399),  m.  Robert  Toulson.    Admx. 
of  her  brother  James,  Aug.  5,  1589,  supra. 

There  was  a  Richard  Sherman,  son  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  bap.  at  St.  Mary  Tower,  Ipswich,  Feb.  16, 
1562/3. 

In  Ipswich  Dogget  (Docket)  Rolls  is  an  instru- 
ment dated  Apr.  26,  1597,  by  which  Nicholas^  Sher- 
man, of  Bramford,  Suffolk,  Gent.,  son  and  heir  of 
John*  Sherman,  of  Ipswich,  Gent.,  deceased,  and 
Thomasine,  now  wife  of  said  Nicholas,  for  £17, 
grants  to  Edward  Harrald,  of  Ipswich,  haberdasher,  a 
garden  or  orchard  in  the  parish  of  St.  Mary  Elms  and 
St.  Nicholas,  in  Ipswich,  lying  between  the  tenement 


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late  of  John  More,  one  of  the  Portmen  of  Ipswich,  and 
the  messuage  late  Thomas  Whitney's,  which  garden 
late  belonged  to  the  said  John*  Sherman,  father  of  the 
said  Nicholas,  and  was  by  the  said  John  and  Marian 
then  his  wife  (theretofore  wife  of  Thomas  Whiting 
late  of  Ipswich,  grocer,  deceased),  conveyed  unto 
William  Sherman,  Francis  Sherman,  gent.,  and  John 
Waller,  in  trust  for  said  John  and  Marian  and  the 
heirs  of  the  said  John,  forever,  by  deed  of  feoffe- 
ment  bearing  date  14  Apr.  17  Elizabeth  (1575), 
which  said  garden  was  assured  by  said  John  Sherman 
and  Margaret,  his  wife  (after  the  decease  of  said 
Marian),  unto  Edward  Cage  and  Thomas  Sherman,  in 
trust,  for  the  sole  use  of  said  John  and  Nicholas  Sher- 
man by  Indenture  bearing  date  29  March,  28  Eliza- 
beth (1585),  which  garden  said  Marian,  late  wife  of 
of  said  John,  lately  had  of  the  gift  of  said  Thomas 
Whiting  her  late  husband  deceased,  as  by  the  will  of 
said  Thomas  dated  Mar.,  1571,  more  fully  appeareth. 
Signed  and  sealed  26  Elizabeth  (1597).  The  will  of 
Thomas  Whiting,  of  Ipswich,  grocer,  is  dated  at  its 
beginning,  Mar.  28,  1571,  and  stated  at  the  end  to 
have  been  sealed  written  and  delivered  by  the  testa- 
tor's own  hand  Apr.  18,  1573,  was  proved  May  14, 
1573.  (P.  C.  C.  Peter  16.)  He  gives  to  his  wife, 
Marion,  his  lands  in  Ipswich  excepting  a  certain  tene- 
ment, and  appoints  her  Executrix. 

6.  HENRY*  SHERMAN  (3.  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  the 
elder  of  Colchester,  formerly  of  Dedham,  Essex,  shearman,  b. 
about  1520.  m.  (1),  Agnes  (probably  Agnes  Butter).  Thomas 
Butter,  of  Dedham,  clothier,  in  his  will  dated  20  Aug.,  1555, 
proved  May  7,  1556  (P.  C.  C.  Ketchyn  5),  mentions  his  wife 
Marion,  his  daughters  Agnes  Rolffe  and  Alice  Percival,  and 
also  "Alice  Butter,  my  youngest  daughter,"  gives  "to  Harry 
Sherman's  wiffe  a  silver  pott"  and  appoints  Henry  Sherman 
Executor.  (Reg.  68,  p.  149.)  Agnes  (Butter)  Sherman 
was  probably  niece  of  the  testator,  Thomas  Butter.  Pierce 
Butter,  of  Colchester,  son  of  William  Butter  and  grandson 


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of  said  Thomas  Butter,  by  his  will  dated  Aug.,  41  Elizabeth 
(1599)  and  proved  Nov.  26,  1600  (P.  C.  C.  Wallopp  68), 
gives  to  his  son  Daniel  "my  lease  *  *  *  called  Brook- 
house,  now  in  the  occupation  of  Anthony  Whiting,  for  so 
many  years  as  he  [Daniel]  is  his  apprentice,  his  said  master 
[Anthony]  to  have  the  use  of  it  in  the  meantime,  paying  such 
consideration  for  it  as  his  [Anthony's]  father  in  law,  my 
cosen  Henry^  Sherman  shall  think  good."  Appoints  his 
friend  Henry^  Sherman,  the  elder,  an  Executor.  Anthony 
Whiting  married  Anne'"'  Sherman,  daughter  of  Henry^  Sher- 
man, son  of  Henry*  Sherman.  Henry^  Sherman's  mother 
being  Agnes  Butter,  he  was  a  cousin  of  the  testator  Pierce 
Butter.  Agnes  Sherman  was  buried  at  Dedham,  Oct.  14, 
1580.  (Reg.  50,  p.  417.)  He  m.  (2),  Marion  Willson,  widow 
of  Edmund  Willson,  at  Dedham,  June  5,  1581.  (Reg.  66,  p. 
326.)  She  was  Marion  Smyth  and  married  Edmund  Willson 
April  6,  1563.     (Reg.  66,  p.  326.)     No  issue  by  her.    He  m. 

(3),  Margery .     No  issue  by  her.     Margaret  Shearman, 

of  Colchester,  widow,  testified  Jan.  11,  36  Elizabeth  (1594) 
in  a  suit  of  Peter  Baher  vs.  John  Ball  and  Thomas  Neverd, 
that  she  was  aged  three  score  and  sixteen  years,  therefore, 
born  about  1518.    She  may  have  been  the  widow  of  Henry* 
Sherman    (Exchequer   Depositions    H.    36   Eliz.,    No.    12). 
His  will,  dated  Jan.  20,  1589/90,  and  proved  July  25,  1590, 
(P.  C.  C.  Drury  51),  is  as  follows: 
In  the  name  of  God  Amen  the  twentiethe  daye  of  Januarye  a  thousande 
fyue  hundred  Eightie  nyne  and  in  the  twoe  and  thirtith  yere  of  the  raigne 
of  oure  soueraigne  Ladie  Quene  Elizabethe  I  Henry  Shearman  the  elder 
of  Colchester  in  the  county  of  Essex  beinge  whole  of  memory  and  in  par- 
feet  mynde  thankes  be  to  god  do  make  constitute  and  ordeyne  this  my  laste 
will  and  testamente  revoking  all  other  willes  and  testamente  made  by  me 
ffirste  I  bequeathe  my  soule  into  the  handes  of  Almightie  god  my  maker 
acknowledging  Jesus  the  sonne  of  the  lyvinge  god  my  onlye  Savyoure  and 
Redeemer  by  whose  pretious   blood   shedding  all   my  synnes   ar   washed 
awaye  which  hath  satisfyed  the  wrathe  of  god  the   father  and  I  by  his 
merittes  and  by  noe  other  meanes  shall  enherite  the  kingdome  prepared  for 
the  faithefull.     I  acknowledge  the  holie  ghost  the  god  of  comforte  which 
hathe  sealed  me  up  to  the  euerlastinge  Couenunte  of  eternall  joyes  my 
Bodie  I  committ  to  the  earthe  from  whence  yt  came  to  be  buried  in  the 
parishe  churche  of  Dedham.     Item  I  will  and  bequeathe  to  Doctor  Chap- 
man the  preacher  of  Dedham  Sixe  pounde  to  be  paied  within  sixe  monethes 


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after  my  Decease.  Item  I  will  to  M""  Parker  ffortie  shillinges  to  be  paied  at 
the  same  tjTtie.  Item  I  will  to  the  poore  of  Dedham  twentie  pounde  to  be 
a  contynewall  stocke  for  the  poore  to  the  worldes  ende  and  the  vse  and 
benefit  of  it  to  goe  to  the  poore.  ffurther  my  will  and  mynde  is  that  it 
shalbe  ordred  at  the  discretion  of  the  gouernoures  of  the  free  schoole  of 
Dedham  or  the  greatest  parte  of  them  and  they  go  take  securities  for  the 
princypall.  Item  I  will  and  bequeathe  vnto  Henrye  Shearman  my  sonne  my 
Shearmans  crafte  to  hym  and  his  heires  for  ever. 

Item  I  giue  to  Henrye  Shearman  my  sonne  all  the  householde  whiche 
is  in  his  house  which  he  hathe  alreadye.  Item  I  giue  vnto  my  Sonne  Henry 
Shearmans  children  that  is  to  saye  to  Henry  Shearman  Samuel  Shearman 
Daniell  John  Ezechiell  Phebe  Nathaniell  and  Anne  Shearm.an  to  eache  of 
them  fyue  pounde  a  peece  to  be  paied  to  ths  sonnes  at  the  age  of  twoe  and 
twentie.  And  yf  any  of  them  dye  before  they  shall  accomplishe  the  fore- 
saied  age  then  I  will  yt  to  be  equallie  devided  betwixt  the  reste  aliue  and 
to  the  Daughters  at  one  and  twentie.  And  yf  they  die  before  this  age  then 
I  will  theire  porcon  to  be  equallie  Devided  betwixte  my  sonne  Henryes 
children  then  alive.  Item  I  will  and  bequeathe  to  Edmunde  Shearman  my 
sonne  tenne  pounde.  Item  I  giue  to  Edmonde  Shearman  the  sonne  of  my 
sonne  Edmonde  Shearman  thirteene  pounde  thirteene  shillinges  and  fower 
pence  to  be  paied  vnto  hym  at  the  full  age  of  twoe  and  twentie  yeres.  And 
yf  he  die  before  he  come  to  the  age  of  two  and  twentie  then  I  will  it  to  be 
devided  betwene  Richarde  Shearman  Bezaliell  Shearman  Anne  Shearman 
the  children  of  my  sonne  Edmonde  Shearman.  Item  I  will  and  bequeathe 
to  Richarde  Shearman  Bezaliell  Shearman  Anne  and  Sara  Shearman  the 
children  of  my  sonne  Edmonde  Shearman  to  eache  of  them  ffortie  shil- 
linges a  peece  to  be  paied  to  the  sonnes  at  the  full  age  of  twoe  and  twentie 
and  to  the  daughters  at  one  and  twentie.  And  yf  any  of  them  dye  before 
they  shall  accomplishe  theire  full  age  then  I  will  theire  parte  to  be  deuided 
amongeste  the  reste  that  lyue  of  Edmond  Shearmans  children.  Item  I 
give  to  Edmonde  Shearman  my  sonne  my  best  cloake.  Item  I  will  and 
bequeathe  to  William  Petfeilde  my  sonne  in  Lawe  twenty  pounds  to  be 
paied  within  one  whole  yere  after  my  Decease.  Item  I  give  to  the  three 
children  of  my  sonne  in  law  Petfeilde  that  is  to  saye  Richarde  Petfeilde 
To  Susan  Petfeilde  and  Elizabethe  Petfeilde  to  eache  of  them  Sixe  pounde 
thirteene  shillinges  fower  pence  to  be  paied  to  the  sonne  at  two  and  twentie 
yeres  of  age  and  to  the  Daughters  at  one  and  twentie.  And  yf  any  of  them 
dye  before  the  age  beforesaied  then  I  will  theire  portion  to  be  equallye 
deuyded  betwene  the  children  of  William  Petfeilde  then  aliue.  And  my 
will  and  mynde  is  that  my  saied  sonne  Petfeilde  shall  have  the  occupyinge 
of  that  money  untill  the  children  shall  come  to  theire  full  age  putting  in 
sufficient  suertie  to  my  executors  to  paye  the  money  as  ys  abouesaied. 
Item  I  giue  to  Margcrye  my  wife  twoe  and  twentie  pounde  to  be  paied 
within  three  monethes  after  my  Decease.  Item  I  will  that  she  shall  haue 
all  her  househoulestuffe  whiche  she  broughte  me  and  that  househoulde 
which  we  renewed  and  boughte  synce  we  marryed.  Item  I  will  that  Mar- 
gcrye my  wife  shall  haue  all  my  Broome  wood  and  logges  which  I  haue  at 


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my  Departure.  Item  I  will  and  giue  to  Margerye  my  wife  twentie  shil- 
linge  of  money.  Item  I  giue  to  Margerye  my  wife  that  tweluc  pound  which 
is  due  vnto  me  from  Tendring  yf  my  executors  can  recover  yt  of  hym. 
Item  I  will  that  Margery  my  wife  shall  have  her  dwellinge  for  twoe  yeres 
in  that  parte  of  the  house  wherein  we  do  nowe  dwell  that  is  in  the  lower 
parloure  and  the  twoe  chaumbers  next  M''  Ruddes  and  parte  of  the  backe- 
house  yf  my  sonne  Robert  do  enioye  the  house  But  if  it  be  redeemed  and 
he  do  not  enioye  it  then  I  will  that  my  sonnc  Robert  shall  paye  vnto  Mar- 
gery my  wife  fower  pounde  for  twoe  yeres  dwellinge.  Item  I  giue  to 
Margery  my  wife  my  tipped  pott  tearme  of  her  life  and  after  her  decease 
I  giue  it  to  Judithe  my  daughter  Item  my  will  is  that  yf  Margerye  my 
wife  doe  make  eny  clayme  or  title  to  the  thirdes  or  any  parte  of  that  house 
wherein  I  nowe  do  dwell  that  then  she  shalbe  frustrate  of  the  twoe  and 
twentie  pounde  before  given  her  and  I  will  the  fore  saied  twoe  and  twenty 
pounde  to  be  Deuided  betwen  my  three  sonnes  Henry  Edmonde  and  Rob- 
ert Shearman.  Allso  my  will  and  mynde  ys  that  she  shall  put  in  bonde  to 
myne  Executors  before  she  shall  receyue  any  parte  of  her  Legacy  that  she 
do  not  troble  or  moleste  myne  Executors  or  my  sonne  Robert  in  any  thinge 
this  is  giuen  them.  Item  I  will  and  bequeathe  to  Robert  Shearman  my 
sonne  three  skore  pounde  which  three  skore  pounde  I  gaue  for  the  state 
of  the  house  wherein  I  nowe  dwell  which  was  latelie  Richarde  Kinges 
Berebruer  of  Colchester.  And  yf  it  shall  happen  that  the  saied  three  skore 
pounde  be  not  paied  according  to  bargayne  and  sale  at  the  tyme  appoynted 
then  I  giue  the  foresaied  house  wherein  nowe  I  dwell  latelie  Richarde 
Kinges  with  the  yardes  and  appurtnunce  to  Robert  Shearman  and  his 
heires  for  euer.  Item  I  giue  to  Robert  Shearman  my  sonne  all  the  cop- 
piehoulde  called  the  Hebell  or  knowe  by  any  other  name  conteyninge  by 
stimacon  fififteene  acres  more  or  lesse  with  the  Barne  and  cotage  to  it  and 
twoe  acres  called  Byrdes  nowe  in  the  occupation  of  William  Petfeild  to 
hym  and  to  his  heires  for  euer.  Item  I  giue  to  my  saied  sonne  Robert 
Shearman  ffowertye  (xl)  pounde  of  good  and  lawful  money  to  be  paied 
vnto  hym  within  sixe  monethes  after  my  decease.  I  giue  it  to  hym  and  to 
his  heires.  Item  I  giue  vnto  Jane  Shearman  and  to  Anne  Shearman  the 
daughters  of  my  sonne  Robert  Shearman  to  cache  of  them  fifyue  pounde 
a  peace  to  be  paied  vnto  them  at  one  and  one  (sic)  and  twentie  yeres  of 
age :  And  yf  any  of  them  dye  before  theire  full  age  then  I  will  it  to  be 
Devided  betwene  the  children  of  Roberte  Shearman  then  aliue.  Item  my 
minde  is  that  Robert  my  sonne  shall  have  the  occupyinge  of  the  money 
vntill  the  children  come  of  age,  puttinge  in  sufficient  suertie  to  my  Ex- 
ecutors for  the  principall.  Item  I  giue  vnto  Robert  my  sonne  all  my 
householdstuflfe  which  I  had  before  I  marryed  Margerye  my  wife  that  is 
to  saye  Beddes  ffeatherbeddes  Cubbardes  Bedsteadles  pillowes  Brasse 
pewter  hanginges  together  with  the  great  cupbourd  in  the  parlor  and  the 
Sealinge  with  the  three  tapestrie  cushions.  Allso  I  giue  vnto  hym  three 
payer  of  sheetes  and  all  othr  ymplemente  of  househoulde.  Allso  I  giue 
vnto  Robert  my  sonne  my  Silver  and  gilte  goblett.  Allso  I  giue  vnto  Rob- 
ert Shearman  my  sonne  my  best  gowne.    Item  I  giue  vnto  Robert  my  sonne 


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one  sword  and  a  Byble.  Item  I  giue  vnto  Judith  Petfeilde  my  daughter 
the  cheste  and  lynnen  vppon  the  Seller  (three  payer  of  sheetes  ex- 
cepted before  giuen  to  Robert  my  sonne)  Item  I  giue  vnto  Henry  Sher- 
man my  Sonne  twelue  siluer  spoones.  Item  I  giue  unto  my  sonne  in  Lavve 
Nicholas  ffynce  ffortie  shillinges.  Item  I  giue  vnto  the  poore  of  Allhal- 
lowes  parishe  Sixe  shillinges  eight  pence  Item  I  giue  to  Robert  my  sonne 
the  typped  pott  which  hathe.  Item  I  giue  to  Henry  Shearman  my  sonne 
all  my  Armoure  except  that  which  I  gaue  to  my  sonne  Robert  Item  I 
will  that  yf  the  fortie  pounde  which  is  due  vnto  me  by  the  heires  or  Ad- 
ministrators of  Richarde  Kinge  beerebruer  be  recouered  then  I  will  the 
saied  fortie  pounde  to  be  equallie  devided  between  Henrye  Shearman  Ed- 
monde  Shearman  Robert  Shearman  Judith  Shearman  my  children  Item 
I  giue  vnto  Judith  Shearman  my  Daughter  my  Sydesaddell  and  cloathe  to 
yt  I  giue  to  Robert  Shearman  my  saddle.  Item  I  giue  to  William  Pet- 
feilde my  best  gowne  save  one.  Item  I  giue  to  Henry  my  sonne  my  best 
cassocke  hatte  and  nightcappe.  Item  I  giue  to  Christofer  Stone  a  cloathe 
Dublet.  Item  I  giue  to  Caser  an  olde  payer  of  hosen  To  Richard  fifycher 
my  olde  gowne  Item  I  giue  to  Edmonde  Shearman  Henry  Shearman 
Robert  Shearman  my  sonnes  to  cache  of  them  xx  s  in  goulde  and  to 
cache  of  theire  W3ryves  twentie  shillinges  in  goulde.  I  giue  to  Judithe  my 
daughter  twentye  shillinges  in  goulde.  Item  I  will  that  the  halfe  yeres 
Rente  due  at  my  decease  of  all  my  landes  and  tenementes  shall  goe  to  the 
performance  of  my  will.  Item  I  giue  all  my  goodes  vnbequeathed  to  be 
equallie  Devided  betwixt  my  three  sonnes  Henry  Edmonde  and  Robert 
Shearman.  Item  I  make  and  ordeyne  Henry  Shearman  and  Edmonde 
Shearman  my  sonnes  Executors  of  this  my  laste  will  and  testamente  wit- 
nesses vnto  this  my  will  theise  whose  names  be  vnderwritten  p  me  Ricam 
Symnell.  By  me  Oliuer  Pygge  thelder.  By  me  Nathaniel  Bassackes  p  me 
Henrye  Osborne.  This  ys  Henry  Shearmans  marke  made  with  his  owne 
hand. 

A  Codicell  annexed  to  my  will  for  some  Respitt  of  payinge  Legaceys 
by  my  Executors  the  xvjth  day  of  flfebruary. 

I  will  that  the  twentie  pounde  for  the  poore  shalbe  paied  at  oure  Ladie 
day  next  twelve  monethes.  I  will  that  Doctor  Chapmans  Sixe  pounds  be 
paied  at  the  same  tyme.  I  will  that  M""  Parkers  fortie  shillinges  be  paied 
at  the  same  tyme.  I  will  that  Nicholas  flfynces  fortye  shillinges  be  then 
paied.  I  will  that  my  sonne  Robert  haue  fifyue  pounds  paied  hym  this 
next  Lady  daye  and  tenne  pounde  at  the  next  Mydsommer  and  thirtie 
fyue  pounde  at  oure  Ladie  daye  next  come  tweluemonth.  I  will  that  the 
Legaceys  for  my  sonne  Edmondes  children  be  payed  at  our  Ladie  daye 
come  tweluemoneth.  I  will  that  Petfeilde  haue  fortie  pounde  payed  hym 
this  next  mydsommer.  Item  whereas  the  twentie  pounde  which  I  gaue  to 
the  poore  was  appoynted  to  be  ordred  by  the  gournours  of  the  free  schoole 
at  Dedham.  Nowe  my  minde  ys  that  my  sonne  Henry  Shearman  shall 
haue  the  occupyinge  of  it  tearme  of  his  life  putting  in  Sewertie  for  to  paye 
the  princypall  and  fortie  shillinges  a  yere  to  theire  vse  to  be  bestowed  in 
woollen  and  Lynnen  cloathe.     Item  my  will  is  that  my  Executors  shall 


/ 


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paye  my  sonne  Robert  vse  for  fyue  and  thirtie  pounde  for  the  latter  halfe 
yere./    By  me  Oliuer  Pigge  thelder  by  me  Nathaniel  Bassockes 

Probatum  fuit  testament  Suprascriptu  vna  cum  Codicillo  vicesimo 
quinto  die  Mensis  Julie  Anno  Domini  Millio  quingentesimo  nonagesimo 
Juramento  Thome  warde  Notarii  publici  procuratoris  Henrici  Shearman  et 
Edmondi  Shearman  filiorum  et  executoru  in  trmoi  testamento  nominal  te 
Quibus  commissa  fuit  Administraco  bonom  iurium  et  creditoru  dei  de- 
funct! de  bene  et  fideliter  Administrand  ad  sancta  dei  Evangelia  Jurat. 

Henry*  Sherman  was  serving  his  apprenticeship  when 
his  father  Thomas^  Sherman,  of  Yaxley,  made  his  will,  dated 
Jan.  20,  1551,  as  he  gives  Henry  a  legacy  to  be  paid  to  him 
"when  he  comyth  oute  of  his  prentyshode."  He  was  apparently 
then  in  Dedham  learning  the  trade  or  "craft,"  as  he  calls  it  in  his 
will  of  "shearman"  (pronounced  sherman)  or  clothier  or  cloth 
maker.  He  must  have  been  then  about  30  years  old  and  married 
for  several  years,  as  his  daughter  Alice  was  born  about  1542,  and 
his  son  Henry  was  of  full  age  in  Sept.,  1570,  when  he  was  ex- 
cused from  attendance  at  Dedham  Manor  Court.  An  apprentice- 
ship was  usually  for  seven  years  and  often  continued  for  sev- 
eral years  or  may  have  been  begun  after  the  apprentice  attained 
the  age  of  21  years.  He  was  probably  born  about  1520.  Thomas 
Wace,  of  Eye,  Suffolk,  in  his  will,  dated  June  22,  1533,  proved 
Mar.  5,  1538  (P.  C.  C.  Crumwell  12),  appoints  Thomas^  Sher- 
man, of  Yaxley,  his  Executor  and  bequeaths  6s.  8d.  to  tes- 
tator's godson,  Henry*  Sherman.  (Reg.  67,  p.  154.)  The 
Duchy  of  Lancaster  Court  Rolls  for  Dedham  Manor  contain 
many  entries  relating  to  Henry*  Sherman  and  his  sons,  Henry, ^ 
Edmund^  and  Robert.^  At  a  Court  held  Wednesday  in  Easter 
week,  1548,  a  precept  was  issued  to  Henry  Sherman  to  remove 
rubbish  "from  the  foot  way  against  his  door"  under  penalty. 
This  was  nearly  three  years  before  the  date  of  his  father's  will, 
and  he  must  have  been  then  a  householder.  In  the  lay  subsidy 
of  5  Edward  VI,  1557,  Henry  Sherman  was  taxed  at  Dedham, 
Lexden  Hundred,  Essex,  on  £22  in  goods.  At  the  first  court 
of  Queen  Elizabeth,  held  on  Nov.  9,  1  Elizabeth  (1559),  Henry* 
Sherman  and  others  took  the  chief  pledges  with  homage  or 
acknowledgment  to  the  Lord  of  the  Manor  of  tenure  under  him. 

In  each  year  from  1561  to  1564,  inclusive,  and  in  later  years, 
he  was  sworn  of  the  homage,  and  on  Sept.  30,  1567,  he  took  sur- 
render of  a  cottage  and  one  rod  of  copyhold  land  and  also  "the 


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fourth  part  of  one  cottage  and  14  acres  of  copyhold  land  called 
the  Hykell."  He  is  then  called  Henry  Sherman  Senior.  This 
Hykel  or  Heckel  land  was  held  by  later  generations  of  the  Sher- 
man family.  Sept.,  1570,  Henry^  Sherman,  Jr.,  is  essoined  (ex- 
cused for  non-attendance  at  the  court  baron  or  Manor  Court). 
This  indicates  that  he  was  then  of  full  age  and  consequently  born 
as  early  as  Sept.,  1549.  John^  Sherman  was  sworn  as  tylhing- 
man  Tuesday  in  Easter  Week,  1572.  This  was  probably  the  son 
of  Henry^  Sherman,  Sr.  On  Sept.  30,  1572,  Edmund^  Sherman, 
son  of  Henry*  Sherman,  Senior,  was  essoined  and  consequently 
must  have  then  been  of  full  age.  June  22,  1573,  Henry*  Sher- 
man, Sr.,  acquired  by  surrender  one-third  part  of  the  Hykell 
property.  Oct.  4,  1573,  Henry^  Sherman,  Jr.,  was  elected  con- 
stable for  the  coming  year.  Henry  Sherman,  Sr.  and  Jr.  were 
then  living  on  adjoining  properties,  as  a  precept  was  then  issued 
to  Henry,  Sr.,  to  "scour  his  ditch  from  the  door  of  Henry  Sher- 
man, Jr.,  as  far  as  the  house  of  John  Stone."  Henry,  Jr.,  was  still 
constable  on  Apr.  11,  1575.  On  Sept.  26,  1575.  Henry  Sherman, 
Sr.,  acquired  by  surrender  "the  third  part  of  the  fourth  part"  of 
the  Hykell  property.  On  Oct.  22,  1578,  Nicholas  Fynce  sur- 
rendered certain  land  to  the  use  of  Henry  Sherman,  Sr.  (his 
father-in-law)  on  conditions.  Apr.  12,  1581,  Thomas  Cradocke 
surrendered  all  his  part  and  purpart  of  and  in  one  house  and  barn 
and  14  acres  of  land  to  use  of  Henry  Sherman  (probably  Hykell). 
Oct.  2,  1581,  Edmund^  Sherman  was  elected  constable.  Ed- 
mund'^  Sherman,  Jr.,  appears  in  the  court  records  of  Nov.  30, 
1580. 

Mar.  20,  1590/1,  found  that  Henry*  Sherman,  the  elder,  a 
tenant  of  this  manor,  died  since  the  last  court.  He  held  certain 
lands  called  the  Heckell  and  Wayland  containing  14  acres  and  a 
pightell  called  Byrdes  containing  Ij^  acres.  Robert^  Sherman, 
youngest  son  of  the  said  Henry,  is  his  heir  according  to  the  cus- 
tom of  the  manor.  Further  transactions  relating  to  this  Heckell 
land  will  appear  later.  These  court  rolls  also  show  many  trans- 
fers of  lands  to  and  by  Henry*  Sherman,  Sr.,  and  his  sons  Henry 
and  Edmund. 

Easter  Term  8  Elizabeth,  1566,  Henry  Sherman  paid  for 
license  to  agree  with  Thomas  Rochester,  clerk,  and  Dorothy,  his 
wife  and  Henry  Broke,  clerk,  and  Barbara,  his  wife,  of  a  plea 


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of  covenants  concerning  one  messuage,  one  orchard,  one  garden 
and  one  rood  of  land  with  appurtenances  in  Dedham.  (C.  P.  P. 
Roll  1243:486.) 

Michaelmas  Term  13-14  Elizabeth,  1571,  Henry  Sherman, 
otherwise  called  Henry  Sherman,  of  Dedham,  Essex,  clothier, 
sued  Thomas  Webbe,  of  Woodbridge,  Suffolk,  clothier,  for  debt 
(C.  P.  P.  Roll  1296:595). 

Michaelmas  Term  14-15  Elizabeth,  1572,  Henry  Sherman, 
otherwise  called  Henry  Shearman,  of  Dedham,  clothier,  by  Miles 
Lakyn,  sued  Thomas  Webbe,  of  Woodbridge,  clothier,  for  debt. 
(C.  P.  P.  Roll  1307:895.) 

Easter  Term  17  Elizabeth,   1575,  Henry  Sherman,  of  Ded- 
ham, clothier,  with  William  Cutter,  of  Dedham,  clothier,  Michael 
Upcher,  of  Dedham,  clothier,  and  Lewis  Sparhawke,  of  the  same, 
mercer,  were  arbitrators  in  matters  in  dispute  concerning  the  will 
of  Thomas  Lewes,  late  of  Dedham,  deceased,  and  the  will  of 
Elizabeth  Lewes,  late  of  Dedham,  widow,   deceased.      (Coram 
Rege  Roll  1253:235.) 
Children : 
I.  Alice^  Sherman,  b.  about  1542;  m.  Nicholas  Fynce  (or 
Fince)  in  or  prior  to  1562.    Children: 

1.  Elizabeth  Fynce,  buried  at  Dedham,  Mar.  6,  1563. 

2.  Nicholas  Fynce,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Dec.   5,   1564; 
buried  there  Dec.  15,  1564. 

3.  Judith  Fynce,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Nov.  15,  1566. 

4.  Nicholas  Fynce,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Mar.  6,   1569, 
buried  there  Feb.  3,  1573. 

5.  Anne  Fynce,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Jan.  27,  1572;  buried 
there  Apr.  2,  1572. 

6.  Samuel  Fynce,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Mar.     23,  1573; 
buried  there  Nov.  27,  1583. 

7.  Alice  Fynce,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Apr.  27,  1578. 
AHce,^  wife  of  Nicholas  Fynce   (or  Fince)    was 

buried  at  Dedham,  Oct.  20,  1580.  Nicholas  Fynce 
(Finche)  was  buried  there  Feb.  28,  1594.  (Reg.  66, 
pp.  324,  325.) 
IL  Judith^  Sherman,  b.  about  1545;  m.  at  Dedham,  Oct. 
27.  1566,  William  Petfield  (Reg.  50,  p.  414).  Chil- 
dren : 


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1.  Susan    Petfield,   bap.    at   Dedham,    Nov.   2,    1567 
(Reg.  66,  p.  324). 

2.  Mathew  Petfield,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Dec.  5,  1569; 
buried  there  May  6,  1574. 

3.  William  Petfield,  buried  at  Dedham,  July  27,  1572. 

4.  Richard  Petfield,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Nov.  1,  1573. 

5.  Elizabeth  Petfield,  bap.  at  Dedham,  May  20,  1576. 

6.  A  son  buried  at  Dedham,  Nov.  21,  1578. 

7.  A  son  buried  at  Dedham,  Aug.  22,  1581. 

8.  Deborah  Petfield,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Aug.  11,  1583; 
buried  there  Aug.  22,  1583. 

Judith^  Petfield  was  buried  at  Dedham,  April  9, 
1601  (Reg.  66,  pp.  324-325).  At  Dedham  Manor 
Court  held  Apr.  22,  1601,  found  that  she  was  dead. 

13  III.  Henry°  Sherman,  of  Dedham,  Essex,  clothier. 

14  IV.  Edmund^  Sherman,  of  Dedham,  Essex,  clothier. 

V.  John^  Sherman,  of  Dedham,  Tythingman,  there 
Easter,  1572,  buried  at  Dedham,  Oct.  16,  1576  (Reg. 
50,  p.  417).  Nuncupative  will,  no  date,  proved  in  1576 
(Commissary  Court  of  London  for  Essex  and  Herts, 
file  for  1576,  No.  49).  Mentions  brothers-in-law 
William  Pettfyld  and  Nicollas  Fynce  and  brother 
Robert  Sherman,  also  testator's  mother  and  father,  not 
naming  either  of  them.  Henry  Sherman  "the  younger" 
a  witness  (Reg.  50,  p.  279).  Probably  no  issue. 
VI.  Thomas^  Sherman,  of  Diss,  living  in  1586.  Richard* 
Sherman,  son  of  Thomas^  Sherman,  in  his  will  dated 
Jan.  21,  1586/7,  mentions  his  nephew  Thomas^  Sher- 
man, of  Diss,  his  brother  Henry  Sherman's  son  (Reg. 
54,  p.  160).  This  Thomas^  Sherman  may  have  d.  be- 
fore Jan.  20,  1590,  the  date  of  his  father's  will,  without 
issue,  or  he  may  have  been  the  Thomas  Sherman 
whose  wife  Elizabeth  was  buried  at  Diss,  Jan.  14,  1617, 
and  who  was  the  father  of  1.  Elizabeth  Sherman  bap. 
Diss,  Nov.  9,  1606  (m.  Christopher  Anger,  at  Diss, 
Jan.  14,  1640).  2.  Robert  Sherman  bap.  at  Diss,  May 

9.  1609,  and  3.  Mary  Sherman,  bap.  at  Diss,  Jan.  6, 
1614.     This  Thomas  Sherman  possibly  m.   (2)  Ann, 


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who  was  buried  at  Diss,  Jan.  11,  1637,  (Reg.  59,  p. 
398). 

15    VII.  Robert^  Sherman,  M.D.,  of  Dedham,  Colchester  and 
London,  youngest  son. 

7.  WILLIAM*  SHERMAN  (3.  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  of 
St.  Olave,  Southwark,  citizen  and  grocer  of  London,  after- 
wards of  St.  Stephen's  parish,  Ipswich,  serving  his  appren- 
ticeship when  his  father  made  his  will,  Jan.  20,  1551.  m. 
Faith  Lany,  daughter  of  Richard  Lany,  citizen  and  scrivenor 
of  London,  and  Margaret,  his  wife. 

Richard  Lany's  will  is  dated  Nov.  14,  1538,  and  was  proved 
Jan.  22,  1539/40  (P.  C.  C.  Alenger  1).  He  describes  himself  as 
"Citizen  &  Scryvoner  of  London."  He  directs  that  his  body  be 
"buried  within  the  parishe  churche  of  St.  Stephens  in  Colman- 
strete,  as  nigh  unto  the  grave  where  my  welbeloved  wyf  Mar- 
garet lieth  buryed  as  it  conveniently  may  yf  I  die  in  London,  yf 
not  in  some  Christian  burial  place."  To  the  high  altar  of  St. 
Stephens  Church.  To  the  Vicar  of  said  Church  that  he  and  his 
wife  may  be  prayed  for  for  three  years.  To  the  high  altar  of  St. 
Pancras  in  London.  Further  bequests  for  Masses.  To  the 
brotherhood  of  St.  N,icholas.  To  my  sister  Johan  Lany  dwelling 
in  Torington  in  Marsholand  or  her  children  if  any.  To  Aunt 
Margery  Cornwaler.  To  Robert  Staly.  Alice  Nycholson  and 
Agnes  Nycholson  daughters  of  Roger  Nycholson.  To  Anne  Lany 
daughter.  To  Edward  Willay  if  he  marry  daughter  Anne.  "To 
my  kynswoman  Margery  Clerke."  To  Richard  Lany,  Francis 
Lany  my  sons,  Katheryn  Lany  and  Faithe  Lany,  my  daughters 
"being  now  younglings"  each  £5  at  21  or  marriage.  "My  son 
John  Lany  now  being  servante  unto  our  Sovereigne  Lorde  the 
Kinge.  He  to  be  sole  Executor  and  to  have  residuary  estate.  Friend 
John  Hamond  gent,  and  scryvenor,  of  London,  Supervisor.  He 
"to  see  my  young  Infantes  have  their  porcions  rightfully  and  be 
well  brought  up"  To  Katheryn,  servant.  To  Augusten  Clerke, 
Surgeon.  To  "my  gossop  Sir  Anthony  Brodshawe,  priest"  and 
Sir  William  Gaysley,  priest.  To  Robert  Altrop  Tylor.  Written 
"with  my  owne  hande"  per  me  Richard  Lany. 

William*  Sherman  d.  June  1,   1583,  and  was  buried  in  St. 


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Stephens  Church,  Ipswich,  where  there  is  a  brass  tablet  with  the 
figures  of  a  man  and  woman  and  part  of  an  inscription  remaining 
as  follows :  ".    .    .     .    ied  the  bodye  of  William  Sherman,  gent./ 

Grocer  of  London,  who  deceased  the  /  .  .  .  .  ne  in  the 

yere  of  our  Lord  God  1583/"  Arms:  Sherman,  A  lion  rampant 
between  three  oak  leaves  and  Sherman  impaling  Lany.  (Topog- 
rapher and  Genealogist  Vol.  II,  p.  303.)  Peter  Le  Neve's  Suffolk 
notes  says  that  under  a  marble  is :  "here  lieth  buried  the  body  of 
William  Sherman  Gent,  late  citizen  and  grocer  of  London  who  de- 
ceased 1  June  1583.  Sherman:  Or,  a  lion  rampant  sable,  between 
three  leaves  vert,  impaled  with  Laney."  The  late  Rev.  Henry  B. 
Sherman  of  Esopus,  N.  Y.,  wrote  that  in  1852  he  found  the 
brass  plate  with  this  remaining  of  the  inscription :  "2  shields  of 
arms,  one  of  Sherman  (of  Yaxley)  and  the  other  of  Sherman, 

impaled  with  Arms  of  Lany Here    .    .    .    buried  the 

bodye  of  Will"^  Sherman  Gent./who  deceased  the  first  day  of 
June/  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  God  1583/"  (Reg.  54,  p.  64.) 
His  will,  dated  May  25,  1583,  proved  Aug.  9,  1583  (P.  C.  C. 
Rowe  40.)  "I  William  Sherman  citizen  and  grocer  of  London 
and  now  inhabiting  in  Ipswich  Co.  Suffolk."  Bequests  to  "every 
of  my  children  that  is  to  say,  to  Richarde,  William,  Elizabeth, 
Margarett,  Faythe  and  Amy  Sherman,"  to  be  paid  as  they  come  of 
age  or  marry.  To  poor  of  parish  of  St.  Olave  Southwark,  Surrey. 
"I  remit,  release  and  forgyve  unto  my  brother  Henry  Sherman  all 
such  debts  that  he  oweth  me.  I  bequeathe  him  a  Ringe  of  gold 
value  49  shillings.  To  my  other  brothers  Thomas  Sherman, 
Richard  Sherman,  Fraunces  Sherman  and  Bartholomew  Sherman 
each  a  Ringe  worth  40  shillings  or  40  shillings  in  money.  To 
every  of  my  said  brothers'  children  and  to  the  children  of  my 
brother  John  Sherman  and  Anthony  Sherman  ten  shillings  apece 
at  21  or  marriage."  Mrs.  Smythe  godmother  to  my  daughter 
Elizabeth.  To  poor  of  parish  of  St.  Stephens,  Ipswich.  To 
nephews  James  Lany,  Thomas  Lany,  Benjamin  Lany  and  Aslack 
Lany.  My  sister  Lanye  of  Cratfield.  John  Bate  my  kinsman. 
"To  my  uncle  John  Waller  ring  20  shillings."  To  poor  of 
Yaxley  Suffolk.  Lease  of  meadows  in  Eye  Suflfolk.  Faythe 
my  wife.  William  youngest  son.  Richard  second  son.  Wife 
Executrix.  Overseers  Friend  John  Lanye  of  Ipswich,  nephew 
Richard    Denman    citizen    and    grocer    of    London    and    John 


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Sherman  of  Bramford  my  brother.  House  in  Ipswich  "which 
I  lately  bought  of  John  Waller."  Lands,  tenements,  manors,  rents 
&c.  in  Horham,  Allynton,  Eye,  Yaxley  and  elsewhere  in  Suf- 
folk, to  my  wife  for  life  and  at  her  death  to  John  Sherman  eldest 
son  and  his  heirs  male,  and  in  default  thereof  to  Richard  second 
son  and  his  heirs  male  and  in  default  thereof  to  William  young- 
est son  and  his  heirs  male,  and  failing  these  to  testator's  right 
heirs.  Copy  and  customary  lands  in  Yaxley  and  Eye  to  wife  for 
life,  at  her  death  to  William  youngest  son.  Lands,  tenements 
and  hereditaments  in  County  of  Lincoln  to  son  John  and  his  heirs 
male,  in  default  to  son  William.  Brother  Fraunces  to  have  crop 
of  certain  meadows  in  Eye  for  his  life.     (Reg.  54,  p.  158.) 

The  Lany  nephews  mentioned  by  the  testator  were  sons  of 
his  brother-in-law  John  Lany  of  Cratfield,  who  married  first 
Katharine  daughter  of  Anthony  Yaxley  of  Melles,  Suffolk,  and 
second  Aslake  of  Norfolk  and  had  by  his  first  wife  John  Lany, 
Counsellor  at  Law,  Justice  of  the  Peace  and  Recorder  of  Ips- 
wich, James  Lany  of  Berwick,  Thomas  Lany  of  Newark  juxta 
Leicester,  and  Benjamin  Lany,  and  by  his  second  wife  Aslake 
Lany.  (History  and  Antiquities  of  the  County  of  Leicester,  Vol. 
3,  p.  400.)  John  Lany  was  elected  Recorder  of  Ipswich  during 
the  Town's  pleasure  Saturday  27  Elizabeth  23  Jan.  (1585).  Lie 
died  Oct.,  1633,  and  was  buried  at  St.  Margaret's,  Ipswich,  where 
his  monument  is  in  the  south  transept.  His  youngest  son  Ben- 
jamin Lany,  D.D.  was  Master  of  Pembroke  College,  Cam- 
bridge and  successively  Bishop  of  Peterborough,  Lincoln  and  Ely 
(Bacon's  Annals  of  Ipswich,  p.  340).  Faith  Sherman,  William's 
widow,  was  buried  Feb.  26.  1606/7  in  St.  Stephen's  Church, 
Ipswich.  Her  will  (Faith  Sherman  of  Ipswich,  widow)  dated 
Sept.  12,  1605,  was  proved  May  6,  1607;  mentions  son  John; 
son-in-law  Christopher  Ballard ;  grandchild  Robert  Duck  when 
21 ;  daughter  Margaret  Duck ;  daughter  Faith  Ballard ;  son 
John's  wife ;  grandchildren  William,  John,  Cave  and  Thomas 
Sherman,  four  sons  of  John  when  21 ;  grandchildren  Amy  and 
Faith  Browne  when  21 ;  John,  Tobias  and  Elizabeth,  children  of 
daughter  Ballard;  son  Richard,  his  wife.  Appoints  nephew  Mr. 
John  Lany,  son  John  and  Christopher  Ballard,  Executors ; 
nephew  John  Lany,  Esq.,  and  Thomas  Clenche,  Esq.,  Supervisors. 
Witnesses  Bass  Lany,  Anthony  Morse  and  others.  (Consistory 
Court,  Norwich,  Rowland  25.)     Children: 


64  Sherman  Genealogy 

16        I.  John'  Sherman,  of  Newark,  Juxta  Leicester. 
II.  Richard^  Sherman,  clericus. 
III.  William^  Sherman,  no  issue. 
IV.  Elizabeth^  Sherman,  married  Brown. 

V.  Margaret^  Sherman,  married  Duck,  of  Co.  Kent. 
VI.  Faith'^  Sherman,  married  Christopher  Ballard  of  Co. 
X — "'^^--^.^^.^  York.     She  died  at  Ipswich. 

/  VII.  Amy^  Sherman,  married  Browne. 

In  visitation  of  Suffolk,  1561,  Harleian  Society  Publica- 
tions, is  pedigree  of  Lanye  of  Cratfield.  This  shows  that  Faith 
(Lany)  Sherman  was  the  daughter  of  Richard  Lany  of  London, 
Gent.,  and  his  wife  Margaret  Cooke,  daughter  of  Robert  Cooke,  of 
Cratfield,  Gent.,  and  Agnes  Bohun,  his  wife,  who  was  daughter  of 
Edmund  Bohun,  of  Fressingfield,  Suffolk.  Richard  Lany  had 
also  a  son  John  who  married  Katherine  Yaxley,  daughter  of 
Anthony,  of  Mellis,  Suffolk. 

In  "History  and  Antiquities  of  the  County  of  Leicester,"  by 
John  Nichols,  Vol.  Ill,  p.  400,  is  a  pedigree  of  Lany  of  Leicester 
and  Revesby  as  follows:  John  Lany,  of  Cratfield,  Suffolk  m.  (1) 
Katherine,  daughter  of  (Anthony)  Yaxley,  of  Melles,  Suffolk, 
and  (2)  Elizabeth,  daughter  and  heir  of  William  Aslake  and 
widow  of  Blennerhasset,  of  Norfolk,  and  had  by  first  wife,  John 
Lany,  Recorder  of  Ipswich,  James  Lany  of  Berwick,  Thomas 
Lany  of  the  Newark  and  Benjamin  Lany ;  by  second  wife,  Aslake 
Lany,  of  Pelham,  who  married  Elizabeth  Jerningham  ("Norfolk 
Families,"  by  Walter  Rye  (1913),  p.  466).  These  sons  are  the 
nephews  mentioned  in  the  will  of  William*  Sherman. 

William*  Sherman  was  serving  an  apprenticeship  at  the  date 
of  his  father's  will,  Jan.  20,  1551,  and  was  probably  of  full  age 
then.  He  is  the  only  one  of  the  nine  sons  not  mentioned  in  the 
will  of  his  mother.  He  was  a  citizen  of  London  and  a  grocer,  and 
became  a  rich  man,  living  in  Ipswich  in  his  later  years.  Trinity 
Term,  3  and  4  Philip  and  Mary  (1556),  William  Sherman  sued 
in  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  Thomas  Crane  of  Thrandeston, 
husbandman,  for  3  fyrkyns  of  butter  of  the  price  of  40  shillings 
(Roll  1171 :684).  Hilary  Term  5  Philip  and  Mary  (1558)  Wil- 
lian  Sherman  by  Thomas*  Sherman,  his  brother  his  attorney,  again 
sued  Thomas  Crane  for  3  fyrkyns  of  butter  of  the  price  of  66 
shillings.     (Roll  1173:80.)     Either  the  price  had  gone  up  or  the 


Signature  of  Henry  Sherman  of  Uedham.  England,  made  in  1586 


Autograph  of  Edmond  Sherman  of  Dedham,  Eng., 
1591.   From  a  Dedham  Manor  Roll 


•iJ>Kr»rJ 


Signature  of  Capt.  John  Sherman  of  Watertown,  iMass. 
who  came  from  England  about  1636.  great-grand- 
father of  Hon.  Roger  Sherman 


THE  GOLDEN  LION  INN 

Ipswich,  England.     Leased  in  1588  by  Nicholas  Sherman  to 

William  Baldwyne,  Jr.       From  pen  and  ink  sketch 

made  for  this  book  by  Messrs.  Gill  &  Reigate, 

Ltd.  of  London  and  New  York,  March  22,  I'JIS. 

View  of  rear  court  yard 


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quality  was  better.  Trinity  Term  13  Elizabeth  (1571),  William 
Sherman,  citizen  and  grocer,  of  London,  by  his  brother  Francis 
Sherman,  his  attorney,  sued  Robert  Lancaster  on  a  bond  for  de- 
livery of  "sixe  fyrkyns  of  salte  butter,  good,  swete  and  mer- 
chauntable."  (C.  P.  P.  Roll  1292:416.)  Michaelmas  Term  13-14 
Elizabeth  (1571),  he  paid  for  license  to  covenant  touching  the 
Manor  of  Horham  Jernegam  and  40  messuages,  40  tofts,  400  acres 
of  land,  200  acres  of  meadow,  200  acres  of  pasture,  20  acres  of 
wood  and  100  shillings  rent,  in  Horham,  Allyngton,  Bedlyngfeld, 
Denham,  Stradbroke,  Wilbe  and  Eye,  as  well  as  the  advowson  of 
the  Church  of  Horham.  (C.  P.  P.  Roll  1296:873.)  Some  of 
these  lands  are  mentioned  in  his  will.  He  was  also  plaintiff  in 
actions  for  debts.  After  his  death,  Faith  Sherman,  his  widow 
and  Executrix,  in  1584,  brought  several  actions  for  debts,  one  of 
them  being  on  a  bond  made  in  1581  payable  to  William  Sherman 
at  his  dwelling  house  in  Ipswich.  Hilary  Term  28  Elizabeth 
(1586),'  Faith  Sherman,  widow,  Executrix  of  the  will  of  William 
Sherman,  gent.,  by  Francis  Sherman,  her  brother-in-law,  her  at- 
torney, in  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  sued  Thomas  Blake,  of 
Roydon,  gent.,  to  recover  £8.  (Roll  1457:2224.)  Thomas  Blake 
was  a  Barrister  of  the  Middle  Temple  and  in  1582  married  Eliza- 
beth^ Sherman,  daughter  of  Thomas*  Sherman  and  a  niece  of 
William*  Sherman. 

Easter  Term,  44  Elizabeth  (1602),  Faith  Sherman,  widow, 
Executrix  of  the  testament  of  William  Sherman,  in  the  Court  of 
Kings  Bench,  sued  John  Gouldsmythe  for  £100  on  a  bond  made 
at  Horham  by  John  Gouldsmythe,  Senior,  4  December,  18  Eliza- 
beth (1575)  (Roll  1680:125).  The  Herald's  Visitation  of  Leices- 
tershire, 1619,  gives  the  Sherman  pedigree  for  five  generations, 
beginning  with  Thomas^  Sherman,  of  Yaxley,  and  showing  mostly 
descendants  of  William*  Sherman  and  describing  the  Sherman 
Arms,  as :  "Or,  a  lion  rampant  sable,  charged  on  the  shoulder 
with  an  annulet  for  difference,  between  three  oak  leaves  vert." 
The  annulet  for  difference  denotes  that  William*  was  the  fifth 
son.     (Register  54,  p.  66.) 

8.  ANTHONY*  SHERMAN  (3.  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^), 
of  Roydon,  Norfolk,  Gentleman.  Under  21  years  of  age  at 
date  of  his  father's  will  Jan.  20,  1551.     m.  Mary  Guydat, 


66  Sherman  Genealogy 

daughter  of  Sir  Anthony  Guydat,  Knight.  After  the  death 
of  Anthony,  she  m.  in  1587,  Robert  Hall.  Anthony*  Sher- 
man was  buried  at  Roydon,  Sept.  7,  1582.  (Reg.  59,  p.  398.) 
His  will,  dated  Sept.  4,  1582,  was  proved  Jan.  18,  1583,  at 
Norwich.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Roydon.  To 
the  reparation  of  said  Church  and  to  the  poor  of  Roydon, 
Diss  and  Yaxley.  His  wife  and  son  William,  Executors  and 
residuary  legatees.  His  brother  Thomas  Sherman  overseer. 
Witnesses ;  Thomas  Blake,  Nicholas  Sherman  and  Robert 
Rychardson  (Reg.  54,  p.  157.)  He  was  of  Yaxley,  Michael- 
mas Term  8-9  Elizabeth,  1566,  when  he  was  sued  by  John 
Lyvers,  of  London,  Merchant,  on  a  bond  made  Sept.  11,  1563. 
He  appeared  by  his  brother  Francis  Sherman,  his  attorney. 
The  plaintiff  recovered  and  a  precept  was  issued  to  take 
Anthony  to  satisfy  the  judgment  (C.  P.  P.  Rolls  1247:532 
and  1250:2095).  He  was,  therefore,  over  twenty-one  years 
old  in  Sept.  1563.  He  was  probably  born  about  1539  or 
earlier.  He  afterwards  lived  and  died  in  Roydon,  Norfolk. 
Trinity  Term,  33  Elizabeth  (1591),  the  jury  was  respited  in 
an  action  in  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  by  Robert  Hall, 
gent.,  and  Mary,  his  wife,  executrix  of  the  testament  of  An- 
thony Sherman,  deceased,  against  Barbara  Sherman,  of  Yax- 
ley, widow;  John  Sherman,  of  Yaxley,  gent.,  and  William 
Sherman,  of  Yaxley,  gent.,  executors  of  the  testament  of 
Thomas  Sherman,  gent.,  late  called  Thomas  Sherman,  of 
Yaxley,  gent.  (Roll  1486:1685.)  Children: 
I.  William^  Sherman. 
n.  Robert^  Sherman. 
HI.  Beatrice^  Sherman. 

IV.  Margaret^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Roydon,  Aug.  13,  1564; 
m.  at  Roydon,  June  15,  1580,  Benjamin  Wittipoll 
(Reg.  59,  p.  398.) 
V.  Mary^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Roydon,  Aug.  29,  1568.  (Reg. 
59,  p.  398.)  All  of  these  children  were  mentioned  in 
the  will  of  their  grandmother,  Jane  Gardiner,  dated 
Jan.  10,  1573. 
VI.  Thomas^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Roydon,  July  12,  1575, 
(Reg.  59,  p.  398.)  Mentioned  in  suit  of  Barbara  Sher- 
man, 1586. 


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VII.  Anne^  Sherman,  mentioned  in  suit  of  Barbara  Sher- 
man, 1586. 

The  will  of  Henry  Reignoldes,  of  Little  Belstead  (near  Ips- 
wich), Suffolk,  dated  Aug.  9,  1585,  proved  Oct.  13,  1587,  men- 
tions his  wife  Elizabeth  and  gives  "to  my  cousin  Sherman  of  Col- 
chester, five  pounds."  Mentions  "My  brother  Edward  Withipoll, 
Peter  Withipoll  and  Benjamin  Withipoll."  "My  brother  Paul 
Withipoll."  "My  sister  Frances  Withipoll."  (Reg.  50,  p.  281.) 
The  cousin  Sherman  here  referred  to  is  probably  Henry*  Sher- 
man, of  Colchester.  If  so,  it  is  evidence  that  he  was  the  brother 
of  Anthony*  Sherman  and  son  of  Thomas^  Sherman,  of  Yaxley. 
The  following  facts  indicate  this.  Edmund  Wythipoll  or  Withi- 
poll, of  Ipswich,  and  Elizabeth  Hynde,  his  wife,  had  sons  Ed- 
ward, Peter,  Benjamin  and  Paul,  and  daughters  Frances  and 
Elizabeth.  Elizabeth  was  probably  the  wife  of  the  testator  Henry 
Reignoldes.  (Visitation  of  Suffolk,  1561.)  He  was  son  of  Rob- 
ert Reignolde  by  his  third  wife.  Robert  Reignolde's  fourth  wife 
was  Mary  Waller,  of  Ipswich.  She  was  daughter  of  William 
Waller,  of  Ipswich,  and  mentioned  in  his  will  dated  Mar.  1, 
1535/6,  proved  Aug.  31,  1536  (P.  C.  C.  Hogen  39).  Thomas^ 
Sherman,  father  of  Anthony*  Sherman  and  of  Henry*  Sherman, 
of  Colchester,  married  Jane  Waller,  daughter  of  John  Waller,  of 
Wortham,  Suffolk.  (Visitation  of  Suffolk,  1561.)  George  Wal- 
ler, brother  of  said  Jane,  married  Mary  Yaxley,  daughter  of 
Anthony  Yaxley,  of  Melles,  Suffolk,  whose  other  daughter  Eliza- 
beth Yaxley  was  the  first  wife  of  Thomas*  Sherman,  of  Diss  and 
Yaxley,  brother  of  Henry*  Sherman,  of  Colchester,  and  of  An- 
thony* Sherman.  Benjamin  Wittipoll  married  Margaret^  Sher- 
man, daughter  of  Anthony.*  If  Robert  Reignolde,  the  father  of 
Henry  Reignoldes,  the  testator,  and  Thomas^  Sherman,  the  father 
of  Henry*  Sherman,  married  sisters  or  cousins,  Henry  Reignoldes 
might  call  Henry*  Sherman,  of  Colchester,  his  "cousin  Sherman 
of  Colchester." 

Star  Chamber  Proceedings  begun  in  1587  by  Barbara  Sher- 
man, widow  of  Thomas*  Sherman,  above  mentioned,  refer  to 
Anthony*  Sherman  and  his  death  and  give  the  maiden  name  of 
his  widow  and  the  names  of  her  father  and  second  husband. 
Reference  is  also  made  therein  to  Anthony*  Sherman's  daughter, 
Margaret  Wittipoll. 


68  Sherman  Genealogy 

9.  FRANCIS''  SHERMAN  (3.  Thomas,'  John,^  Thomas^,  of 
Bruisyard,  Breseworth,  and  Little  Thornham,  Sufifolk  and 
Blownorton,  Norfolk,  Gent.,  b.  about  1540  or  earlier,  m.  Sib- 
bell  Grey,  daughter  of  Thomas  Grey,  Gent.,  of  Goswold  Hall 
in  Thrandeston,  Suffolk.  (Reg.  54,  p.  65.)  Francis  was 
one  of  the  youngest,  the  seventh,  of  the  sons  of  his  father 
who,  by  his  will  gave  him  his  east  lands  in  Diss  and  certain 
lands  in  Breseworth  (Bruiseyard?),  Suffolk  "When  he  ar- 
rives at  the  age  of  twenty-two  years"  and  directed  that  his 
executors  should  take  the  profits  of  said  lands  "until  the 
said  twenty-two  years  to  fynde  said  Fraunces  to  scole  and 
other  lernyng."  He  was  probably  not  more  than  eleven  or 
twelve  years  old  on  Jan.  20,  1551,  the  date  of  his  father's  will. 
(Reg.  54,  p.  153.)  A  suit  in  Chancery  was  brought  by 
Francis  Sherman,  of  Little  Thornham,  Suffolk,  Gent.,  before 
1579,  against  Thomas  Graye,  Gent.,  to  recover  moneys 
agreed  to  be  paid  under  the  marriage  settlement  between  the 
complainant  and  defendant  on  the  marriage  of  complainant 
with  Sybell  Graye,  daughter  of  said  Thomas  Graye  (before 
Sir  Nicholas  Baker,  keeper  of  the  Great  Seal,  1558-1579, 
Chy.  Pro.  Series  II,  Bundle  161,  No.  82.  Only  one  paper 
on  file,  not  dated).  Francis*  Sherman  was  buried  at  Diss, 
Norfolk,  Oct.  3,  1605  (Reg.  59,  p.  398).  His  will,  dated 
Oct.  21,  1602,  proved  Nov.  27,  1605.  (London  Hayes  76.) 
Describes  testator  as  of  Blownorton,  Norfolk.  "To  be  buried 
in  the  chancell  where  God  shall  call  me."  To  the  poor  of 
Yaxley,  son  Alexander  Sherman  Executor  (Reg.  54,  p.  161). 
Child : 

17         I.  Alexander^  Sherman,  b.  1562. 

The  visitation  of  Suffolk,  1577,  Harleian  Society  Publica- 
tions, gives  the  pedigree  of  Grey  of  Eye.  According  to  this, 
Sybell  Grey,  wife  of  Francis  Sherman,  was  the  daughter  of 
Thomas  Grey,  of  Thrandeston,  and  Anne  Plumsted,  his  wife, 
Thomas  Grey  was  the  son  of  John  Grey,  who  was  the  son  of 
Richard  Grey.  Francis*  Sherman,  Gentleman,  became  an  At- 
torney of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  and  often  appeared  as 
such.  His  first  appearance  was  in  Nov.,  1562.  He  was  also 
plaintiff  in  many  actions,  the  first  thereof  being  in  Nov.,  1561,  so 


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that  he  must  have  been  born  in  1540  or  earlier.  He  was  one  of 
the  Clerks  of  William  Whetley,  Chief  Prothonotary  of  the  Court 
of  Common  Pleas  in  Nov.,  1565,  and  v^^as  then  described  as  of 
Breseworth,  Suffolk.  In  Nov.,  1566,  he  is  described  as  of  Yax- 
ley. He  appeared  as  Attorney  for  his  brother  Thomas  in  1564, 
for  his  brother  Richard  in  1567,  1568  and  1572,  for  his  brother 
William  in  1571  and  1579,  and  for  William's  widow.  Faith,  in 
1586,  for  his  brother  Anthony  in  1562  and  for  his  brother  Bar- 
tholomew in  1572,  and  for  his  nephew  Nicholas,  in  1586.  He  ap- 
peared in  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  as  plaintiff  in  actions  for 
debt  in  1591,  1592,  1601  and  1602.  Easter  Term  Z7  Elizabeth 
(1595),  Francis  Sherman,  gent.,  one  of  the  attorneys  of  the 
King's  Bench,  in  his  own  proper  person,  sues  his  nephew  Nicho- 
las Sherman,  of  Bramford,  Suffolk,  for  £100.  (C.  P.  P.  Roll 
1546:186).  Easter  Term,  43  Elizabeth  (1601),  Edward  Withi- 
poll,  gent.,  sues  Francis  Sherman,  of  London  and  Thrandeston, 
Suffolk,  gent.,  and  others  for  60  shillings  each  (Roll  160:372). 
At  the  same  term  he  had  the  Sheriff  of  Norfolk  county  fined  for 
not  producing  under  attachment,  a  debtor  (Roll  1662:1537).  He 
was  of  Breseworth  in  1587. 

10.  JAMES*  SHERMAN  (3.  Thomas,-^  John,^  Thomas^,  of 
Yaxley,  Suffolk,  Gent.  m.  at  Thurston,  Nov.  12,  1567 
(license  date),  Margery  Gaymore.  (Bury  St.  Edmunds 
Licenses).  She  m.  (2)  Gyles  Poolye,  Vicar  of  Yaxley, 
James*  Sherman's  will,  dated  Jan.  14,  1574,  was  proved 
Sept.  25,  1577.  (Archdeaconry  of  Sudbury,  Bury  St.  Ed- 
munds.) To  be  buried  in  the  church  of  Yaxley.  To  Bridget 
my  daughter  at  twenty-one.  To  Marie  my  daughter  at 
twenty-one,  and  to  Francis,  my  son.  Margery  his  wife  Ex- 
ecutrix.    (Reg.  54,  p.  156.) 

James*  Sherman  was  under  22  years  of  age  at  date  of  his 
father's  will,  Jan.  20,  1551.  His  father  gave  him  a  legacy  of 
£40.  to  be  paid  to  him  at  22,  the  profits  of  certain  lands  to 
go  to  the  "fynding"  of  "J'^'^'iss  to  scole  until  the  said  twenty 
second  yere."  His  occupation  is  not  known.  He  lived  at 
Yaxley.  Trinity  Term,  15  Elizabeth  1573,  James  Sherman, 
gent.,  sued  William  Annable,  of  Yaxley,  for  debt  (C.  P.  P. 
Roll  1316:279).    His  widow  Margery  married  Gyles  Poolye, 


70  Sherman  Genealogy 

Vicar  of  Yaxley.  Poolye  filed  in  the  Court  of  Requests,  a 
bill  of  complaint  dated  Oct.  14,  26  Elizabeth,  1584,  stating 
that  "about  ten  years  last  past  orator  fortuned  to  espouse 
one  Margerie,  late  wife  and  sol  executrix  of  Jeames  Sherman 
late  of  Yaxley,  deceased  and  by  that  means,  about  the  space 
of  one  year  and  an  half  last  past  commenced  sute  against  one 
Thomas  Sherman  of  Yaxley,  gentleman,  brother,  [of  James] 
and  sole  executor  unto  Thomas  Sherman  their  father,  de- 
ceased, for  the  wrongful  deteyning  of  a  legacy  of  fortie 
poundes  given  unto  the  said  Jeames  by  the  said  Thomas  his 
father."  "Orator  also  upon  frendly  trust  delivered  unto  the 
said  Thomas  Sherman  the  younger  a  written  book  conteyning 
the  certeyntie  of  all  the  gleabe  lands  and  tythes  of  his  Vicar- 
age. Being  a  man  without  conscience,  Thomas  Sherman  the 
younger  not  only  refuseth  to  pay  the  legacy  in  question  but 
also  to  redelyver  up  the  book.  In  lyke  manner  he  dealeth  with 
orator  for  the  delyverie  of  a  discharge  for  arrears  of  rent 
due  from  Jeames  Sherman  for  Hobbes  tenement  and  Hill 
close,  which  orator  hath  paid.  He  likewise  denyeth  unto 
orator  the  quiet  use  of  Barne  close.  Finally  he  has  confed- 
erated himself  with  one  John  Newman,  of  Yaxley,  laborer 
and  instigated  him  to  commence  sute  against  orator  upon  an 
obligation  of  £20."  The  answer  of  Thomas  Sherman  gent, 
says  that  Thomas  Sherman  gent,  deceased,  father  to  this  de- 
fendant, did  by  his  last  will  devise  unto  James  Sherman, 
deceased,  the  sum  of  £40  which  defendant  did  pay  unto  the 
said  James  his  brother,  in  his  lifetime.  The  book  he  con- 
fesseth  he  had,  but  he  does  not  now  know  where  it  is. 
(Court  of  Requests  Bundle  322.)     Children: 

18         I.  Francis^  Sherman,  of  Yaxley. 

II.  Bridget^  Sherman,  m.  Thomas  Balie,  at  Yaxley,  Oct. 
4,  1591.     (Reg.  59,  p.  397). 

III.  Marie^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Yaxley,  Feb.  3,  1572.     (Reg. 
59,  p.  397.) 

11.  THOMAS''  SHERMAN  (4.  Thomas,*  Thomas,''  John,* 
Thomas^),  of  Yaxley  and  Palgrave,  Suffolk,  b.  about  1555, 
of  full  age  1580,  described  as  "my  nephew  Thomas  Sherman 


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of  Palgrave"  in  will  of  his  uncle  Richard*  Sherman,  of  Diss 
Norfolk,  dated  Jan.  21,  1587  (Supra,  Reg.  54,  p.  160).  He 
was  under  20  years  of  age  at  the  date  of  the  will  of  his 
grandmother,  Jane  (Sherman)  Gardiner,  Jan.  10,  1573,  and 
was  legatee  of  a  silver  goblet  under  will  of  Robert  Lock- 
wood  of  Eye,  dated  May  25,  1558,  supra.  Robert  Lock- 
wood's  wife  Margery  (Sherman)  Lockwood  was  his  great 
aunt.     Children : 

L  Thomas^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Yaxley,  Oct.  25,  1584, 
(Reg.  59,  p.  397.) 
IL  Richard"  Sherman,  described  in  will  of  his  great 
uncle  Richard*  Sherman  as  "my  godsonne,  son  of  said 
Thomas"  i.  e.,  testator's  nephew  Thomas^  Sherman,  of 
Palgrave,  which  is  quite  near  Diss. 

12.  NICHOLAS^  SHERMAN  (5.  John,*  Thomas,^  John,' 
Thomas^),  of  Ipswich  and  Bramford,  Suffolk  and  Romford, 
Essex,  Gent.,  devisee  of  lands  in  Diss  under  will  of  his  uncle 
Richard*  Sherman  of  Diss,  dated  Jan.  21,  1587  {Supra  Reg. 
54,  p.  160).  m.  (1)  Thomasine  Brooke,  who  was  living 
Apr.  26,  1597,  when  she  united  with  him  in  deed  of  lands 
in  Ipswich.  (Ipswich  Dogget  Rolls,  Supra.)  She  was 
probably  mother  of  his  children,  m.  (2)  Isabel  Fuller,  of 
Shenfield,  Essex.  His  will  dated  Nov.  21,  1620,  proved  Jan. 
18,  1621,  in  London.  (P.  C.  C.  Dale  6.)  "I,  Nicholas  Sher- 
man of  Romford,  Co.  Essex,  Gent."  To  poor  of  Romford, 
of  Burnte  Wood,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Matthews  Ipswich,  and 
of  Bramford,  Suffolk.  Legacies  to  son  Thomas,  daughters 
Elizabeth  Lak  and  Thomasin  Sherman,  Anne  Sherman  and 
Mary  Sherman.  "To  my  sister  Margaret  Goffe,  widowe." 
"My  house  at  Bramford  the  customary  and  freehold"  to  be 
sold.  "To  my  son  Nicholas  Sherman"  and  his  wife.  To 
Hugh  Lak.  "Isabell  my  wife."  Overseers  William  Fuller 
of  Shenfield,  "my  brother-in-lawe"  and  Richard  Fiske  of 
Romford.  Son  Nicholas,  residuary  legatee  and  sole  Execu- 
tor.   (Reg.  54,  p.  161.)     Children: 

I.  Nicholas^  Sherman. 
19      II.  Thomas^  Sherman,  of  Diss,  Norfolk. 


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III.  Elizabeth*'  Sherman,  m.  Hugh  Lak. 

IV.  Thomasin*'  Sherman. 

V.  Anne°  Sherman,  m.  Thomas  Flatt,  at  Eye,  Suffolk, 
Oct.  4,  1608. 
VI.  Mary''  Sherman. 

Nicholas^  Sherman,  frequently  called  gentleman  in  the  rec- 
ords was  probably  born  1555.  He  was  at  one  time  an  inn- 
keeper and  probably  kept  the  "Golden  Lion"  inn  at  Ipswich.  He 
appears  as  a  litigant  several  times.  Hilary  Term  28  Elizabeth 
(1586),  Nicholas  Sherman,  gent,  by  Francis  Sherman  (his 
uncle),  his  attorney,  sues  in  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  for  debts 
(Roll  1457:2224).  Easter  Term,  30  Eilzabeth  (1588),  Nicholas 
Sherman,  gent.,  sues  Thomas  Blake  of  the  Middle  Temple  to 
recover  a  debt  of  £13.  (Roll  1471:1873.)  This  was  Thomas 
Blake  who  in  1582  married  Nicholas's  cousin  Elizabeth^  Sherman, 
daughter  of  Thomas*  Sherman.  Easter  Term  36  Elizabeth  (1594). 
Roger  Brooke  sued  John  Brooke,  of  Bramford,  senior,  yeoman, 
and  Nicholas  Sherman,  of  Bramford,  gent.,  to  recover  £80. 
from  each  (Roll  1528:1147).  John  Brooke,  senior,  was  the 
father-in-law  of  Nicholas.  They  were  both  again  sued  for  debt 
at  the  same  term  (Roll  1529:1827)  and  again  at  Easter  Term 
1595.  Easter  Term  Z7  Elizabeth  (1595)  Francis  Sherman,  gent., 
one  of  the  attorneys  of  the  King's  Bench  in  his  own  proper  per- 
son, sues  Nicholas  Sherman  of  Bramford,  Suffolk,  for  £100 
(Roll  1546:186).  This  may  have  been  for  legal  services.  At  the 
same  term  Nicholas  sued  on  bonds  made  in  London  in  1590  and 
1592.  He  was  sued  in  1595  for  40  shillings  for  Spanish  silk  and 
lace  bought  in  London  on  May  8,  1594.  Easter  Term  Z7  Eliza- 
beth (1595)  Robert  Symonds  by  Thomas  Whetcrofte,  his  attor- 
ney, sued  John  Brooke,  of  Bramford,  Suffolk,  yeoman,  other- 
wise gent.,  and  Nicholas  Sherman  of  the  same  place  for  £80. 
each  (Roll  1549:1796).  Nicholas  was  sued  in  1596  by  Roger 
Brooke,  gent.,  upon  a  bond  made  in  London,  Jan.  12,  1595,  and 
upon  another  bond  made  at  London,  Sept.  26,  1594.  He  and 
others  were  in  1597  sued  in  London  for  debts.  He  is  described 
as  Nicholas  Sherman,  of  London,  gent.,  otherwise  called  Nicholas 
Sherman,  of  Bramford,  Suffolk,  gent.     (Roll  1586:67). 

Easter  Term  44  Elizabeth  (1602)  Thomas  Carter  sues  in 
London,  Nicholas  Sherman,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Magnus,  inn- 


Signature,  Feb.  13,  Id'M,  of  Joseph  Sherman,  son 

of  Capt.  John  Sherman  and  grandfather  of 

Hon.  Roger  Sherman 


Signature  of  William  Sherman,  father  of  Hon.  Roger.  Sept.  4,  1735 


v/j;C 


Lay  out  of  land  in  New  Milford,  Nov.  27,  1754,  by  Hon.  Roger  Sherman  and 
William  Drinkwater,  Committee.     In  handwriting  of  Mr.  Sherman 


\I^^^i^  ^^^'^^X^^  ^^^!a:^^ 

Handwriting  and  signature  of  Hon.  Roger  Sherman,  Justice  of  the  Peace,  July  15,  1755 


Signatures  of  Hon.  Roger  Sherman  and  his  son  John,  then  about  11  years  old 


t^^L^e^'r^.^Aj2,7y'j^  A.^^r^^ 


Signature  of  Hon.  Roger  Sherman  to  letter  to  Major 
Munson  dated  February  20,  17'W 


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holder,   otherwise   called   Nicholas   Sherman,   of   Bramford   Co. 
Suffolk,  gent.,  to  recover  £20.     (Roll  1680:567.) 

In  the  Court  of  Requests  is  the  bill  of  complaint  of  William 
Baldvvyne,  the  elder,  gent.,  and  William  Baldwyne,  the  younger 
his  son,  late  of  Thrandeston,  Suffolk,  gent.,  late  servant  unto  the 
Earl  of  Leicester,  now  deceased,  now  servant  unto  the  Earl  of 
Essex,  endorsed  18  May  32  Elizabeth  (1590)  stating  that  about 
two  years  past  (1588)  William  Baldwyne,  the  younger,  being 
then  in  the  service  of  the  Earl  of  Leicester,  travelled  to  Ipswich, 
and  having  some  acquaintance  with  one  Nicholas  Sherman  of  that 
town,  was  by  him  persuaded  to  take  a  lease  to  him  and  Anne  his 
wife,  dated  20  Jan.,  30  Elizabeth  (1588),  of  the  inne  or  house 
called  the  Golden  Lyon,  sometime  the  White  Lyon,  situate  in  the 
parish  of  St.  Mathew,  in  that  town,  for  17  years  at  a  yearly  rent 
of  £22 ;  that  Sherman  insisted  that  Baldwyne  should  buy  the  fur- 
niture of  the  inn  at  a  valuation  to  be  made  by  four  indifferent  per- 
sons of  the  town,  one  of  whom,  however,  was  Sherman's  father- 
in-law,  that  they  overappraised  the  goods  by  £40,  that  Baldwyne 
occupied  the  house  for  two  years  and  was  greatly  impoverished 
thereby.  Sherman  now  claims  payment  of  certain  bonds  for  the 
rent  and  furniture  and  from  these  the  complainants  pray  for  re- 
lief. From  defendant's  answer  it  appears  that  his  father-in-law 
was  John  Brooke.  (Court  of  Requests  Bundle  233.)  The  Golden 
Lion  Inn  in  still  standing  on  the  Cornhill  near  the  Post  Office. 
"At  the  Western  end  of  the  Town  Hall  is  the  'Golden  Lion,'  one 
of  the  most  important  Hotels  in  the  Town  on  Market  Days.  The 
solid  oaken  beams,  the  wide  quaint  staircase  and  half  open  gal- 
lery, the  odds  and  ends  of  interesting  oddities  in  the  boulder 
paved  court-yard,  proclaim  that  the  'Golden  Lion'  is  an  ancient 
inn.  Formerly  a  White  Lion  stood  here.  It  is  mentioned  as  the 
White  Lion  in  1571 — and  there  are  numerous  evidences  of  wood- 
work as  old  as  that  date."  (Dr.  Taylor's  book  on  Ancient  Ips- 
wich, 1888.) 

13.  HENRY=  SHERMAN  (6.  Henry,*  Thomas,'  John,^' 
Thomas^),  "the  elder,"  of  Dedham,  Essex,  clothier,  born 
about  1547.  m.  Susan  Lawrance,  at  Moze,  Essex,  June  14, 
1568  (Reg.  67,  p.  154).  Buried  at  Dedham,  Aug.  28,  1610. 
(Reg.  50,  p.  417.)     His  will  dated  Aug.  21,  1610,  was  proved 


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Sept.  8,  1610.    (Consistory  Court  of  London  Book  Hamer 
No.  7,  leaves  33-36.)    The  following  is  a  copy: 

"In  the  name  of  god  Am  The  one  and  twentieth  Day  of  August  in  the 
yeare  of  our  Lord  God  one  thousand  six  hundred  and  tenne  I  Henry 
Shereman  thelder  of  Dedham  in  the  County  of  Essex  Clothier  being  in 
good  remembrance  the  Lord  be  praysed  Do  make  and  ordayne  this  may 
last  Will  and  Testament  in  manner  and  forme  as  follovveth.  ffirst  I  give 
and  bequeath  my  soule  vnto  Allmighty  God  who  infused  it  into  my  mortal! 
and  corrupt  body  and  hath  washed  and  purged  it  from  all  the  defilements 
of  sinne  original!  and  actuall  with  the  whole  punishment  therefore  due 
vnto  mee,  in  and  by  the  precious  blood  of  my  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus 
Christe.  And  my  body  to  be  buried  at  the  discrecon  of  myne  Executor 
Item  I  give  and  bequeath  vnto  Susan  my  wife  all  that  my  house  wherein 
I  now  dwell  with  the  Lands  with  the  woade  house  and  all  the  apptenances 
therevnto  now  belonging,  holding  of  the  manner  of  Dedham  Hall  by 
estimacon  twentie  Acres  more  or  lesse  which  I  had  of  the  Surrender  of 
my  ffather  I  give  them  to  her  during  her  natural!  life  And  my  will  and 
meaning  is  that  my  wife  shall  keepe  the  said  houses  in  good  lawfull  and 
sufficient  repacons  as  conveniently  as  shee  may  during  all  her  said  Terme 
and  that  she  make  no  strippe  nor  waste  vpon  the  pmisses  and  that  she 
leave  at  the  end  of  her  terme  in  the  dwelling  house  the  panne  and  the  Lead 
and  in  the  woadhouse  the  Lead  to  them  and  to  eyther  of  them  fastned 
and  belonging  And  yf  my  said  wife  shall  not  keepe  the  said  houses  in 
repacons  as  aforesaid  and  shall  make  strippe  and  waste  vpon  the  said 
houses  and  Lands  at  anie  tjTne  above  and  beyond  the  Valewe  of  twenty 
shillings  then  my  Will  and  meaninge  is  that  my  sonne  Henry  Shereman 
shall  enter  vpon  the  said  houses  &  Lands  within  two  monethes  after  such 
default  made  and  then  and  from  thenceforth  shall  pay  During  her  life  to 
the  said  Susan  yearly  the  ful!  summe  of  sixtene  pounds  of  lawfull  money 
of  England  at  fower  several  tymes  and  Quarters  of  the  yeare  the  Accompt 
for  the  yeare  and  every  quarter  thereof  being  made  fro  the  first  day  of 
the  said  Henry  Sherman  his  entrance  into  and  vpon  the  pmisses  as  afore- 
said and  that  by  even  and  equall  porcons  the  whole  sume  being  divided  into 
fower  parts  Provided  that  at  the  full  end  of  everie  quarter  also  the  said 
Henry  or  his  Assignes  shall  bring  the  said  money  as  aforesaid  to  the 
then  dwelling  house  of  the  said  Susan  and  for  everie  default  thereof 
whensoever  it  shall  happen  to  bee  that  forfeite  to  the  said  Susan  twentie 
shillings  Item  after  my  vdves  Decease  I  give  and  bequeath  all  the  foresaid 
houses  and  Lands  with  their  apptenances  with  my  two  taynters  vnto  my 
Sonne  Henry  Sherman  and  to  his  heires  for  ever.  Itm  Item  I  give  and  be- 
queath vnto  Henry  Sherman  my  Sonne  the  joyned  bedstead  and  the  bed 
on  it  as  it  now  standeth  in  the  guest  Chamber  and  the  Cupboard  in  the 
same  Chamber  and  the  longe  Table  in  the  Hall  with  six  Joyned  stooles 
to  have  them  after  my  wife's  decease  and  vntill  then  my  will  and  minde 
is  that  my  wife  shall  have  the  vse  and  occupacon  of  them  and  after  to 
leave  them  in  ye  house  to  my  sonne  Henry  as  afore  bequeathed  and  to  his 


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heirs.  Item  I  give  to  Suzan  my  wife  six  of  the  best  of  my  silver  spoones 
and  to  Henry  my  Sonne  six  other  silver  spoones  of  the  best  next  to  them 
before  to  my  wife  bequeathed  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Susan  my  wife 
the  summe  of  threescore  pounds  of  lawfull  English  money  Item  I  give 
more  to  Suzan  my  wife  my  Tapestrie  Covelett  my  best  silver  Salt  eight  of 
my  best  milch  kine  the  bedstead  in  the  Parlour  wherein  I  vse  to  ly  with 
the  bedds  on  it  and  all  things  therevnto  belonging  with  the  Cubboard  in 
the  same  Parlour  and  two  Chests  in  the  same  place  the  one  a  Danske  Chest 
the  other  a  Joyned  Chest  with  a  little  Cofer  two  needle  wrought  Cushions 
in  the  Hall  and  one  silver  Cup  Item  I  give  more  vnto  Susan  my  wife  my 
black  Ambling  Mare  with  the  furniture  to  her  belonginge  Item  I  give 
and  bequeath  to  my  said  wife  fower  Seames  of  Rye  that  is  to  say  two 
Seames  presently  after  my  Death  to  be  delived  and  two  seames  more 
within  fower  monethes  after,  both  by  myne  Executor.  Item  my  will  and 
meaning  is  that  my  wife  shall  have  perceive  and  take  everie  yeare  during 
her  life  six  loads  of  wood  in  and  vppon  ye  Lands  at  this  time  to  me  be- 
longing and  in  my  occupacon.  Provided  that  she  taketh  indifferently  vpon 
one  part  as  vppon  another  to  whomsoever  bequeathed  and  as  the  wood 
shalbe  of  most  fitt  groweth  for  that  purpose  with  ingresse  and  egresse 
into  all  and  every  parcell  of  the  said  Lands  to  fell  and  carrie  the  said  six 
loads  of  wood  as  afore  bequeathed  Allso  I  give  vnto  Susan  my  wife 
halfe  my  hoggs  with  the  halfe  of  all  my  houshouldstuffe  whatsoever  before 
vnbequeathed  as  halfe  of  the  Linnen  and  Draperie  halfe  of  the  brass, 
pewter,  Dayrie  Vessells  brewing  Vessells  and  other  things  fitt  and  need- 
full  for  house  keeping  All  the  Residue  of  housholdstuffe  and  Cattell  not 
bequeathed,  my  minde  and  will  is  shalbe  equallie  divided  amonge  all  my 
children  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  vnto  Nathaniell  Shearman  my  sonne 
the  house  wherein  now  Willim  King  now  dwelleth  with  the  Lands  there- 
vnto belonging  called  Scotts  by  estimacon  five  Acres  more  or  less  with 
the  apptinances  to  him  and  his  heires  for  ever  vpon  condicon  that  he 
shall  pay  vnto  my  Sonne  Daniell  Shearman  or  his  heirs  the  summe  of 
ten  pounds;  of  lawfull  English  money  within  two  j'eares  after  my  Decease 
Item  I  give  vnto  Nathaniel  Shearman  my  Sonne  my  broad  Loome  which 
is  now  in  the  occupacon  of  John  Orris  of  Lawford  with  the  furniture 
thereto  belonging  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  vnto  John  Shearman  and 
Ezekiell  Shearman  my  sonnes  all  those  my  Lands  which  were  late  Docter 
Shermans  called  the  Heckell  and  golding  Acre  to  bee  equallie  Divided 
beetwixt  them  by  myne  Executors  to  them  and  to  their  heires  for  ever 
Item  I  give  and  bequeath  vnto  John  Shearman  my  sonne  one  feild  called 
Wayland  by  estimacon  seaven  Acres  more  or  lesse  to  him  and  his  heirs 
for  ever.  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  vnto  Ezechiel  Sherman  my  sonne 
three  Acres  of  Meadow  lying  in  broad  Meddowe  holding  of  the  Manner 
of  Dedham  Hall  And  three  Roods  of  Meddowe  holding  of  the  Mannors 
of  Overhall  and  Neatherhall  in  Dedham  to  him  and  to  his  heires  for  ever. 
Item  I  will  and  bequeath  vnto  Edmund  Sherman  my  sonne  all  my  lands 
holdinge  of  ffaytes  &  Wades  called  by  the  name  of  Garlicke  feild,  and 
Ardley  Lands   and   Boremans   Acre  or  anie  other   name   to  his   and  his 


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heirs  for  ever  Provided  that  my  furth  minde  and  will  is  concerning  all 
and  the  severall  Lands  to  my  sonnes,  John,  Ezekiell  and  Edmund  afore- 
said bequeathed,  that  yf  this  my  three  sonnes  John,  Ezekiell,  and  Edmund 
or  anie  of  them  shall  lett  sett  over  or  sell  their  Lands  to  them  given  as 
aforesaid  that  then  they  and  everie  one  of  them  shall  lett  sett  over  and 
sell  their  Lands  to  them  given  as  aforesaid  to  Henry  Sherman  my  Sonne 
yf  so  he  will  at  a  reasonable  rate  and  price  as  shalbe  thought  fitt  by  two 
men  chosen  by  my  Cosen  Edmund  Gallaway  But  and  yf  they  or  anie  of 
them  shall  otherwise  then  according  to  this  my  meaning  will  let  set  over 
or  sell  the  Lands  aforesaid  then  my  full  will  and  minde  is  that  they  and 
everie  one  of  them  making  Default  contrary  to  my  will  in  this  case  shall 
pay  vnto  my  Sonne  Henry  Sherman  five  pounds  of  lawful  English  money 
everie  one  so  offending  five  pounds  for  himselfe  as  a  Legasie  to  the  said 
Henry  by  me  given  out  of  those  Lands.  And  the  said  Legacie  by  them 
and  every  of  them  to  be  paid  as  aforesaid  within  one  weeke  after  the 
letting,  setting  over  or  selling  of  the  said  Lands  contrary  to  this  my  will. 
Item  my  minde  and  will  is  that  my  three  Sonnes  John  Sherman  Ezechiell 
Sherman,  and  Edmund  Sherman  shall  enter  vpon  and  enjoy  their  Lands 
given  them  as  aforesaid  Pntly  after  my  decease  Item  my  will  and  my 
minde  is  that  my  eight  Acres  of  Land  in  the  Hall  feilde  shalbe  sould 
within  two  yeares  after  my  Decease  to  the  best  advantage  and  the  money 
received  of  the  same  and  disposed  as  followeth.  Item  I  first  give  thereof 
vnto  Henry  ffenn  Sonne  of  Simon  ffen  five  pounds  of  lawfull  English 
money  All  the  Residue  of  the  money  which  shall  remaine  of  the  sale  of 
that  Land  I  give  equally  to  be  divided  amongst  my  Childrens  Children  to 
be  paid  within  fower  monethes  after  the  Sale  of  the  said  Land  And  the 
said  Legacies  so  given  vnto  the  said  Children  to  be  paid  vnto  their 
parents  in  lawfull  English  money  they  the  said  parents  laying  in  securitie 
to  my  Executors  for  their  discharge  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  vnto  Mr. 
Rogers  Preacher  of  Dedham  the  summe  of  eight  pounds  of  lawfull  Eng- 
lish money  to  be  paid  him  by  mine  Executors  within  fower  yeares  after 
my  Decease,  That  is  to  say  fourty  shillings  a  yeare  for  foure  yeares  Item 
I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  increasing  of  the  pores  stocke  of  the  Towne 
of  Dedham  forty  shillings  of  lawfull  English  money  to  be  payd  by  my 
Executors  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  vnto  Henry  Sherman  my  sonne  my 
Wood  lying  in  Ardley  that  I  bought  of  William  Baldwin  to  him  and  his 
for  ever  Condiconly  that  my  said  sonne  Henry  Sherman  pay  or  cause 
to  be  paid  vnto  my  sonne  Daniel  Sherman  or  to  his  heires  ye  sume  of  xijt« 
of  lawfull  English  money  within  six  monethes  after  my  Decease  And 
also  twenty  shillings  of  like  lawfull  English  money  to  be  paid  by  my  sonne 
Henry  Sherman  To  Phcabe  ffenn  my  Daughter  within  six  monethes 
after  my  Decease  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  vnto  Daniel  Sherman  my 
sonne  the  summe  of  twenty  pounds  of  lawfull  English  money  to  be  paid 
by  myne  Executor  wt^in  six  monethes  after  my  decease  to  him  and  to  his 
heires  the  said  twenty  pounds,  as  also  the  above  bequeathed  twelve  pounds 
to  be  paid  him  vpon  condition  that  he  shall  discharge  my  Executor  of  the 
summe  of  five  and  twenty  pounds  which  he  received  to  vsc  of  mec  and 


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my  Sonne  in  Lawe  Symon  ffenne  Deceased  for  w^h  we  stand  bound  to  Mr. 
Boad  as  also  that  he  discharge  myne  Executor  of  other  twenty  pounds  for 
which  I  stand  bound  with  him  Item  I  give  vnto  my  Daughters  in  lawe  to 
each  of  them  xs.  to  be  paid  by  my  Executor  Item  I  give  vnto  Anna  Pet- 
field  Daughter  of  William  Petfield  forty  shillings  of  lawfull  English  money 
to  be  paid  by  myne  Executor  within  one  yeare  after  my  Decease  Item  I 
will  and  my  meaning  is  that  myne  Executor  shall  pay  vnto  Anne  Sher- 
man my  brothers  Doctors  Shermans  Daughter  five  pounds  of  lawfull  Eng- 
lish money  which  was  the  gifte  of  her  Grandfather  and  in  discharge 
thereof  and  at  her  full  age  of  two  and  twenty  yeares  it  was  once  before 
paid  into  her  fathers  hands  yet  fearing  that  she  should  be  voyd  of  it  for 
want  of  provision  of  his  part  I  will  that  it  be  paid  as  aforesaid  Item  I 
give  vnto  Mrs.  Dowe  (?)  of  Stratford  Tenne  shillings  To  Mr.  Richard 
Ravens  Parson  of  Watesfeild  xs.  To  Mr.  Sage  Curate  of  Dedham  xxs. 
To  Calvin  Humfrey  sonne  of  Mr.  Humfrey  Scheie  mayster  of  Dedham  xs. 
Anjd  to  Gilbert  Hills  my  Brother  in  Lawe  xs.  All  the  said  five  Legacies 
To  be  paid  within  six  monethes  after  my  Decease  Item  I  give  vnto  my 
brother  Lawrence  of  Esthorpe  my  best  Cloake  I  give  vnto  James  Hasset 
thelder  of  Dedham  six  shillings  eight  pence  within  three  monethes  after 
my  Decease  Item  My  will  &  meaning  is  that  my  two  sonnes  Henry  and 
Samuel  Sherman  shall  sell  my  eight  Acres  of  Land  in  the  Hallfeild  to  the 
best  advantage  of  my  Childrens  Children  as  afore  bequeathed  within  two 
yeares  after  my  Decease  And  my  meaning  is  thai  the  mayne  proffit 
which  shall  arise  of  the  said  Land  during  the  said  two  yeares  shalbe  paid 
by  them  to  my  said  sonne  Daniel  and  his  heires  Item  my  will  and  mean- 
ing is  that  the  Residue  of  all  my  goods  vn  bequeathed  my  Debts  &  Lega- 
cies being  paid  and  my  funerall  charges  being  answered  both  Corne, 
Cattell,  and  money  and  all  other  things  whatsoever  shalbe  equallie  divided 
betwixt  my  Children  Item  my  will  and  meaninge  is  that  George  Cole 
thelder  William  Cole  Edmund  Sherman  and  John  Pye  shall  indifferently 
divide  my  goods  vnbequeathed  betwixt  my  Children  Item  I  Do  ordain 
and  make  Suzan  my  beloved  wife  my  sole  Executrix  to  see  this  my  last 
Will  and  Testament  p  formed  And  I  give  vnto  her  that  my  part  of  the 
Lease  of  the  Rayes  Revoking  all  other  Wills  formerly  by  mee  made  And 
further  I  appoint  my  Cousen  Edmund  Galloway  Gierke  the  supervisor  of 
this  my  will  requiringe  his  helpe  in  any  controversie  that  anie  wayes  by 
occacon  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament  may  arise  betwixt  my  Chil- 
dren or  anie  of  them  And  for  his  paynes  I  will  that  he  shall  have  twenty 
shillings  of  lawfull  English  money  to  be  paid  by  myne  Execitrix  within  one 
yeare  after  my  Decease  In  wittnes  whereof  to  theis  two  sheets  of  paper 
contayning  my  last  will  I  have  set  my  hand  and  seale  the  day  and  yeare 
above  written  Henry  Sherman  In  the  pnce  of  John  Pye  and  Henry 
Young  and  Thomas  Onyon  The  marke  of  Henry  Younge. 

Probatum  fuit  hujusmodi  Testamentum  apud  Colchester  octavo  die 
mensis  Septembris,  Anno  Domini  1610,  juramento  Magistri  Georgii  Cole 
Not.  Pub.,  procuratoris  Susanne,  relict  dicti  defuncti  et  executricis  in 
hujusmodi  testamento  nominate,  cui  commissa   fuit  administratio. 


78  Sherman  Genealogy 

Dudodecimo  die  mensis  Septembris,  Anno  Domini  1610,  apud  Chelmes- 
ford,  administratio  bononim  Henrici  Sherman,  senioris,  dum  vixit  de  Ded- 
ham  in  comitatu  Essex;  defuncti,  nondum  administratorum  per  Suzanna 
eius  relicta  et  executrice,  jam  etiam  defuncta,  testamento  suo  hujusmodi 
annexato,  commissa  fuit  Henrico  Sherman,  filo  naturali  et  legitime 
dicti  defuncti,  necnon  executori  testamenti  dicte  Suzanne  Sherman 
defuncte. 

Adm.  de  bonis  non  Sept.  12,  1610,  to  Henry  Sherman,  the 
younger,  eldest  son  of  deceased  and  executor  also  of  Susan 
Sherman,  deceased  (Reg.  50,  p.  285  and  68,  p.  149).  Susan  Sher- 
man, the  widow,  was  buried  at  Dedham,  Sept.  13,  1610  (Abstract 
of  will  Reg.  50,  p.  417).  Her  will,  dated  Aug.  31,  1610,  was 
proved  Sept.  12,  1610  (Consistory  Court  of  London,  Book  Hamer 
No.  7,  leaf  13),  and  is  as  follows: 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen  ye  xxxjth  day  of  August  Anno  Dmi  1610  I 
Susan  Shearman  of  Dedham  in  ye  County  of  Essex,  Widdow  being  sicke 
of  body  but  of  good  and  pfect  memorie  (god  bee  thanked)  do  make  this 
my  last  Will  and  Testament  in  manner  and  forme  as  followeth.  ffirst 
I  bequeath  my  soule  into  the  hands  god  that  gave  it  and  my  body  to  bee 
bestowed  in  Christian  burial!.  Item  I  give  vnto  Harry  Sherman  my  Sonne 
my  silver  and  gilt  Salt  and  my  best  tapestry  Coveringe  Itm  I  give  and 
bequeath  vnto  Samuel  Sherman  my  Sonne  my  six  silver  spoones  wch  my 
husband  gave  mee  marked  w'h  E  and  S  Itm  I  give  more  vnto  Samuel 
Sherman  my  Sonne  my  featherbed  in  the  plour  wth  the  bolster  a  paire  of 
blankets  and  a  Covering  Itm  I  give  and  bequeathe  unto  Daniel  Sherman 
my  Sonne  the  summe  of  Twentie  pounds  of  lawful  English  money  to  be 
paid  wt^in  thre  moneths  after  my  decease  Itm  I  give  and  bequeath  more 
vnto  my  sonne  Daniel  Sherman  foure  of  my  eight  beasts  w^h  my  hus- 
band gave  mee  and  are  marked  out  for  my  vse  Itm  I  give  and  bequeathe 
vnto  Nathaniel  Sherman  my  sonne  the  summe  of  twenty  pounds  of  law- 
full  English  money  to  paid  wtl'in  Six  monethes  after  my  decease  Itm 
I  give  vnto  John  Sherman  my  Sonne  my  Cubbord  standing  in  ye  Parlour 
Itm  I  give  and  bequeath  vnto  Ezekiel  Sherman  my  Sonne  the  summe  of 
tenne  pounds  of  law  full  English  money  to  be  paid  him  wt^in  Six  monethes 
after  my  decease  Itm  I  give  and  bequeath  vnto  Ezekiel  my  Sonne  my 
new  silver  cup  Itm  I  give  and  bequeath  vnto  Edmund  Shearman  my 
Sonne  ye  summe  of  ten  pounds  of  lawfull  English  money  to  be  paid  him 
w'hin  one  moneth  after  my  decease  Itm  I  give  and  bequeath  vnto  Ed- 
mund my  Sonne  my  bedstead  in  the  Parlour  wt^  the  flocke  bed  vppon  it 
and  the  flockbolster  and  the  yellowe  Rugge.  Itm  I  give  and  bequeath 
vnto  Pheabe  ffenne  my  Daughter  one  Cowe  my  least  Silver  Cupp  and  one 
of  my  nedle  worke  Cushions  Itm  I  give  and  bequeath  vnto  Anne 
Whighting  my  Daughter  two  beasts  one  needle  worke  Cushion  and  my 
danske  Chest  in  ye  Parlour     Itm  I  give  vnto  my  sonne  Daniels  wife  my 


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best  gowne  Itm  I  give  vnto  my  Sonne  Nathaniels  wife  my  Danske  Chest 
wch  standeth  in  the  guest  Chamber  I  give  vnto  Robert  Salmons  Sonne 
my  great  Grandchild  one  Cowe  Itm  I  give  vnto  Mary  Sherman  my  Sonne 
Samuels  Daughter  my  Joyned  Chest  in  the  Parlour  Itm  I  give  vnto 
Susan  Sherman  my  Sonne  Daniels  Daughter  my  leaved  Table  in  the  Par- 
lour. Itm  I  give  vnto  my  Brother  Gilber  Hilles  the  summe  of  tenne 
Shillings  Itm  I  give  and  bequeath  vnto  Mr.  Rogers  my  blacke  mare 
Itm  I  give  vnto  Susan  Galloway  Daughter  of  my  Cosen  Edmund  Gal- 
loway my  best  violet  petticote  All  the  Residue  of  my  goods  vnbequeathed 
my  Will  and  meaneing  is  shallbe  equally  divided  amongst  all  my  Children 
Itm  I  ordaine  and  make  my  sonne  Henry  Sherman  my  sole  Executor  to 
se  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament  faithfully  performed  And  for  his 
paines  I  give  him  the  Lease  of  the  Rayes  given  mee  by  my  husband  In 
Witness  whereof  I  have  herevnto  sett  my  hand  and  Seale  the  day  and 
yeare  above  written.  The  marke  of  Susan  Sherman  in  the  presence  of 
Edmunde  Galloways  John  Pye. 

Probatum  fuit  hujusmodi  Testamentum  apud  Chelmesford  duodecimo 
die  mensis  Septembris,  Anno  Domini  1610,  juramento  Henrici  Sherman, 
executoris,  cui  commissa  fuit  administratio.  (Abstract  of  will  Reg.  50,  p. 
286.) 

Children : 

I.  Phebe^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  May  1,  1570  (Reg. 
50,  p.  415),  m.  Simon  Fenn,  of  Dedham,  clothier.  He 
d.  1610.  His  will,  dated  Jan.  16,  1609,  proved  May  11, 
1610  (P.  C.  C.  Wingfield  43).  To  wife  Phebe  mes- 
suage "commonly  called  Sowthowse  wherein  I  dwell," 
in  Dedham,  and  land  in  Stratford,  Suffolk,  for 
life,  after  her  decease  to  son  Henry.  Devises  of  lands 
in  Langham  and  Dedham,  Essex  and  Bramford,  Suf- 
folk, to  sons  Henry,  Qement,  Samuel  and  John. 
Cousin  Samuel  Salmon.  Daughter  Susan  Salmon. 
Daughters  Phebe,  Anne,  Mary  and  Martha  Fenn  at 
one  and  twenty.  Daniel,  Nathaniel,  Ezechiell,  John 
and  Edmund  Sherman,  "my  brethren  in  law." 
Brother  Clement  Fenn,  late  of  Clacton,  deceased,  his 
children  Qement,  Symon,  John,  Helen  and  Susan 
Fenn  at  twenty-one.  Brother  George,  John  Fenn,  son 
of  my  brother  Thomas  deceased  (late  of  Stratford) 
and  his  sister,  Margery.  Thomas  Revell,  my  sister's 
son  and  Rose  his  sister.  My  sister  White,  wife  Phebe, 
my  brother  Henry  Sherman  and  my  son  Robert  Sal- 
mon Executors.     Mr.   Rogers,  Henry  Sherman,  my 


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father-in-law  and  Samuel  Sherman,  my  brother,  over- 
seers. Anthony  Whitinge,  one  of  the  witnesses.  (Reg. 
50,  p.  285.) 

20  II.  Henry"  Sherman,  of  Dedham,  clothier,  bap.  at  Ded- 

ham,  Aug.  26,  1571. 

21  III.  Samuel"  Sherman,  of  Dedham,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Jan. 

11,  1573. 
IV.  Anne"  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Aug.  7,  1575.  (Reg. 
50,  p.  415.)  Record  states  that  Susan  Sherman,  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  Sherman  was  then  baptized.  This  is 
either  an  error  for  Anne  or  else  Susan  must  have  died 
young,  as  she  is  not  mentioned  in  will  of  either  par- 
ent. Anne  was  probably  born  at  this  time.  m.  at 
Dedham,  Jan.  8,  1595,  Anthony  Whiting,  of  Dedham, 
clothier.  (Reg.  50,  p.  414.)  He  died  1629.  His 
will,  dated  Sept.  1,  1628,  proved  July  14,  1629.  (Con- 
sistory Court  of  London,  Book  Bellamy,  Leaf  326.) 
To  wife  Anne  lands  for  life,  after  her  death  to  son 
Symon  he  to  pay  son  Anthony  i30.  and  £40.  to 
daughter  Phebe.  To  wife  Anne  tenement  in  occu- 
pation of  Gilbert  Hills  for  her  life,  after  that  to  son 
John.  To  son  Anthony  and  Mary  his  wife,  two  fields 
bought  of  the  widow  Shereman,  and  after  their 
deaths,  to  Anthony's  heirs.  To  son  Symon  and  daugh- 
ter Susan  Whiting  and  daughter  Phebe.  "My  two 
brothers  Henry  and  Ezechiell  Shereman  shall  sell  my 
house  and  lands  in  Langham."  To  son  John  at  twenty- 
three.  "To  my  daughter  Anne  Loveran  five  pounds." 
To  poor  of  Dedham  and  of  Stanaway.  Wife  execu- 
trix. Witnesses  Lyonell  Chewte  and  Henry  Shere- 
man. (Reg.  50,  p.  387.)  His  widow  soon  married 
Thomas  Wilson,  of  Dedham,  butcher,  whose  will 
dated  Jan.  30,  1631,  was  proved  May  24,  1631.  He 
mentions  his  wife  Anne  and  "Mr.  Anthony  Whiting, 
Phebe  Whiting  and  the  rest  of  my  wife's  children." 
"I  make  my  brother  in  law  Henry  Sherman,  senior, 
and  Thomas  Wood  of  Dedham  Executors."  (Reg. 
50,  p.  388.)  She,  Anne  Wilson,  died  1638.  Her  will 
dated  Sept.  15,  1638,  proved  Dec.  13,  1638.     (Com.  of 


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London  for  Essex  and  Herts.  File  for  1638-9,  No. 
152.)  Describes  her  as  Anne  Wilson  of  Dedham,  Es- 
sex, widow.  To  son  Anthony  Whiting  of  Bentlie, 
clerk ;  to  son  John  Whiting  and  daughter  Susan  Cole. 
To  my  daughter  Phebe  Barnard  of  New  England  ten 
pounds  and  to  her  two  children  born  here  before  she 
went  over  vizt.  John  and  Samuel,  to  each  of  them 
twenty  shillings  apiece.  To  daughter  Cole's  four 
children,  son  John  Whiting  and  Anne  his  daughter. 
My  nephew  Symon  Whiting,  the  son  of  my  son 
Symon  Whiting,  deceased.  Jane  Whiting  his  daughter. 
My  nephews  Anthony  and  Thomas,  sons  of  my  son 
Anthony.  The  widow  Goffe  [probably  Margaret' 
Sherman  widow  of  John  Gofife] .  My  brother  Edmund 
Sherman  of  Colchester.  "My  loving  brother  Ezekiel 
Sherman,"  Executor.     (Reg.  50,  p.  390.) 

22  V.  Daniel^  Sherman,  of  Dedham. 

VI.  Nathaniel^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  June  19, 
1580,  buried  June  21,  1580.     (Reg.  50,  p.  415.) 

23  VII.  Nathaniel®    Sherman,   of   Dedham,   Clothier,   bap.    at 

Dedham,  July  11,  1582. 

24  VIII.  John®   Sherman,  bap.   at    Dedham,    Aug.    17,    1585, 

father  of  Captain  John  Sherman,  of  Watertown, 
Mass. 

25  IX.  Ezekiel®  Sherman,  of  Dedham,  clothier. 

26  X.  Edmund®  Sherman  of  Colchester. 

XI.  Mary®  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  July  27,  1592  (Reg. 
50,  p.  415.) 

The  will  of  William  Littlebury,  of  Dedham,  dated  July  20, 
1571  (Reg.  50,  p.  132),  devises  certain  lands  to  Henry  Sherman 
the  elder,  and  Henry  Sherman,  his  son,  with  Edmund  Sherman, 
his  brother,  as  feoffees,  etc. 

Easter  Term  25  Elizabeth,  1583,  Richard  Vesye,  by  Miles 
Lakyn,  his  attorney,  sued  John  Lufkyn,  of  Dedham,  clothier, 
for  debt  found  by  Henry  Sherman,  Junior,  and  others,  auditors 
of  said  John's  accounts,  to  be  owing  to  plaintiff.  (C.  P.  P.  Roll 
1141:525.) 

Easter  Term  39  Elizabeth  (1597)  Henry  Sherman  and  Rich- 
ard Upcher  sued  in  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  Peter  Butter,  of 


82  Sherman  Genealogy 

Colchester,  Essex,  clothier,  on  a  bond  for  £20.  made  at  Manyng- 
tre,  March  10,  34  Elizabeth  (1592)  (Roll  1586:452).  The  same 
plaintiffs  at  the  same  term,  sued  Thomas  Butter,  of  Dedham, 
clothier,  on  a  bond  for  £20  made  at  Manyngtre,  March  10,  1592 
(Roll  1586:452).  At  the  same  term,  the  same  plaintiffs  sued  John 
Morfell,  of  Dedham,  clothier,  Peter  Butter,  of  Colchester,  Cloth- 
ier, and  Thomas  Butter,  of  Dedham,  clothier,  for  £20  each  (Roll 
1586:686).  At  the  same  term,  Henry  Sherman  and  Edmund 
Sherman  sued  the  same  three  defendants  for  £30  each  (Roll 
1586:693). 

Easter  Term  42  Elizabeth  (1600)  Thomas  Lawrence,  of 
Easthorpe,  yeoman,  and  Henry  Sherman,  of  Dedham,  Clothier, 
were  sued  by  Joan  Carter,  widow,  administratrix  of  the  goods  of 
John  Carter,  deceased,  for  £20  each.  (Roll  1642:2186).  Henry'' 
Sherman  in  his  will  mentions  his  brother  Lawrence  of  Esthorpe. 

14.  EDMUND^  SHERMAN  (6.  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^ 
Thomas^),  of  Dedham,  Essex,  clothier,  b.  about  1548.  m. 
(1)  Anne  Pellatte  at  Dedham,  Apr.  25,  1570  (Reg.  50,  p. 
414).  She  was  buried  at  Dedham,  June  8,  1584.  {Id.  p.  417.) 
m.  (2),  at  Dedham,  Sept.  11,  1584,  Anne  Clere  {id.  414), 
daughter  of  Nicholas  Clere,  of  Colchester,  Essex,  clothier, 
Alderman  and  elected  M.  P.  Mar.  23,  1576,  and  again  in 
1578.  (Essex  Review  4  p.  240.)  He  was  under  seven  years 
old  Dec.  26,  1538.  His  will,  dated  Feb.  24,  1578,  proved  June 
9,  1579  (P.  C.  C.  Bakon  25,  Reg.  50,  p.  280)  gives  to  his 
daughter  Anne  Clere,  £40,  at  twenty-one  or  day  of  mar- 
riage and  mentions  his  wife  Anne  and  brother  Benjamin. 
Nicholas  was  son  of  John  Clere,  of  Colchester,  clothier  and 
Alderman.  John  Clere's  will,  dated  Dec.  26,  1538,  proved 
Feb.  1,  1539  (P.  C.  C.  Dyngeley  25)  directs  that  Jane,  his 
wife,  "shall  have  the  custody  and  keeping  of  my  son  Nicholas 
Clere  till  he  come  to  the  age  of  seven  years."  Son  Benja- 
min Executor.  (Reg.  50,  p.  278.)  Edmund^  Sherman  was 
buried  at  Dedham,  Dec.  22,  1600  (Reg.  50.  p.  417.)  His  will, 
dated  August  1,  1599,  codicil  Dec.  20,  1600,  proved  Apr.  30, 
1601.  (P.  C.  C.  Woodhall  24.)  Lands  and  personal  prop- 
erty to  wife  Anne  for  life.  "To  son  Edmund,  after  decease 
of  my  wife,  all  the  houses  and  lands  before  given  to  said  wife 


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and  a  house  and  seven  acres  called  Ryes,  where  he  now 
dwells  and  my  sherman's  occupation."  To  son  Richard  at 
four  and  twenty.  Similar  bequests  to  sons  Bezaliell,  Samuel, 
John  and  Benjamin.  To  eldest  daughter  Anne  Sherman  at 
one  and  twenty.  Similar  bequest  to  daughter  Sarah.  To 
"Hanna  my  daughter  which  I  had  by  Anne  my  second  wife" 
at  one  and  twenty.  Same  to  daughters  Susan  and  Mary  at 
similar  ages.  To  sister  Judith  Pettfield  for  life  "the  tene- 
ment wherein  Edmond  Browne  the  taylor  now  dwelleth." 
Lands,  including  "my  house  at  the  church  gate"  to  be  sold  by 
my  brother  Henry  Sherman  and  my  kinsman  (brother  in 
law)  Symon  Fenne,  clothier,  of  Dedham.  "My  youngest 
daughter  Mary"  under  twenty.  After  wife's  death  gives  to 
son  Bezaliell  tenement  called  Ryes,  now  in  occupation  of 
Edmond,  on  condition  that  he  pay  Richard  £50.  "After  my 
sister's  death,  I  give  the  field  and  tenement  before  given  unto 
her  during  life,  unto  the  Governors  of  the  Public  Grammar 
School  in  Dedham,  to  be  improved  for  a  dwelling  house  for 
a  schoolmaster."  "To  Sarah,  Hanna  the  daughter  of  Anne 
my  second  wife,  Susan,  Samuel  and  John,  my  children,  twenty 
shillings  apiece  which  was  bestowed  upon  them  by  their 
grandmother  Cleere."  Wife  Anne,  Executrix.  Rev.  Dr. 
(Edmund)  Chapman  and  my  brother  in  law  Robert  Lewys 
Supervisors.  Codicil :  To  eldest  daughter  Anne  Sherman  and 
son  Bezaliell  and  daughter  Sarah,  each  forty  shillings  which 
their  grandfather  Sherman  gave  them  to  be  paid  them  at  the 
ages  mentioned  in  his  will.  (Reg.  50,  p.  283.)  The  will  of 
Anne  (Gere)  Sherman,  of  Dedham,  the  widow,  is  dated 
Aug.  3,  1609,  proved  Jan.  12,  1610.  (P.  C.  C.  Wingfield  9.) 
"To  John  my  son  at  twenty  one,  my  house  and  land  that  the 
widow  Fence  hath  now  in  occupation,"  the  rents  until  then 
to  be  equally  divided  between  Samuel  my  son  and  the  afore- 
said John  Sherman.  Residue  of  personal  estate  to  "be  equal- 
ly divided  among  my  seven  children  vizt.  Samuel,  John  and 
Benjamin  Sherman,  Sara  Warner,  Anna  Sherman,  Susan 
Sherman  and  Mary  Sherman  at  the  several  ages  of  twenty 
one  years."  My  six  children  yet  under  age.  Brother  Nicholas 
Clarr  of  Colchester  and  son  in  law  Thomas  Warner  Execu- 
tors.    Brothers   Mr.   Thomas   Haslewood   and   Mr.   Robert 


84  Sherman  Genealogy 

Lewes  overseers.     (Reg.  50,  p.  284.)     Children:  By  first 
wife: 

I.  Henry"  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Sept.  4,  1570  (Reg. 
50,  0.  415).  Buried  at  Dedham,  Jan.  1,  1586  (Reg.  67, 
p.  156). 

27  II.  Edmund®  Sherman,  b.  at  Dedham,  about  1572.    Went 

to  New  England  and  was  of  Wethersfield  and  New 
Haven,  Conn. 

III.  Ann"  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Oct.  9,  1575.     (Reg. 
50,  p.  415),  d.  young. 

28  IV.  Richard"   Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,   Mar.   3,   1577 

(Reg.  50,  p.  415).    Went  to  New  England.    Of  Bos- 
ton, Mass. 

V.  A  child,"  b.  and  buried  at  Dedham,  Feb.  4,  1579.   (Reg. 

66,  p.  325.) 
VI.  Anna"  (or  Ann)  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Mar.  7, 
1581.  (Reg.  50,  p.  415.)  m.  at  Dedham,  May  15, 1601, 
John  Anger,  of  Dedham,  clothier  (Reg.  50,  p.  414.) 
He  was  son  of  William  Anger,  of  Dedham,  clothier, 
whose  will  dated  Oct.  24,  1620,  was  proved  at  Col- 
chester, Aug.  2,  1622.  (Commissary  Court  of  Lon- 
don for  Essex  and  Herts;  File  for  1622-1623  No. 
186.)  Mentions  wife  Josan,  sons  John,  Edmond  and 
William  and  daughters  Elizabeth  and  Bridget  at  20  or 
marriage.  (Reg.  50,  p.  400.)  The  will  of  Josan  or 
Joysen  Anger,  widow  of  William,  dated  Aug.  27,  1627^ 
was  proved  at  Colchester,  May  23,  1628  (Com.  of 
London  for  Essex  and  Herts.  File  for  1627-28  No. 
18).  Mentions  son  Edmond,  daughters  Sara  Gilson, 
Susan  Crosse,  Elizabeth  Gleeson  and  Bridget  Anger. 
Son-in-law  William  Anger.  (Reg.  50,  p.  404.)  John 
Anger  d.  in  1624.  His  will  dated  Jan.  19,  1624,  proved 
Feb.  18,  1624.  (P.  C.  C.  Byrde  19.)  Mentions  cousin 
John  Ward,  wife  Anna,  sons  John,  Bezalleell,  Samuel 
and  Edmund,  daughters  Mary  Sparhawke,  wife  of 
Nathaniel  Sparhawke  and  Ann ;  brothers  William  and 
Edmund  Ainger  and  sisters  Elizabeth  and  Bridget 
Ainger.     Also  mentions    Judith    Sherman    and    Ann 


Sherman  Genealogy  85 

Sherman,  daughters  of  Edmund  Sherman,  of  Col- 
chester; my  sister  Judith  Sherman,  wife  of  Edmund 
Sherman,  of  Colchester ;  godchild  Robert  Sherman ; 
"my  brother  Nathaniel  Sherman  on  his  deathbed," 
his  son,  Nathaniel ;  my  cousin  Henry  Sherman ;  my 
brother  Richard  Sherman ;  Annah  Sparhawke,  my 
grandchild;  brother-in-law  Richard  Backler.  (Reg. 
50,  p.  401.)  Ann"  Anger  died  1625.  Her  will,  dated 
Sept.  2,  1625,  proved  at  Colchester,  Dec.  16,  1625. 
(Com.  of  London  for  Essex  and  Herts.  File  for 
1625-1626  No.  177.)  Mentions  sons  John,  Bezaliell, 
Samuel  and  Edmund  ;  daughters  Mary  Sparhawke  and 
Ann  Anger ;  brothers  Richard  Sherman,  Richard 
Backler,  Samuel  Sherman  and  Edmund  Sherman; 
Samuel  Sherman,  John  Sherman,  Sarah  Warner,  Anna 
Backler  and  Mary  Bacon  my  brothers  and  sisters ; 
brother  Benjamin  Sherman;  William  Anger,  Judith 
Sherman  and  Anna  Smith,  my  husband's  brother  and 
sisters ;  Ann  Sherman  and  Jone  Sherman  daughters  of 
my  brother  Edmund ;  Ann  Sherman  daughter  of  my 
uncle  Sherman,  doctor,  departed ;  William  Petfield, 
son  of  Richard  Petfield;  Anna  Sherman  daughter  of 
my  brother  Richard  Sherman ;  "I  give  to  the  two  chil- 
dren of  the  wife  of  Thomas  Rogers,  John  Sherman 
and  Richard  Sherman,  my  kinsmen,  ten  shillings 
apiece  at  their  ages  of  one  and  twenty."  Also  men- 
tions "my  brother  Bezaliell's  two  children  John  Sher- 
man and  Ursalye  Sherman."  Thomas  Makin  a  wit- 
ness. (Reg.  50,  p.  402.)  The  wife  of  Thomas  Rogers 
mentioned  was  Grace  Makin,  daughter  of  Tobias  Makin 
of  Fingringhoe,  Essex,  yeoman,  whose  will  dated 
May  14,  1610,  was  proved  Sept.  10,  1610.  (Consistory 
Court  of  London  Book  Hamer,  Leaves  45-48.)  In 
it  he  mentions  "Grace  Sherman  my  daughter."  (Reg. 
50,  p.  286.)  She  married  first,  John^  Sherman,  son 
of  Henry^  Sherman,  of  Dedham.  He  was  buried  at 
Great  Horkesley,  Essex,  Jan.  24,  1616  (Reg.  66, 
p.  323).  She  soon  afterwards  m.  Thomas  Rogers,  as 
Elizabeth  Rogers,  their  daughter,  was  bap.  at  Dedham, 


86  Sherman  Genealogy 

Nov.  6,  1617  (Reg.  66,  p.  325).  Elizabeth  Rogers 
afterwards  m.  Daniel  Smith,  at  Watertown,  Mass. 
(Reg.  51,  p.  310.)  John^  Sherman,  her  son,  mentioned 
above,  was  Captain  John  Sherman,  of  Watertown, 
Mass.,  whose  father  was  first  cousin  of  the  testatrix 
Ann  Anger.     (Reg.  51,  p.  310.) 

29  VII.  BezalieP   Sherman,  b.  about   1582,  of   St.   Lawrence 

parish,  Ipswich,  Grocer, 

By  second  wife: 

VIII.  Sarah«  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  July  4,  1587  (Reg. 
66,  p.  324).  m.  before  Aug.  3,  1609,  date  of  her 
brother's  will,  Thomas  Warner.  Had  issue  Samuel, 
Mary.  m.  Abbott,  and  Henry.  (Will  of  Samuel' 
Sherman  Reg.  50,  p.  391.) 
IX.  Anna'  Sherman  (called  Hanna  in  her  father's  will), 
m.  May  3,  1610,  at  Dedham,  Richard  Backler,  of  Ded- 
ham, clothier  (Reg.  66,  p.  326),  who  d.  1639.  His 
will,  dated  June  25,  1639,  proved  July  25,  1639  (P.  C. 
C.  Harvey  125).  To  wife  Anne  for  life,  house  son 
Nathaniel  now  dwells  in,  after  wife's  death  to  son 
Richard  at  22,  he  under  17.  Daughters  Anne  Smith 
and  Joane  Crosse.  To  daughters  Mary,  Sarah  at  18 
and  Elizabeth  at  18.  Brother  Samuel.  Mentions 
John  Sherman.  Son  Nathaniel  Executor.  (Reg.  50, 
p.  390.) 
X.  Susan®  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Feb.  17,  1591  (Reg. 
50,  p.  415),  d.  unmarried. 

30  XI.  SamueP  Sherman,  of  Dedham,  clothier. 

31  XII.  John^  Sherman,  of  Dedham,  clothier. 

XIII.  Benjamin®  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Mar.  27,  1597 
(Reg.  50,  p.  415).  Buried  there  Oct.  26,  1647  {id. 
p.  417).  Had  issue.  Will  of  brother  Samuel  men- 
tions "My  brother  Benjamin's  children."  (Reg.  50, 
p.  391.) 

XIV.  Mary®  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Mar.  20,  1599  (Reg. 
50,  p.  415).  m.  after  May,  1619,  Andrew  Bacon,  and 
came  to  New  England.  Will  of  brother  Samuel  dated 
June  14,  1643,  says  "I  give  unto  my  sister  Bacon  in 


Sherman  Genealogy  87 

New  England  ten  pounds  to  be  sent  her  or  her  hus- 
band in  linen  cloth  and  shoes  by  my  cousin  Edmond 
Sherman."     (Reg.  50,  p.  392.) 

15.  DR.  ROBERT^  SHERMAN  (6.  Henry,*  Thomas,'  John,^ 
Thomas^),  of  Dedham,  Colchester  and  Parish  of  St.  Stephen, 
Coleman  Street,  London,  possibly  bap.  at  Dedham,  Feb.  6, 
1561.  (Reg.  50,  p.  415.)  Matriculated  at  Trinity  College. 
Cambridge,  1575.  B.A.  1579/80.  M.A.  1583.  M.D.  1595. 
Fellow  of  College  of  Physicians,  1599.  (Athenae  Cambridg- 
iensis  Vol.  2,  p.  285).  Two  of  his  daughters,  Jane  and  Anne, 
are  mentioned  in  the  will  of  his  father,  dated  Jan.  20,  1589. 
He  was  a  legatee  under  will  of  his  brother  John^  Sherman, 
of  Dedham,  proved  1576.  (Reg.  50,  p.  279.)  m.  (1),  at 
Dedham,  Dec.  9,  1583,  Barbara  Browne  (Reg.  50,  p.  414). 
m.  (2),  shortly  after  July  4,  1597,  Bridget  Jenney,  daughter 
of  Francis  Jenney,  of  Knottishall,  Suffolk,  Esquire,  deceased. 
The  will  of  Robert^  Sherman,  of  London,  "Doctor  of  Phis- 
sick,"  dated  Jan.  10,  proved  Jan.  20,  1602.  (Commissary 
Court  of  London,  Vol.  19,  fol.  318.  In  the  Act  Book, 
testator  is  described  as  lately  of  the  parish  of  St.  Stephen, 
Coleman  Street.)  Personal  property  to  be  sold  and  divided 
into  three  parts,  one  to  discharge  debts,  another  to  wife 
Bridget  and  the  other  to  be  divided  among  four  of  his  chil- 
dren, Jane,  Mary,  Anne  and  Robert.  Freehold  land  to  wife 
during  life  and  son  Richard  to  have  and  enjoy  all  said  lands, 
copy  and  free,  to  him  and  his  heirs  forever,  with  remainder 
to  son  Robert,  and  lastly  to  three  daughters;  Jane  having 
£6.  more  in  value  than  the  other  two.  Executors,  brother 
Henry  Sherman  and  friend  Roger  Gwynn.  (Reg.  50,  p. 
284.)     Children: 

I.  Jane®  Sherman  mentioned  in  will  of  her  grandfather 
Henry  Sherman,  dated  Jan.  20,  1590.  (Reg.  50,  p. 
281.) 

II.  Mary®  Sherman. 

III.  Anne®  Sherman  mentioned  in  will  of  her  grandfather 
Henry,  and  also  mentioned  as  Ann  Sherman  in  will  of 
her  cousin  Ann  Anger,  dated  Sept.  2,  1625.  (Reg.  50, 
p.  403.) 


88  Sherman  Genealogy 

IV.  Robert"  Sherman. 
V.  Richard"  Sherman  (probably  by  second  wife). 

The  Duchy  of  Lancaster  Court  Rolls,  Dedham  Manor,  show 
that  at  a  Court  held  Mar.  20,  1590,  Henry*  Sherman,  the  elder,  a 
tenant  of  this  Manor,  died  since  the  last  Court.  He  held  certain 
lands  called  the  Heckell  and  Wayland,  containing  14  acres  and  a 
pightell  called  Byrdes,  containing  1^^  acres,  Robert  Sherman, 
youngest  son  of  the  said  Henry,  is  his  heir  according  to  the  cus- 
tom of  the  Manor.  At  a  Court  held  Oct.  2,  1595,  a  warrant  was 
enrolled  allowing  "Robert  Sherman  of  Colchester,  Phicion,  one 
of  the  customary  tenants  of"  the  Manor  of  Dedham  Hall,  to  let 
to  Henry'^  Sherman,  of  Dedham,  clothier,  for  eleven  years  seven 
acres  of  land  called  the  Heckell,  now  in  the  occupancy  of  said 
Henry.  At  a  Court  held  October  3,  1597,  found  that  Robert 
Sherman,  of  Colchester,  Doctor  in  Medicine,  on  July  4,  1597,  sur- 
rendered two  acres  of  land  called  Byrds,  in  Dedham,  to  the  use 
of  Bridget  Jenney  and  her  heirs,  and  if  she  die  without  issue  of 
said  Robert  and  Bridget,  and  said  Robert  outlive  her,  then  to  the 
use  of  said  Robert  and  his  heirs.  It  was  further  testified  that 
said  Robert  married  said  Bridget,  and  said  Robert  and  Bridget 
prayed  to  be  admitted  to  said  lands  which  said  Robert  took  after 
the  death  of  Henry  Sherman,  his  father, 

Apr.  26,  1598,  found  that  Robert  Sherman,  Doctor  of  Medi- 
cine, on  Dec.  23,  1597,  surrendered  (mortgaged)  the  moiety  of 
14  acres  of  land  in  Dedham  called  Heckel,  then  in  the  occupation 
of  Henry^  Sherman,  to  the  use  of  Henry"  Sherman,  son  of  said 
Henry,°  on  condition  that  if  said  Robert  Sherman  should  pay 
to  Henry ^  Sherman,  the  father,  £40.  on  Dec.  23,  1598,  at  his 
mansion  house  in  Dedham,  this  surrender  should  be  void.  Dec. 
23,  1598,  Robert  Sherman,  Doctor  of  physick,  surrenders  the 
moiety  of  14  acres  of  land  in  Dedham,  called  Heckle,  now  in  the 
occupation  of  Henry^  Sherman,  to  the  use  of  Henry"  Sherman, 
son  of  said  Henry'  Sherman,  and  his  heirs.  By  the  will  of 
Henry^  Sherman,  of  Dedham,  dated  Aug.  21,  1610,  proved  Sept. 
8,  1610,  he  gave  "To  John  and  Ezekiell  Sherman  my  sons  all 
those  my  lands  which  were  late  Doctor  Sherman's  called  the 
Heckell  and  golding  acre  to  be  equally  divided  betwixt  them." 
(Reg.  50,  p.  285.)  Ann"  (Sherman)  Anger,  niece  of  Dr.  Robert 
Sherman,  by  her  will  dated  Sept.  2,  1625  (Reg.  50,  p.  402)  gives 


Stone  at  Newton,  Mass.,  marking  birth  place  of 
Hon.  Roger  Sherman 


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Yale  College  Degree  of  Master  of  Arts  of  fion.  Roger  Sherman,  1768 


Grove  Street  Cemetery,    New   Haven,    SheniiRti    Plot.     Grave- 
stone of  Rebecca  Sherman  and  end  of  tabular  grave 
stone  of  Hon.  Roger  Sherman 


Gravestone  at  New   Milford.   Conn.,   of 

Elizabeth  Hartwell,  first  wife  of 

Hiin.  Roger  Sherman 


Sherman  Genealogy  89 

"to  Ann^  Sherman  daughter  of  my  uncle  Sherman,  doctor,  de- 
parted, twenty  shillings." 

In  Lincolnshire  pedigrees  in  Harleian  Society  Publications, 
page  547,  is  pedigree  of  Jenney,  of  Knotshall,  Suffolk  (now  Knat- 
tishall).  This  shows  the  pedigree  of  Bridget  (Janney)  Sherman, 
as  follows: 

Edmund  Janney  = 
of  Knotshall 

William  Janney   = 
of  Knotshall 

John  Janney         =  Maude  Buckells  or  Bokyll 
of  Knotshall 
buried  there 

Sir  William  Janney  Knt.   =:  Elizabeth  Cawse,  daughter  of 
Judge  of  Kings  Bench  Thomas  Cawse  and  widow  of 

Calthorp 

Sir  Edmund  Janney  Knt,   =   Katherine  Boyes,  daughter  of 
(by  some  called  Sir  Sir  Roger  (or  Robert)  Boyes 

William) 

William  Janney  =  Warren,    daughter    of    Sir    William 

Warren,  Knt. 

Francis  Janney  =  Margaret  Peyton,  daughter  of  Sir  Robert 
Peyton,  Knt.  of  Iselham,  Co.  Cambridge. 

[Robert]    Sherman,  daughter    [Bridget  Janney],  living  June  2. 

16.  JOHN^  SHERMAN  (7.  William,*  Thomas,^  John,^ 
Thomas^),  of  Newark  juxta  Leicester,  b.  about  1559.  Eld- 
est son.  Living  at  visitation  of  Leicestershire  1619,  aged  60. 
Devisee  under  will  of  his  father,  of  lands  in  Horham,  Allyn- 
ton,  Eye,  Yaxley  or  elsewhere  in  Suffolk,  and  of  lands  in 
the  County  of  Lincoln.  (Reg.  54,  p.  158.)  m.  Anna  Cave, 
daughter  of  William  Cave,  of  Pickwell,  Leicestershire.  Chil- 
dren: 

L  William*'  Sherman,  eldest  son,  b.   1585,  aged  34,  in 
1619.     m.  Mary  Lascelles,  d.  of  Henry  Lascelles,  of 


90 


Sherman  Genealogy 


II. 


IV. 


Normanton,  Nottinghamshire  and  Thornehill  of 
Egmanton,  in  Nottinghamshire,  his  wife.  (Visitation 
of  Leicestershire,  1619.)  Children:  1.  Anna'^  Sher- 
man, aged  two  years,  1619,  and  2  John'^  Sherman,  then 
aged  one  year. 

John®  Sherman,  mentioned  in  will  of  his  grandmother, 
dated  Sept.  12,  1605. 
III.  Cave*^  Sherman,  mentioned  in  will  of  grandmother, 
1605. 

Thomas*'  Sherman,  called  second  son  in  Visitation  of 
Leicestershire,  1619,  b.  1601,  aged  18  in  1619  and  then 
an  apprentice  in  Suffolk. 
V.  Eleanor''   Sherman,   m.   George  Jermin,   of   Notting- 
hamshire. 

Faith®  Sherman,  m.  Henry    Hemming,    of    Newark, 
juxta  Leicester,  merchant,  of  London. 
Elizabeth®  Sherman. 
Anna®  Sherman. 
IX.  Jane®  Sherman. 
X.  Millicent®  Sherman, 
In  visitation  of  Leicestershire,  1619  (Harleian  Society  Publi- 
cations), is  pedigree  of  the  family  of  Cave,  showing  the  ancestry 
of  Anna  Cave,  who  m.  John^  Sherman,  as  follows : 
Sir  Alexander  Cave,  Kt.     =     Matilda  Maldacu. 


VI. 

VII. 
VIII. 


Piers  Cave,  Esq. 

Sir  Alexander  Cave,  Kt. 

John  Cave 

Sir  Alexander  Cave,  Kt. 

Piers  Cave 

Pierce  Cave 

Robert  Cave 

Thomas  Cave 

of    Stamford,    North- 
amptonshire 


=  Ann  Warde. 

=  Amplicia  H. 

=  Maria  Genill. 

=  Catherine  Somerville. 

=  Anna  Ingolby. 

=  Maria  Burdet. 

=  Elizabeth  Constable,  daughter  of 
John  of  Flamborough. 

=  Passemer  (County  Essex). 


Sherman  Genealogy 


91 


Richard  Cave 
of  Stamford 

Richard  Cave 
of    Pickwell,    Leister- 
shire 

William  Cave 
of  Pickwell 

John  Sherman 

of  Newark  juxta  Lei- 
cester 


=  Margaret  Saxby  (daughter  of 
Thomas  Saxby,  of  Northamp- 
tonshire). 

=  Barbara  Feilding,  daughter  of 
William  Feilding,  of  Newn- 
ham. 

=  Elionora  Gray,  of  Ennil,  Staf- 
fordshire. 

=     Anna  Cave. 


17.  ALEXANDERS  SHERMAN  (9.  Francis,*  Thomas,^  John,^ 
Thomas^),  only  son  and  heir.  He  was  b.  in  1562,  as  he  de- 
posed Mar.  18,  1588,  that  he  was  26  years  old.  He  was  a 
grantee  in  a  deed  dated  June  27,  1590,  made  by  Robert  Dade  to 
Thomas  Sherman  and  John  Sherman,  gentlemen,  sons  of 
Thomas  Sherman,  gentleman,  deceased,  Alexander  Sher- 
man, gentleman  and  others,  of  certain  lands  in  Yaxley,  to  be 
held  in  trust  for  maintaining  the  parish  church  forever. 

(10  Hist.  Mss.  Commission  Report,  Part  IV.) 
Living  and  Executor  of  his  father's  will  1605.     (Reg.  54, 
p.  161.)     m.  Elizabeth  Chewte,  of  Saterly,  Suffolk.     (Visi- 
tation   of    Suffolk,    1612    Harleian    Society    Publications.) 
Child : 

L    Francis®  Sherman. 

18.  FRANCIS^  SHERMAN  (10.  James,*  Thomas,^  John,=' 
Thomas^),  of  Yaxley,  1601.    m.  Marie.    Child: 

I.  Thomas"    Sherman,   bap.   at   Yaxley,   July  21,    1601, 
buried  there  Oct.  8,  1601.     (Reg.  59,  p.  397.) 


19.  THOMAS®  SHERMAN  (12.  Nicholas,^  John,*  Thomas,^ 
John,2  Thomas^),  of  Diss,  Norfolk,  m.  Elizabeth.  She  was 
buried  at  Diss,  Jan.  14,  1616/7.  (Reg.  59,  p.  398.)  (This 
may  have  been  Elizabeth  the  wife  of  Thomas  Sherman,  p. 


92  Sherman  Genealogy 

60.)  He  m.  (2)  Ann.  She  was  buried  Jan.  11,  1636/7,  at 
Diss.     (Reg.  59,  p.  398.)     Children: 

I.  Elizabeth^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Diss,  Nov.  9,  1606.  (Reg. 
59,  p.  398.)  m.  at  Diss,  Jan.  14,  1639/40,  Christopher 
Anger.     (Reg.  59,  p.  398.) 

II.  Robert^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Diss,  May  9,  1609.     (Reg. 
59,  p.  398.) 

III.  Mary^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Diss,  Jan.  6,  1614.     (Reg.  59, 
p.  398.) 

20.    HENRY«    SHERMAN    (13.    Henry ,«    Henry,*    Thomas,^ 
John,2  Thomas^),  of  Dedham,  Essex,  clothier,  bap.  at  Ded- 

ham,  Aug.  26,  1571.    (Reg.  50,  p.  415.)    m.  Mary .    She 

was  buried  at  Dedham,  Aug.  30,  1642.  (Reg.  50,  p.  417.)  He 
was  buried  at  Dedham,  Feb.  7,  1643.  (Reg.  66,  p.  326.)  His 
will,  dated  Feb.  3,  1642,  proved  Apr.  12,  1645.  (Commis- 
sary of  London  for  Essex  and  Herts.  File  for  1644-5,  No. 
85.)  "To  my  son  Edward  a  parcel  of  land  called  the  Hikel 
(Heckell)  now  in  the  occupation  of  Marten  Garrad."  "To 
son  Henry  the  Waye  lands  and  a  parcel  called  'goalden  aker', 
now  in  the  occupation  of  Marten  Garrood."  To  Edward, 
furniture.  The  rest  to  son  Henry  Sherman.  Witnesses 
Henry  Fenn  and  Ezeckiell  Sherman.  (Reg.  50,  p.  393.)  He 
was  devisee  under  will  of  his  father  dated  August  21.  1610, 
proved  September  8,  1610,  and  Admr.  de  bonis  non.  (Reg.  50, 
p.  285.)  Also  legatee  under  his  mother's  will  dated  Aug.  31, 
1610,  proved  Sept.  12,  1610,  and  Executor  of  her  will  (Reg. 
50,  p.  286)  ;  also  Executor  of  the  will  of  his  brother-in-law 
Simon  Fenn,  dated  Jan.  16,  1609,  proved  May  11,  1610. 
Reg.  50,  p.  285.)  He  was  a  witness  to  the  will  of  Anthony 
Whiting,  first  husband  of  his  sister  Anne,  dated  Sept.  1, 
1628,  and  in  that  will  directed  to  sell  certain  land.  (Reg.  50, 
p.  387.)  Also  Executor  of  the  will  of  Thomas  Wilson,  sec- 
ond husband  of  said  Anne,  dated  Jan.  30,  1630,  in  which  he 
is  called  Henry  Sherman,  Sr.     (Reg.  50,  p.  388.)     Children: 

I.  Mary^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  July  27,  1592.  (Reg. 
50,  p.  415.) 


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II.  Henry^   Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,    Jan.    25,    1603. 
(Reg.  50,  p.  415.) 

III.  A  man  child  unbap.,  buried  at  Dedham,  Feb.,  1605. 
(Reg.  50,  p.  417.) 

IV.  Edward'^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  June  25,   1611. 
(Reg.  50,  p.  416.) 

The  Heckel  land  (originally  14  acres),  devised  by  Henry® 
Sherman,  to  his  son  Edward,  belonged  to  Henry*  Sherman  and, 
according  to  the  custom  of  the  Manor  of  Dedham,  upon  his  death 
in  Jan.,  1590,  it  descended  to  his  youngest  son,  Dr.  Robert^  Sher- 
man. About  May  2,  1595,  he  leased  7  acres  of  this  land  for  eleven 
years  to  his  brother  Henry^  Sherman.  On  Dec.  23,  1597,  Dr.  Rob- 
ert^ Sherman  mortgaged  the  moiety  of  this  land  containing  14 
acres  to  his  nephew  Henry^  Sherman,  to  secure  the  payment  of 
£40.  to  Henry^  Sherman  on  Dec.  23,  1598,  and  on  that  day  Dr. 
Robert^  Sherman  surrendered  the  moiety  of  said  14  acres  of  land 
"now  in  the  occupation  of  Henry^  Sherman  to  the  use  of  Henry® 
Sherman,  son  of  said  Henry^  Sherman,  and  his  heirs."  On 
Apr.  10,  1600,  Henry**  Sherman,  Jr.,  surrendered  the  moiety  of 
this  land  described  as  4  acres  late  in  the  tenure  of  Henry^ 
Sherman,  Sr.,  to  the  use  of  said  Henry^  Sherman,  father  of 
said  Henry**  Sherman,  Jr.  (Dedham  Manor  Court  Rolls.) 
Henry^  Sherman  by  his  will,  dated  Aug.  21,  1610,  proved  Sept.  8, 
1610,  devised  "To  John**  and  Ezekiell®  Sherman  my  sons  all 
those  my  lands  which  were  late  Doctor  Sherman's,  called  the 
Heckell  and  gelding  acre,  to  be  equally  divided  betwixt  them." 
(Reg.  50,  p.  285.)  It  does  not  appear  how  Henry"  Sherman  ac- 
quired title  to  these  lands  before  he  made  his  will. 

21.  SAMUEL**  SHERMAN  (13.  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^ 
John,2  Thomas^),  of  Dedham  and  Ardley  (Ardleigh),  Essex, 
bap.  at  Dedham,  Jan.  11,  1573.  (Reg.  50,  p.  415.)  m.  Phil- 
lippa.  He  d.  at  Ardleigh  in  1615  (Reg.  24,  p.  64.)  He  was  a 
legatee  under  will  of  his  grandfather  Henry*  Sherman,  of 
Colchester,  dated  Jan.  20,  1590.  (Reg.  50,  p.  281),  was  men- 
tioned in  will  of  his  father  dated  Aug.  21,  1610.  (Reg.  68,  p. 
149),  and  was  a  legatee  under  will  of  his  mother  Susan 
Sherman,  dated  Aug.  31,  1610  (Reg.  50,  p.  286),  and  is  men- 


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tioned  in  will  of  brother  NathanieP  Sherman  dated  Jan.  13, 
1615  (Reg.  50,  p.  287).  In  Dedham  Manor  Court  Rolls 
(Duchy  of  Lancaster  Court  Rolls)  it  is  recorded  that  at  a 
Court  held  at  Dedham,  Oct.  2,  40  Elizabeth  (1599)  Henry^ 
Sherman  (son  of  Henry*)  and  George  Cole,  surrender  to 
the  use  of  Samuel  Sherman  and  heirs,  the  third  part  of  one 
parcel  of  land  called  Pepers  field,  containing  3  acres,  which 
they  took  at  a  Court  here  holden  4  October  1591,  on  the  sur- 
render of  John  Wrenck.  He  was  overseer  of  the  will  of  his 
brother  in  law  Simon  Fenn  dated  Jan.  16,  1609,  proved  May 
11,  1610.  (Reg.  50,  p.  285.)  His  will  "Samuel  Sherman  of 
Dedham  and  Ardley"  Essex,  dated  Jan.  20,  1615/16.  Proved 
Mar.  2,  1615/16.  (Archdeaconry  of  Colchester  1585-1614, 
Cooke  31.)  To  Philipp  my  well  beloved  wife,  lands  in  the 
parish  of  Dedham.  To  Henry  my  sonne,  my  customary  mes- 
suage called  Hardinges  in  Dedham,  where  Thomas  Cole  now 
dwelleth,  and  other  lands  after  decease  of  wife.  To  Phillipp 
my  Sonne  and  to  Samuel  my  sonne  after  decease  of  my  wife 
messuage  or  dwelling  house  sometime  John  Wrenches,  where 
I  late  dwelt  in  Dedham.  To  son  Samuel  an  orchard,  one  close 
called  Poppes  field,  about  4  acres,  a  close  called  Bushie  field, 
parcel  of  the  tenement  Hardings  and  seven  roods  of  meadow 
in  a  place  in  Dedham  called  Coxpittes,  after  decease  of  wife. 
To  Phillipp  my  sonne  5  closes  of  land  in  possession  of 
Lionel  Cheute,  parcel  of  lands  late  John  Wrenches,  after  de- 
cease of  wife.  To  Mary  and  Martha  my  daughters  when 
20  years.  To  wife  Philipp  all  household  goods.  Philipp  my 
wife  and  John  Uppcheire,  of  Dedham,  my  brother  in  law,  to 
be  executors.  To  poor  of  Ardley.  To  Mr.  John  Rogers  of 
Dedham.  Witnesses,  Robert  Warde,  Henry  Sharman,  John 
Ward,  Ezeckiell  Sherman,  George  Hudson,  Nathaniel 
Hecksor  of  Ardley,  yeoman,  overseer.  (Reg.  67,  p.  157.) 
Children : 

I.  Mary^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Oct.  2,  1599.  (Reg. 
50,  p.  415.)  Legatee  under  will  of  her  grandmother, 
Susan  Sherman,  dated  Aug.  31,  1610.  (Reg.  50,  p. 
286.) 
II.  SamueF  Sherman  (according  to  Reg.  24,  p.  64),  bap. 
at  Dedham,  Oct.  20,  1601.    The  entry  under  this  date 


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in  the  Dedham  Parish  Register  under  baptisms  is  of 
a  son  of  Samuel  Sherman  not  named.  This  entry, 
however,  is  crossed  out.  (Reg.  50,  p.  415.)  Died  at 
Boston,  Mass.,  about  1643.  Inventory  taken  2:1 :1644. 
Children:  Samuel,^  Martha^  and  Mary^  and  Philip* 
(deceased  in  1652).  (Reg.  9,  p.  226.)  See  also 
will  of  John  Ward.  (Reg.  46,  p.  318.)  Boston  rec- 
ords show  births  of  the  following  children  to  Samuel 
Sherman  and  Grace,  his  wife:  Philip,  b.  Dec.  31,  1637; 
Martha,  b.  Sept.  5.  1639;  Nathaniel,  b.  Dec.  19,  1642. 
(Reg.  2,  p.  401.) 

III.  Henry^   Sherman,  bap.   at  Dedham,   Nov.  20,    1601. 
(Reg.  50,  p.  415.) 

IV.  Martha^   Sherman,   bap.   at   Dedham,  Jan.   24,    1604. 
(Reg.  24,  p.  64;  50,  p.  415.) 

V.  Sarah^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Feb.  11,  1606.  (Reg. 
24,  p.  64;  50,  p.  415.)  Buried  at  Dedham,  Dec.  5, 
1612.  (Reg.  50,  p.  417.) 
VI.  Philip^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Feb.  15,  1611  (Reg. 
24,  p.  64;  50,  p.  416).  m.  Sarah  Odding,  a  daughter 
of  Margaret,  wife  of  John  Porter  by  a  former  hus- 
band. Went  to  New  England  in  1634.  Settled  in  Rox- 
bury,  Mass.  Afterwards  went  to  Rhode  Island,  and 
was  one  of  the  purchasers  of  Aquidneck,  Mar.  24, 
1638.  July,  1639,  they  established  a  regular  govern- 
ment of  which  Philip  Sherman  was  Secretary.  He  d. 
1687.    (Reg.  24,  p.  65.)     Had  13  children  (id.). 

22.  DANIEL^  SHERMAN  (13.  Henry ,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^ 
John,2  Thomas^,  of  Dedham,  under  22  years  old  Jan.  20, 
1589/90,  date  of  his  grandfather  Henry*  Sherman's  will 
under  which  he  was  a  legatee.  (Reg.  50,  p.  281.)  Probably 
b.  about  1578.  Legatee  under  wills  of  his  father  and  mother, 
both  dated  Aug.,  1610.  (Reg.  50,  pp.  285,  286.)  m.  (1) 
Christian  Chapman,  dau.  of  Dr.  Edmond  Chapman,  D.D.,  of 
Dedham,  and  Susan  his  wife,  at  Dedham,  Aug.  18,  1601. 
(Reg.  50,  p.  414.)  Dr.  Chapman  was  buried  at  Dedham, 
Dec.  30,  1602.     (Reg.  50,  p.  417.)     His  will  was  dated  May 


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12,  1601.  Commission  issued  Feb.  10,  1603.  (P.  C.  C.  Bolein 
16.)  Mentions  wife  Susan,  sons  Paul  and  John  and  daus. 
Susan  and  Christian  Chapman.  Appoints  Simon  Fenn,  of 
Dedham,  clothier,  an  Executor.  (Reg.  50,  p.  418.)  The  will 
of  Susan  Chapman,  his  widow,  proved  Sept.  4,  1624,  gives 
legacies  to  "Susan  Sherman  my  daughter  Christian's  daugh- 
ter," to  "Christian  Sherman  my  grandchild"  and  to  "Edmond, 
John,  Daniel  and  Henry  Sheareman,  my  grandchildren." 
Commission  to  Daniel  Sherman,  Sept.  4,  1624.  (Consistory 
Court  of  London,  Book  Allen  No.  9,  Leaf  59.  Reg.  50,  p. 
386.)  Daniel"  Sherman  m.  (2),  Sara  Mitchell  at  St.  Nicho- 
las, Colchester,  Apr.  23,  1622.  (Reg.  50,  p.  417.)  His  will, 
dated  Apr.  1,  1633,  proved  Apr.  15,  1634,  mentions  sons 
Henry,  Daniel,  John  and  Edmond,  and  daus.  Mary,  Susan, 
Christian  and  Martha  and  bro.  Henry  Sherman.  Wife  Sarah 
Executrix.     (Reg.  51,  p.  314.)     Children,  by  first  wife : 

I.  Edmond^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Dec.  16,  1604. 

(Reg.  50,  p.  415.) 
n.  Henry^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  May  27,  1607. 
(Reg.  50,  p.  416.)  Devisee  under  will  of  his  brother 
John,  dated  July  6,  1658,  of  lands  in  Ubbeston,  Suf- 
folk. 
32  HL  Daniel^  Sherman,  of  Dedham,  bap.  at  Dedham,  June 
21,  1612.    (Reg.  50,  p.  416.) 

IV.  Susan''  Sherman  m. Bur  and  had  sons  John  Bur 

and  Henry  Bur,  and  dau.  Susan  Bur,  mentioned  in  will 
of  John^  Sherman,  dated  July  6,  1658. 
V.  John^  Sherman,  of  Norwich,  Norfolk,  Clerk.  Rector 
of  Christ  Church,  Norwich,  d.  1661.  Will  dated  July 
6,  1658,  proved  July  20,  1661.  (Consistory  Court 
Norwich  1660-61,  Folio  451.)  "To  the  Free  School 
of  Dedham  where  I  was  born,  five  pounds  to  be  dis- 
posed of  for  books  *  *  *  and  my  will  is  that  those 
books  be  chained  as  my  uncle's  are."  Mentions  "my 
close  of  Christ  Church,  Norwich."  My  half  sister, 
Christian  Sherman;  my  half  sister  Martha  Darie;  my 
brother  Bur  who  married  my  sister  Susan  Sherman ; 
my  nephew  by  my  sister,  John  Bur,  Bachelor  in  Arts ; 


HON.  ROGER  SHERMAN 

From  oil  portrait  by  Ralph  Earle,  about  1775.    Now  owned  by 

Yale  University 


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my    niece    Christian    Swuriburn ;    niece    Susan    Bur, 
nephew  Henry  Bur ;  my  sister  Sherman,  my  brother 
Daniel's  widow;  nephew  Daniel  Sherman,  son  of  my 
brother  Daniel ;  Elizabeth  Sherman  his  eldest  daugh- 
ter and  Susan  Sherman  his  second  daughter ;  the  chil- 
dren of  my  half  sister    Mary    Alexander;    the    two 
children  of  my  uncle    Edmond    Sherman ;    "To    my 
brother  Henry,  my  house  and  lands  in  Ubbeston,  Suf- 
folk."   Brother  Henry  Sherman  Executor.     (Reg.  50, 
p.  395.)     Children  by  second  wife: 
VI.  Christian^  Sherman. 
Vn.  Martha'  Sherman,  m.  Darie. 
VHI.  Mary^   Sherman,  m.  Walter  Alexander,  widower,  at 
Dedham,  May  9,  1642  (Reg.  50,  p.  414),  and  had  is- 
sue. 

23.    NATHANIEL"  SHERMAN  (13  .Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^ 
John,-  Thomas^),  of  Dedham,  clothier,  bap.  at  Dedham,  July 

11,1582.     (Reg.  50,  p.  415.)    m.  (1),  Phebe .    She  was 

buried  April  23,  1611.  (Reg.  50,  p.  417.)  m.  (2),  Priscilla 
Anger,  sister  of  John  Anger.  He  was  a  legatee  under  will 
of  his  grandfather  Henry*  Sherman,  dated  Jan.  20,  1590 
(Reg.  50,  p.  281),  and  a  legatee  under  will  of  his  father  dated 
Aug.  21,  1610  (Reg.  50,  p.  285),  and  a  legatee  under  will  of 
his  mother  Susan  (Lawrence)  Sherman,  dated  Aug.  31,  1610 
(Reg.  50,  p.  286.)  His  will  was  dated  Jan.  13,  1616,  proved 
in  Commissary  Court  of  London  for  Essex  and  Herts.  File 
for  1615  etc.,  date  of  probate  not  given.  By  it  he  gave  to  his 
son  Nathaniel  "forty  pounds  to  remain  in  the  hands  of  my 
brother  in  law  John  Ainger  till  my  son  Nathaniel  shall  ac- 
complish the  age  of  two  and  twenty  years ;  he  to  give  bonds 
to  my  brothers  Henry  and  Samuel  Sherman  for  the  payment 
of  said  sum  of  forty  pounds."  To  children  Joseph  and  Eliza- 
beth twenty  pounds  each,  residue  to  wife  Priscilla  (Reg.  50, 
p.  287).  The  will  of  John  Anger  of  Dedham,  clothier,  dated 
Jan.  19,  1624,  was  proved  Feb.  18,  1624  (P.  C.  C.  Byrde  19). 
In  it  he  says  his  brother  Nathaniel  Sherman  on  his  death  en- 
treated him  to  take  charge  of  his  son  Nathaniel  and  bring 


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him  up  and  gave  him  a  portion  of  £40  to  be  paid  to  him 
when  he  came  to  age,  and  he  entreated  his  friend  John  Pye 
to  take  charge  etc.  (Reg.  50,  p.  400.)  The  will  of  John 
Pye,  of  Dedham,  clothier,  dated  Nov.  8,  1624,  was  proved 
Feb.  24,  1625  (P.  C.  C.  Clarke  13).  He  states  that  Nathaniel 
Sherman  was  committed  to  him  with  his  stock  of  £40.  given 
to  him  by  his  father  and  £5.  given  to  him  by  his  uncle  John 
Ainge,  to  be  brought  up  till  he  should  come  of  age,  and  en- 
treats his  friend  Christopher  Hudson  to  bring  Nathaniel  up. 
(Reg.  50,  p.  386.)     Child  by  first  wife: 

I.  Nathaniel^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Jan.  1,  1608/9 
(Reg.  50,  p.  416).    Children  by  second  wife: 

n.  Joseph^  Sherman. 

HI.  Elizabeth''  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Oct.  23,  1613. 
(Reg.  50,  p.  416.) 

24.  JOHN«  SHERMAN  (13.  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,' 
Thomas^),  bap.  at  Dedham,  Aug.  17,  1585.  (Reg.  50,  p. 
415.)  m.  before  May  14,  1610,  Grace  Makin,  sister  of  Joan 
Makin,  wife  of  Edmund''  Sherman,  of  Connecticut,  and 
daughter  of  Tobias  Makin,  of  Fingringhoe,  Essex,  yeoman, 
whose  will  dated  May  14,  1610,  was  proved  Sept.  10,  1610. 
(Consistory  Court  of  London,  Book  Hamer  No.  7,  leaves  45- 
48.)  By  it  he  gives  to  his  wife  Katherine  certain  copyhold 
lands  and  buildings  of  the  manor  of  Fingringhoe  for  her  life 
upon  condition  that  she  shall  bring  up  his  children  and  pay 
to  Grace  Sherman,  his  daughter,  £10,  within  six  months 
after  his  death  and  pay  to  John  Makin,  the  elder,  his  son, 
£10.  within  one  year  after  his  death.  On  his  wife's  death, 
the  lands  are  to  go  to  John  Makin,  the  younger,  testator's 
son,  upon  condition  that  he  pay  to  each  of  testator's  daugh- 
ters Joan  and  Rebecca  £5.  within  two  years  after  his  wife's 
death,  and  to  "Jo'"'"  Makin  my  eldest  son"  £20  within  three 
years  after  said  Katherine's  death.  Gives  to  his  daughter 
Grace  Sherman  £10.  to  be  paid  to  her  by  said  John  the 
younger  out  of  said  lands  within  five  years  after  death  of 
said  Katherine  and  gives  to  his  daughter  Joan  £10  to  be 
paid  to  her  by  said  John  out  of  said  lands  within  six  years 


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after  death  of  said  Katherine.  If  said  John  dies  before  en- 
tering on  said  lands,  without  issue,  said  lands  shall  remain  to 
the  use  of  "Thomas  Makin,  my  youngest  son"  on  condition 
that  he  pay  said  sums  as  above  mentioned.  If  Thomas  dies 
without  issue  before  he  enters  said  lands  they  shall  remain 
to  ''Samuel  my  son"  he  then  to  make  said  payments.  He 
gives  to  his  wife  Katherine  his  tenement  called  Pudney  or 
Ownes  and  Moref  or  Moreve  Marsh  for  life  upon  condition 
that  she  pay  to  "Grace  my  daughter"  £10.  within  one  year 
after  his  death  and  to  "Joan  my  daughter"  ;^10,  within  two 
years  after  his  death  and  after  the  death  of  his  wife  he  gives 
to  "Westbroome  Makin  my  son"  said  last  mentioned  lands 
upon  condition  that  he  pay  to  Thomas  £30  in  three  years 
after  Westbroome's  entry  into  said  lands.  If  Westbroome 
dies  without  issue  before  he  gets  possession  of  said  lands, 
they  shall  remain  to  "Robert  Makin  my  son"  upon  condition 
that  he  pay  to  Thomas  said  £30.  If  Robert  dies  without  is- 
sue before  getting  said  lands  they  shall  remain  to  Thomas. 
He  gives  to  his  wife  for  life  land  called  Lockers  in  Fingring- 
hoe  and  after  her  death  to  Robert  and  if  he  dies  without  issue 
before  getting  possession  the  said  land  to  remain  to  Thomas. 
To  Rebecca  £10  more  to  be  paid  at  21  years  by  whomsoever 
shall  possess  said  lands.  To  Katherine  his  wife  land  in  the 
Parish  of  Fingringhoe  called  Borkines  Brooke  sometimes 
Clement  Ferriess,  for  life  and  after  her  death  to  "Tobias  my 
son"  for  eight  years  next  following  and  after  to  Samuel  and 
for  default  of  issue  of  Samuel  to  remain  to  John  the  younger. 
To  "John  Makin  my  eldest  son"  £10  to  be  paid  in  two  years 
after  testator's  death.  If  John  dies  before  any  of  his  lega- 
cies ought  to  be  paid,  then  said  legacies  shall  be  equally  di- 
vided among  "my  three  daughters  natural"  or  so  many  of 
them  as  shall  be  living.  To  Rebecca  £10  at  21.  To  "Eliza- 
beth Potter  my  grandchild"  £5.  to  be  paid  at  21.  To  Rich- 
ard Sherman  the  son  of  Edmund  Sherman,  15  shillings  to 
be  paid  to  him  at  21.  Bequests  to  poor  of  Fingringhoe  20 
shilHngs;  to  Richard  Weald  the  son  of  Richard  Weald  of 
Kyrbie  "my  kinsman"  £5  at  21 ;  to  Thomas  Weald,  son  of 
Thomas  Weald  deceased,  6  shillings  8  pence ;  to  John  Weald, 
son  of  John  Weald  the  younger,  6  shillings  8  pence  to  be  paid 


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at  21;  to  Mary  Payne  a  bullock;  to  Bridget  Bury  a  lamb. 
Residue  of  goods  and  chattels  to  wife  to  pay  debts,  and  ful- 
fill this  will,  keep  buildings  and  sea  walls  in  repair  and  pay 
funeral  expenses.  Katherine  his  wife  sole  Executrix. 
Thomas  Whiting  Supervisor.  Witnesses ;  Gilbert  Longe 
Thomas  Whiteing  "John  Swannes  marke"  signed  "Tobias 
Makin".  (Reg.  50,  p.  286.)  John®  Sherman  was  buried  at 
Great  Horkesley,  Essex,  Jan.  24,  1616  (Reg.  66,  p.  323.) 
Grace  Sherman,  after  the  death  of  her  husband,  m.  Thomas 
Rogers.  They  soon  after  lived  at  Dedham,  apparently,  as  their 
daughter  Elizabeth  (who  m.  Daniel  Smith)  was  bap.  there 
Nov.  16,  1617  (Reg.  66,  p.  325).  Ann  (Sherman)  Anger, 
widow  of  John  Anger,  of  Dedham,  clothier,  and  a  daughter 
of  Edmund'^  Sherman  (the  uncle  of  said  John*^  Sherman)  in 
her  will  dated  Sept.  2,  1625,  proved  at  Colchester,  Dec.  16, 
1625  (Commissary  Court  of  London  for  Essex  and  Herts. 
File  for  1625-1626  No.  177),  makes  a  bequest  as  follows:  "I 
give  to  the  two  children  of  the  wife  of  Thomas  Rogers,  John 
Sherman  and  Richard  Sherman,  my  kinsmen,  twenty  shill- 
ings apiece,  at  their  ages  of  one  and  twenty."  (Supra.)  Grace 
Rogers  and  her  husband  Thomas  Rogers  and  her  son  John 
Sherman  and  her  daughter  Elizabeth  Rogers  came  to  Water- 
town,  Mass.,  about  1636.  Thomas  Rogers  was  made  freeman 
there  May  17,  1637  (Col.  Rec.  Mass.,  Vol.  I,  p.  373),  and  was 
buried  there  Nov.  12,  1638,  aged  50.  (Watertown  Town 
Records  1st  Book  p.  6.)  Grace  (Sherman)  Rogers  m. 
Roger  Porter  for  her  third  husband.  He  was  admitted  free- 
man at  Watertown,  May  22,  1637  (Col.  Rec.  Mass.,  Vol.  I, 
p.  376),  and  died. there  Apr.  3,  1654,  aged  about  71.  (Water- 
town  Town  Records  1st  Book  p.  35.)  Elizabeth  Rogers  m. 
Daniel  Smith,  and  had  a  son  Daniel.  Grace  Porter,  widow, 
died  June  3,  1662,  "aged  about  70"  years  (id.  p.  48).  Her 
will,  not  dated,  but  made  in  1661,  was  proved  at  Watertown, 
June  17,  1662.    It  is  as  follows: 

"Know  all  men  by  these  presents  that  I,  Grace  Porter,  widdow,  of 
Watertown  in  the  County  of  Middlesex  in  New  England,  inhabitant,  be- 
ing in  perfect  memory  but  under  the  afflicting  hand  of  the  ever  gracious 
God,  my  Lord  and  maker,  not  knowing  how  soone  it  may  be  his  good 
pleasure  to  call  me  out  of  this  evil  world ;  after  solemn  profession  of 
unfayned    willingness    to   resigne   to   his    Soveraigne   disposal   and   of   an 


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humble  confidence  and  trust  in  his  rich  mercy  and  free  grace  in  Jesus 
Christ  for  what  concerns  my  everlasting  estate  in  another  world ;  I  do  for 
the  ordering  of  what  temporall  estate  I  shall  leave  behind  me,  after  my 
debts  payd  and  funerall  expenses  discharged,  make  this  my  Last  will  and 
testament :  giving  and  bequeathing  as  f  olloweth  Imprimis.  I  give  to  my 
Sonne  John  Sherman  my  dividend  of  upland.  Item.  I  do  give  to  my 
daughter  Elisabeth  Smith  all  my  marsh  being  by  estimation  foure  acres 
more  or  lesse  to  be  to  her  and  her  sonn  Daniel  after  her.  Item.  I  do 
give  to  my  said  daughter  Elisabeth  all  my  wearing  clothes  and  all  my 
linnen  and  also  my  great  kittle.  Item.  I  doe  give  to  my  grand  child  Daniel 
Smith  my  cow  that  is  with  calf.  Item.  I  doe  give  my  other  cow  to  my 
grand  child  John  Sherman.  Item.  I  doe  give  to  my  grand  child  Martha 
Sherman  my  warming  pan.  Item.  I  doe  give  to  my  grand  children  Mary 
Sherman  and  Sarah  Sherman  to  each  of  them  two  pewter  dishes :  and  to 
Joseph  Sherman  five  shillings.  My  will  is,  that  the  remainder  of  my 
estate  be  divided  equally  between  my  said  son  John  Sherman  and  my  said 
daughter  Elisabeth  Smith  each  of  them  to  possesse  and  enjoy  their  part 
or  half  which  by  such  division  shall  be  set  out  for  them.  Whereas  I 
am  indebted  to  my  daughter  Elisabeth  Smith,  my  mind  is  she  should  be 
satisfyed  in  the  first  place  in  such  goods  as  shee  shall  choose.  I  doe  also 
hereby  declare,  that  for  such  things  as  I  left  with  my  said  daughter 
Elisabeth  (of  the  particulars  of  which,  my  son  Sherman  had  a  note)  I 
had  them  againe,  since,  of  her,  soe  that  shee  is  not  to  be  called  for  any 
account  about  them  uppon  that  or  any  other  note  to  that  purpose.  I  do 
further  hereby  constitute  and  choose  my  brother  John  Cooledge  and  Lieu- 
tenant Richard  Beers  as  executors  of  this  my  will  intreating  my  cousin 
Joh:  Sherman  as  overseer,  to  see  my  mind  full  filled,  unto  whome  I  give 
as  followeth  to  my  said  Cousin  Sherman  the  sume  of  f ourty  shillings : 
and  twenty  shillings  apeice  to  each  of  my  said  executors  brother  Cooledge 
and  Lieutenant  Beers. 

This  is  my  Last  will  and  Testament  witness  my  hand  and  seal. 
Subscribed  sealed  and  delivered  in  the  presence  of  us 

John  Sherman 

Mary  Sherman 

GRACE    O     PORTER 
her  mark 

(In  the  margin.)  Lieut.  Beers  &  Jno  Cooledge  appearing  in  Court  17 
(27)  4,  1662,  openly  disclaimed  their  executorship  of  this  will. 

Mr.  Jno  Sherman  &  Jno  Cooledge  appearing  in  Court  at 
Charlestown  the  17th  (4)  1662,  attested  on  oath  that  they  were 
present  wn  Grace  Porter,  deceased  signed  &  published  this  her 
last  v^^ill  and  testament  &  that  she  was  of  a  disposing  mind  wn 
she  so  did  being  about  a  year  now  past. 

Entered  &  Recorded  in  the  Register  of  Wills  lib.  2.  page  41. 
17  (4)  1662. 


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Inventory  of  Grace  Porter  y^  relique  of  Roger  Porter  now  de- 
ceased taken  June  14th  1662. 

On  the  inventory  is  a  note  about  the  division  of  Grace  Porter's 
estate  as  follows : 

"In  case  their  brother  in  England  shall  legally  obtain 
against  the  estate,  that  they  joyently  &  equally  do  tender 
estate  for  satisfying  the  same  that  so  neither  side  may  be 
unequally  represented  by  this  award.  This  8th  of  July 
1662." 

This  "brother  in  England"  was  Richard  Sherman,  brother  of 
Captain  John  Sherman  (Reg.  51,  p.  314).  The  witnesses  to  the 
will  were  the  Reverend  John  Sherman  and  Mary  his  wife.  Grace 
Porter  in  her  will  called  Rev.  John  Sherman  her  cousin,  that  is 
her  nephew,  as  the  word  was  then  often  used,  because  he  was  the 
son  of  her  sister  Joan,  wife  of  Edmund  Sherman.  Why  she  called 
John  Cooledge  her  brother  does  not  appear.  Probably  because 
of  some  connection  by  marriage.  Children : 
33         I.  Captain  John^  Sherman. 

II.  Richard^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Great  Horkesley,  Essex, 
August  7,  1614  (Reg.  66,  p.  323),  living  in  England 
in  1662,  when  inventory  of  his  mother's  estate  was 
taken. 

25.  EZEKIEL"  SHERMAN  (13.  Henry, »  Henry,"  Thomas," 
John,^  Thomas^),  of  Dedhani,  clothier,  bap.  at  Dedham, 
July  25,  1587  (Reg.  66,  p.  324).  m.  (1),  Rachel  Alefounder, 
daughter  of  Robert  Alefounder,  of  Dedham,  clothier,  and 
Mary  his  wife.  m.  (2),  Anne  (Stephens?).  He  was  buried 
at  Dedham,  Jan.  21,  1654  (Reg.  50,  p.  417).  His  will  in 
which  he  calls  himself  Ezeckiell  Sherman,  Senior,  dated 
Aug.  26,  1653,  codicil  dated  Sept.  1,  1653,  was  proved  Aug. 
14,  1654.  (P.  C.  C.  Alchin  199.)  Mentions  wife  Ann, 
youngest  son  John,  daughter  Mary  Sherman,  "my  brother 
Stephens,  my  daughter  Salmon,  my  son  Ezeckiell."  (Reg. 
50,  p.  393.)  He  was  a  legatee  under  will  of  his  grandfather 
Henry*  Sherman,  dated  Jan.  20,  1590  (Reg.  50.  p.  281)  de- 
visee with  his  brother  John  of  the  Heckel  land  under  will  of 
his  father  dated  Aug.  21,  1610  (Reg.  50.  p.  285)  ;  legatee 


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under  will  of  his  mother  Susan  Sherman,  dated  Aug.  31, 
1610  (Reg.  50,  p.  286)  ;  residuary  legatee  and  Executor  of 
will  of  sister  Anne  Wilson  dated  Sept.  15,  1638  (Reg.  50,  p. 
390)  ;  Executor  of  will  of  his  mother  in  law  Mary  Ale- 
founder  dated  June  27,  1627  (Reg.  50,  p.  262).  Rachel  Sher- 
man was  a  legatee  under  her  brother  Matthew  Aiefounder's 
will  December  20,  1628  (Reg.  50,  p.  263),  and  a  legatee  un- 
der will  of  her  father  Robert  Alefounder  of  Dedham,  cloth- 
ier, dated  Mar.  16,  1629/30  (Reg.  50,  p.  264),  also  a  legatee 
under  will  of  her  brother  Robert  Alefounder  of  East  Berg- 
holt,  Suffolk,  dated  Feb.  10,  1635  (Reg.  50,  p.  265)  also  a 
legatee  under  will  of  her  brother  in  law  Thomas  Branston, 
of  Flowton,  Suffolk,  clothier,  dated  Sept.  3,  1638  (Reg.  50, 
p.  265).    Children  by  first  wife : 

I.  Robert^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Feb.  27,  1620  (Reg.» 
50,  p.  416) ;  buried  at  Dedham,  Mar.  3,  1643  (Reg. 
50,  p.  417).  Godson  of  grandfather  Robert  Ale- 
founder who  in  his  will  (supra)  gives  "To  my  daugh- 
ter Sherman's  children,  being  my  grandchildren,  vizt. 
to  my  godson  Robert  Sherman  twenty  pounds  and  to 
her  three  other  children  ten  pounds  apiece  to  be  paid" 
at  eighteen. 
II.  EzekieF  Sherman  of  Dedham,  clothier,  m.  at  Ded- 
ham, Martha  Stevens,  Aug.  21,  1645  (Reg.  50,  p.  414). 
She  was  daughter  of  Robert  Stevens  of  Dedham. 
EzekieF  Sherman  was  buried  at  Dedham,  Jan.  9,  1656/ 
7  (Reg.  67,  p.  157).  His  will,  dated  Dec.  31,  1656, 
proved  May  12,  1657.  (P.  C.  C.  Ruthen  147.)  Lega- 
cies to  son  Ezekiel  and  daughters  Grace  and  Hannah 
and  "daughter  now  born;"  to  brother  John  Sher- 
man and  to  Mary  Sherman.  Wife  Martha  "Robert 
Stevens,  of  Dedham,  my  father-in-law."  Robert 
Stevens  of  Ardleigh  brother  in  law.  (Reg.  37,  p.  236.) 
Children : 

1.  Martha®  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  June  27,  1646 
(Reg.  50,  p.  416),  buried  at  Dedham,  Dec.  15, 
1648  (Reg.  50,  p.  417). 

2.  Grace*  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Sept.  5,  1647 
(Reg.  50,  p.  416). 


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3.  Hanna^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Feb.  17,  1650 
(Reg.  50,  p.  417),  possibly  buried  at  Dedham, 
Jan.  3,  1661/2.     (Reg.  67,  p.  157.) 

4.  EzekieP  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Feb.  1,  1651/2 
(Reg.  67,  p.  155). 

Will  of  Ezekiel  Sherman,  of  Colchester,  Essex, 
linen  draper,  dated  Aug.  20,  1715,  codicil  dated 
Aug.  31,  1716,  proved  Nov.  6,  1716  (P.  C.  C.  Fox 
214).  Eldest  son  Ezekiel's  marriage.  To  son  Steb- 
bing  Sherman,  Hall  lands  in  Dedham  of  Manor  of 
Overhall  and  Netherhall,  remainder  to  sons  William 
and  John.  Daughters  Martha  and  Mary  Sherman 
and  Hannah  Jones,  wife  of  Edward  Jones.  Brother 
in  law  Daniel  Day.  Daughter  Martha  Sherman  Ex- 
ecutrix.    (Reg.  50,  p.  397.) 

5.  Daughter,^  b.  1656. 
ni.  John'^  Sherman. 

IV.  Mary^  Sherman. 
V.  A  daughter,''  who  m.  Salmon. 

26.  EDMUND"  SHERMAN  (13.  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^ 
John,^  Thomas^),  of  Colchester.  Devisee  under  will  of  his 
father,  dated  Aug.  21,  1610  (Reg.  50,  p.  285)  ;  legatee  under 
will  of  his  mother  Susan  Sherman,  dated  Aug.  31,  1610  (Reg. 
50,  p.  286)  ;  mentioned  in  will  of  his  brother  in  law  John 
Anger  of  Dedham,  clothier,  dated  Jan.  19,  1623/4  (Reg.  50, 
p.  400)  ;  legatee  under  will  of  his  sister  Anne  (Sherman) 
Wilson,  dated  Sept.  15,  1638,  who  describes  him  as  "my 
brother  Edmund  Sherman  of  Colchester."  m.  Judith  Anger, 
daughter  of  William  Anger  of  Dedham  and  Josan  his  wife, 
and  sister  of  John  Anger,  at  Dedham,  May  15,  1611  (Reg. 
50,  p.  414).  John  Anger  in  his  will,  supra,  gives  "To  my  sis- 
ter Judith  Sherman,  the  wife  of  Edmund  Sherman,  of  Col- 
chester, ten  pounds  which  I  lent  her  husband  in  April  last 
and  thirty  pounds  more  on  condition  he  free  my  executors 
of  all  bonds  wherein  I  stand  bound  with  him  and  on  condi- 
tion that  the  brethren  and  friends  of  my  brother  Sherman 
proportionally  do  for  him  to  clear  him  of  his  debts  and  to  set 


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up  his  estate,"  also  gave  legacies  "to  Judith  Sherman  the 
daughter  of  Edmund  Sherman,  of  Colchester  my  goddau- 
ghter" and  to  Ann  Sherman  daughter  of  said  Edmund. 
Children : 

I.    Judith^  Sherman,  legatee  under  will  of  her  uncle  and 
godfather  John  Anger,  dated  Jan.  19,  1623/4  supra. 
II.  Ann"  Sherman,  legatee  under  same  will. 

27.  EDMUND^  SHERMAN  (14.  Edmund,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^ 
John,2  Thomas^),  b.  at  Dedham  about  1572.  His  grand- 
father Henry*  Sherman,  in  his  will  dated  Jan.  20,  1590,  gives 
"To  Edmonde  Shearman,  the  son  of  my  son  Edmonde"  £13. 
13s.  4d.  at  two  and  twenty.  His  father,  in  his  will  dated 
Aug.  1,  1599,  gives  "To  son,  Edmond,  after  decease  of  my 
wife  all  the  houses  and  lands  before  given  to  said  wife  and 
a  house  and  seven  acres  called  Ryes  where  he  now  dwells, 
and  my  sherman's  occupation."  Also  authorized  his  son  Ed- 
mond  and  his  heirs  forever  to  appoint  a  poor  child  to  be 
freely  taught  by  the  Schoolmaster  of  the  Public  Grammar 
School  in  Dedham.  (Reg.  50,  p.  283.)  m.  Joan  Makin, 
daughter  of  Tobias  Makin  of  Fingringhoe  (Reg.  51,  p.  313). 
Went  to  New  England,  was  at  Wethersfield,  Conn..  1635, 
later  went  to  New  Haven,  Conn.,  where  he;  died  in  1641.  "3 
Mon  1641  an  Inventory  and  will  of  Olde  Father  Shirman 
was  delivered  into  Court."  (New  Haven  Colony  Records, 
Vol.  1,  p.  52.)  Will  and  inventory  cannot  be  found.  (Reg. 
51,  p.  309.)  His  brother  BezalieP  Sherman,  of  Ipswich, 
grocer,  in  his  will  dated  Oct.  7,  1618,  gives  "To  Joane  Sher- 
man, daughter  of  my  brother  Edmond  Sherman  forty 
potmds  at  the  age  of  four  and  twenty  years.  To  John  Sher- 
man, son  of  my  said  brother,  twenty  pounds  at  same  age." 
(Reg.  50,  p.  288.) 

His  sister  Ann  (Sherman)  Anger,  in  her  will  dated  Sept. 
2,  1625,  gives  legacies  to  her  brother  Edmund  Sherman  and 
to  Ann  Sherman  and  Jone  Sherman  "daughters  of  my 
brother  Edmund."    (Reg.  50,  p.  402.) 

In  will  of  SamueP  Sherman,  of  Dedham,  clothier,  brother 
of  Edmund,  dated  June  14,  1643,  is  the  following:  "I  give 


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unto  my  sister  Bacon  in  New  England  ten  pounds  to  be  sent 
to  her  or  her  husband  in  linen  cloth  and  shoes  by  my  cousin 
Edniond  Sherman.  To  my  loving  sister  Sherman,  Edmond's 
widow,  twenty  shillings  and  to  her  son  Samuel  ten  pounds, 
to  her  son  John  Sherman  twenty  shillings,  and  to  her  daugh- 
ters Grace  and  Ester  Ward  and  her  youngest  daughter,  to 
either  of  them  twenty  shillings."  (Reg.  50,  p.  391.)  Chil- 
dren : 

I.  Edmund^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  June  or  Oct.  23, 

1599  (Reg.  50,  p.  415),  clothier,  m.  (1),  ;  (2), 

as  a  widower  at  Bilston,  Dec.  8,  1656,  Grace  Stevens 
of  Stratford,  Essex.  (Reg.  50,  p.  414.)  He  went  to 
New  England  and  was  at  Watertown,  Mass.,  where 
he  was  admitted  Freeman,  May  25,  1636,  and  was 
Selectman,  1636.  (Bond's  Watertown  430.)  He  re- 
turned to  Dedham.  His  will  dated  Apr.  11,  1673, 
proved  May  28,  1673  (P.  C.  C.  Pye  64),  mentions  his 
wife  Grace  and  makes  her  Executrix.  Three  children, 
John,  Martha  and  Edmund.  To  John  £200.  at  twenty 
two ;  to  Martha  at  twenty ;  to  Edmund  at  twenty-two. 
(Reg.  50,  p.  396.)     His  children  were: 

1.  John®  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  August  21,  1664 
(Reg.  67,  p.  155). 

2.  Martha^  Sherman,  baptized  at  Dedham,  Sept.  28, 
1666  (Reg.  67,  p.  155).  A  Martha  Sherman  m. 
there  Parker  Death,  Nov.  6,  1698  (Reg.  67,  p.  156). 

3.  Edmund®  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Nov.  25,  1669 
(Reg.  67,  p.  156),  m.  (1),  at  Dedham,  either 
Sarah  Woodgate,  single,  of  East  Bergholt,  July  3, 
1690,  or  Sarah  Blumfleld,  Widow,  May  18,  1693, 
or  Sarah  Burage,  of  Dedham,  June  29,  1712  (Reg. 
67,  p.  156).  His  wife  Sarah  was  buried  at  Ded- 
ham, Jan.  26, 1715  (Reg.  67,  p.  157).  m.(2)  at  Ded- 

-_  —    ham,  Mary  Freeman,  second  daughter  of  Nicholas 

Freeman,  Jan.  24,  1716  (Reg.  67,  p.  156).  She 
died  at  Dedham,  Jan.  27,  1735,  and  was  buried 
there  Jan.  31,  1735  (Reg.  67,  p.  157).  He  died 
there  Jan.  9,  1742,  and  was  buried  there  Jan.  11, 


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1742  (Reg.  67,  p.  157).  Their  tombstone  in  Ded- 
ham  Churchyard  has  upon  it  in  a  circle  at  the  top 
the  arms  of  Sherman — a  lion  rampant  between 
three  leaves — the  same  as  the  arms  of  the  Yaxley 
Shermans,  and  the  arms  of  Freeman  of  Hertford- 
shire— three  lozenges  and  a  crest — a  helmet 
(squire's)  surmounted  by  a  demi-lion  rampant  and 
this  inscription  :  "Herein  lieth  the  Body  of  MARY/ 
the  wife  of  EDMUND  SHERMAN  of  Dedham/ 
who  departed  this  life/  January  27  in  the  62nd 
year  of  her  age/  173  /  She  was  the  second 
daughter  /  of  NICHOLAS  FREEMAN  of  DED- 
HAM/ whoi  died  in  the  57th  year  of  his  age/  1676 
/  also  the  Body  of  /EDMUND  SHERMAN 
Gent./  who  died  ye  9th  of  Jany  174^/  aged  72 
years."  This  shows  that  the  Dedham  Shermans 
bore  the  arms  of  the  Yaxley  Shermans  and  must 
have  been  descended  from  them.     (Reg.  51,  p.  35.) 

II.  Ann'^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Sept.  15,  1601.  (Reg. 
50,  p.  415.) 

III.  Joan''  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Dec.  13,  1603.  (Reg. 
50,  p.  415.) 

IV.  Hester'^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Apr.  1,  1606.  (Reg. 
50,  p.  415),  m.  Andrew  Ward  (signed  his  name 
"Warde")  who  was  admitted  freeman  at  Watertown, 
Mass.,  May  14,  1634;  and  afterwards  went  to 
Wethersfield,  Conn.,  where  he  was  a  magistrate  in 
1636  (Bond's  Watertown  p.  619).  He  went  from 
Wethersfield  to  Stamford  about  1642.  {Id.  p.  960.) 
He  was  in  Fairfield,  Conn.,  about  1651,  when  he 
bought  Simon  Hoyt's  home  lot,  west  of  Hyde  Pond, 
which  he  sold  in  1653.  He  lived  at  Fairfield  until  his 
death  in  1659.  His  will  is  dated  June  3,  1659,  proved 
Oct.  20,  1659.  There  is  a  monument  to  him  recently 
erected  in  the  old  Fairfield  burying  ground  on  the 
Beach  Lane.  In  1636  he  was  appointed  by  the  Gen- 
eral Court  of  Massachusetts,  with  Roger  Ludlow  and 
six  others,  to  govern  the  Colony  of  Connecticut  for 


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one  year.     Hester  Ward's  will  dated  Dec.  27.  1665, 
was   proved   Feb.   28,    1665/6.      Her   uncle    SamueP 
Sherman  in  his   will,  dated  June   14,   1643,  gives  a 
legacy  to  his  niece  Ester  Ward  (Supra). 
V.  Richard^   Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Oct.   16,   1608 

(Reg.  50,  p.  416),  of  Dedham,  m.  Mary .    Buried 

at  Dedham,  Oct.  27,  1647.  (Reg.  50,  p.  417.) 
VI.  BezaleeP  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Sept.  17,  1611. 
(Reg.  50,  p.  416.) 
Vn.  Rev.  John^  Sherman,  b.  at  Dedham,  Dec.  26,  1613, 
bap.  there  Jan.  4,  1614  (Reg.  24,  p.  66.)  A.B.  Trin- 
ity College,  Cambridge,  1629.  A.M.,  1633.  Came  to 
Watertown  and  was  dismissed  from  the  Church 
there  to  Wethersfield,  Conn.  Resided  at  Wethers- 
field.  Conn.  Resided  at  Wethersfield  until  after  May 
7,  1640,  when  he  was  "freed  from  watching."  Went 
to  Milford,  Conn.,  and  was  on  the  list  of  free  planters 
there  Nov.  20,  1639.  Admitted  to  the  Milford  Church 
Nov.  8,  1640.  Nov.  24,  1640,  one  of  the  five  persons 
chosen  by  General  Court  of  New  Haven  Colony, 
magistrates  of  the  Colony.  Dismissed  from  Milford 
Church  Nov.  8,  1647.  Returned  about  that  time  to 
Watertown  and  became  its  third  minister.  Admitted 
freeman  May  19,  1669.  Died  Aug.  8,  1685,  aged  72. 
He  was  buried  in  East  Watertown,  Mass.  The  fol- 
lowing is  a  copy  of  the  inscription  on  his  tomb,  and 
a  free  translation  thereof : 

"JOHANNIS  SHERMAN 
Maximae  Pietatis,  Gravitatis  E  Candoris  Viri 
in  Theologia  plurimum  versati ; 
in  concionando  vere  Chrysostomi ; 

in  Artibus  Liberalibus  praecipue  Mathematicis  incomparabilis; 

Aquitamensis  Ecclesiae  in  Nov.  Anglia  Fidelissimi  Pastoris ; 

Collegii  Harvardini  Inspectoris  Ez  Socii ; 

Qui  postquam  annis  plus  minus  XLV  Christo   fuit  uperetcs  in 
Ecclesia 

Fidus ;  Morte  natura  transmigravit 


Sherman  Genealogy  109 

Ez  a  Christo  palma  decoratus  est ; 
A.  D.  MDCLXXXV  August!  8 
Aetatis  Suae  LXXII. 
Memoriae." 

(Watertown  Epitaphs,  by  E.  D.  Harris,  1869.) 

"Sacred  to  the  memory  of  John  Sherman  a  man  distinguished 
for  his  piety,  character  and  truth ;  a  profound  theologian ;  as  a 
preacher  a  veritable  Chrysostom;  unsurpassed  in  his  knowledge 
of  the  liberal  arts,  particularly  mathematics;  a  faithful  pastor  of 
the  Church  of  Watertown  in  New  England ;  an  Overseer  and  Fel- 
low of  Harvard  College. 

After  a  life  of  faithful  service  to  Christ  in  the  Church  for 
upwards  of  45  years,  in  the  fulness  of  time  he  passed  away  and 
received  from  Christ  the  palm  of  victory.  In  the  72nd  year  of 
his  age,  August  8,  A.  D.  1685." 

Married  (1),  Mary ,  by  whom  he  had  no  children.     She 

died  at  Milford,  Conn.,  Sept.  8,  1644.  ( Records  of  First  Church, 
Milford,  pp.  3,  5.)     m.  (2),  Mary  Launce. 

Isabella  Launce,  the  mother  of  Mary,  the  wife  of  Rev.  John 
Sherman,  m.  second  prior  to  January  18,  1639,  Rev.  Sydrach 
Simpson,  of  London,  clerk,  Master  of  Pembroke  Hall,  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Cambridge.  Philip  Hayne,  of  Exeter,  widow,  in  her 
will  dated  Jan.  18,  1639,  proved  May  18,  1640  (P.  C.  C.  Coven- 
try 61)  gives  legacies  to  the  daughters  of  her  sister  Isabella  Simp- 
son, including  Mary.  (Reg.  50,  p.  398.)  The  will  of  Sydrach 
Simpson,  dated  Apr.  2,  1655,  was  proved  Apr.  15,  1655  (P.  C.  C. 
Aylett  346),  mentions  his  wife  Isabella.  (Reg.  50,  p.  399.)  The 
will  of  Isabella  Simpson,  of  London,  widow,  is  dated  May  29, 
1668,  and  was  proved  Aug.  4,  1669  (P.  C.  C.  Coke  99).  Men- 
tions sons  James  and  Darcy  Launce.  Gives  to  her  "daughter 
Mary  Sherman  £30."  and  certain  specific  articles.  "What  money 
is  left  when  all  things  is  discharged,  I  would  have  my  son  Launce's 
children,  those  that  are  not  married  and  my  daughter  Mary  Sher- 
man's children,  those  that  are  not  married,  to  have  it  equally  di- 
vided between  them."  "I  give  to  my  son  Sherman  five  pounds 
and  the  half  of  my  books,  with  the  great  bible  I  read,  his  name  is 
writ  in  it  for  him."     (Reg.  50,  p.  399,  see  also  note  by  H.  F. 


fe 


w. 


110  Sherman  Genealogy 

Waters,  p.  398,  who  refers  to  Vivian's  Visitation  of  Cornwall, 
Launce  pedigree  showing  connection  of  that  family  with  the 
Darcy  family  of  Dartford,  Kent,  not  of  Essex.)  Rev.  John  Sher- 
man's will  dated  Aug  6,  1685,  proved  Oct.  6,  1685,  mentions 
wife  Mary  and  son  Samuel  Willard.  For  children  of  first  wife 
il2.  To  children  of  son  Bezaleel  deceased  £10.  Daughter 
Mary  Allen,  sons  Daniel  and  Samuel.  Daughter  Mary  Barron. 
Other  children  James,  John,  Abiel,  Elizabeth,  Hester,  Grace, 
Mercy.  Son  James  Executor.  His  widow  Mary  died  in  Water- 
town,  Mar.  9,   1710.     (Bond's  Watertown  p.  432.)      Children: 

1.  Mary^  Sherman,  m.  (1),  Nov.  27,  1656,  Henry 
Freeman,  of  Watertown;  m.  (2),  Lewis  Allen. 

2.  Bezaleel^  Sherman,  b.  1640,  B.A.  Harvard  1661. 
Merchant  in  Madras,  where  he  died,  1685,  leav- 
ing a  widow  and  a  daughter. 

3.  Daniel*  Sherman,  b.  Mar.  16,  1642.  Sea  Captain, 
m.  Abiah  Street,  Sept.,  1664.  d.  1716.  They 
had  eight  children. 

4.  SamueP  Sherman,  b.  Apr.  14,  1644. 

5.  Rev.  James*  Sherman,  b.  1645 ;  m.  May  13,  1680, 
Mary  Walker.  He  d.  Mar.  3,  1718.  They  had 
two  sons. 

6.  Abiah*  Sherman,  d.  prior  to  1702  without  issue. 

7.  Abigail*  Sherman,  b.  Feb.  1,  1648;  m.  Aug.  8, 
1664,  Rev.  Samuel  Willard.  She  d.  about  1685, 
six  children. 

8.  Elizabeth*  Sherman,  m.  at  Concord,  July  20, 
1687,  Samuel  Gaskill. 

9.  Joanna*  Sherman,  b.  Sept.  3,  1652,  d.  young. 

10.  Mary*  Sherman,  b.  Mar.  5,  1657;  m.  May  27, 
1679,  Ellis  Barron,  Jr. 

11.  Grace*  Sherman,  'b.  Mar.  10,  1659;  living  1712. 

12.  John*  Sherman,  b.  Mar.  17,  1660. 

13.  Hester*  Sherman,  d.  Aug.  25,  1688. 

14.  Mercy*  Sherman,  m.  Apr.  4,  1700,  Samuel  Barn- 
ard and  had  four  or  five  children.  (Reg.  24,  p. 
66  and  Bond's  Watertown). 


Sherman  Genealogy  111 

VIII.  A  child  bap.  at  Dedham,  June  18,  1616.     (Res   50  o 
416.)  V      &•      .  H- 

34      IX.  Hon.  SamueF  Sherman. 

X.  Graced  Sherman,  b.  1614  or  1615.  Mentioned  in  will 
of  her  uncle  Samuel^  Sherman,  supra,  m.  John 
Livermore.  She  d.  Jan.  14,  1690,  aged  75  years,  at 
Chelmsford,  Mass.  (Grave  stone.) 
XI.  A  daughter,^  "youngest  daughter"  mentioned  in  will 
of  Samuel^  Sherman,  supra. 

28.  RICHARD^  SHERMAN  (14.  Edmund,"  Henry,^'  Thomas,» 
John,2  Thomas^,  bap.  at  Dedham  Mar.  3,  1577  (Reg.  50, 
p.  415).  (Signed  his  name  "Shearman.")  His  grandfather 
Henry^  Sherman  by  his  will,  dated  Jan.  20,  1590,  gave  to  him 
a  legacy  of  forty  shillings  at  22.  (Supra.)  His  father 
by  his  will  dated  Aug.   1,  1599,  gave  him  a  legacy  at  24. 

(Reg.    50,   p.   283.)      m.    Elizabeth   .      Went   to   New 

England.     Symon  Whiting,  of  Dedham,  clothier,  in  his  will 
dated  Apr.  17,  1637,  proved  June  15,  1637  (P.  C.  C.  Goare 
99)  gave  "unto  ould  Richard  Sherman,  of  New  England,  ten 
shillings"  (Reg.  50,  p.  389.)    Died  in  Boston,  Mass.,  May  30, 
1660.     (Rec.  Commrs.  Report,  Vol.  9,  p.  75).     Will  dated 
Apr.  7,  1660,  proved  in  Suffolk  County,  July  13,  1660,  men- 
tions wife  Elizabeth.    Gives  legacies  to  daughter  Ann  Shear- 
man, Priscilla  Garrett,  wife  of  Martin  Garrett  (Garwood?), 
Martha  Browne,  Abigail  Damine;  the  legacies  "to  my  two 
dau^  in  England  into  ye  hands  of  my  cousine  Mr.  Anger 
of  Cambridge  to  be  sent  unto  my  said  two  daus.,  if  then 
liueing,  or  else  to  ye  child  or  children  of  them."     (Ann  and 
Priscilla  were  the  daughters  in  England.)     Legacies  to  grand- 
children Mary  and  Elizabeth  Spawle.     Appoints  his  friends 
and  kinsmen  Edmund  Anger  and  John  Livermore  of  Water- 
town,  Mass.,  overseers.     (Reg.  9,  p.  227.)     Elizabeth  Sher- 
man, Richard's  widow,  m.   Thomas   Robinson  as  his  third 
wife.     He  m.  at  Boston,  Jan.   10,   1652/3,   Mary  Woodie, 
widow  of  John  Woodie,  of  Roxbury,  and  daughter  of  John 
Coggan  of  Boston.     She  d.  Oct.  26,  1661.     Thomas  Robin- 
son's will  was  dated  Mar.  17,  1664/5,  proved  Apr.  27,  1666. 
(Reg.  15,  p.  123.)     In  this  will  he  says  "Though  my  wife 


112  Sherman  Genealogy 

hath  not  carryed  herself  as  a  wife  should  have  done  to- 
wards mee,  but  contrary  to  the  Law  of  God  and  Man,  hath 
withdrawn  her  selfe  from  Liuing  with  me  as  she  ought  to 
Doe."  Elizabeth  (Sherman)  Robinson  d.  in  1667.  Her  will 
dated  Aug.  21,  1666,  proved  Nov.  16,  1667,  mentions  her 
former  husband  Richard  Sherman ;  John  Browne,  son  of 
^  Edward  Browne  of  Dorchester;  Samuel  Deman,  son  of 
John  Deaman  of  Reeding;  Elizabeth  Spaule  daughter  of 
Thomas  Spall  of  Boston ;  Mary  Spall  daughter  of  said  Spall 
aforesaid ;  sister  Bridget  Lock's  children  of  Faucet  in  Eng- 
land; kinsman  John  Greenleafe  and  his  sister  Mary  Green- 
leafe;  husband  Thomas  Robinson.  (Reg.  18,  p.  156.)  Chil- 
dren: 

L  Ann^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Nov.  21,  1613  (Reg. 
50,  p.  416).    Legatee  under  will  of  her  uncle  Samuel* 
Sherman,  dated  June  14,  1643  (Reg.  50,  p.  391). 
IL  William^    Sherman,   bap.   at   Dedham   Oct.   22,    1616 
(Reg.  50,  p.  416).    Perhaps  died  young. 

III.  Priscilla'^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Sept.  27,  1618. 
(Reg.  50,  p.  416.)  Mentioned  as  "Priske"  in  her 
uncle  Samuel's  will;  m.  (1),  Martin  Garwood,  wid- 
ower, at  Dedham,  Mar.  25,  1658  (Reg.  50,  p.  414)  ; 
m.  (2),  William  Smith,  widower,  at  Dedham,  Sept. 
11,  1683  (Reg.  50,  p.  415). 

IV.  Martha'^  Sherman,  m.  Edmund  Browne,  of  Dorchester. 
He  d.  there,  Sept.  23,  1582.    Children: 

1.  Elizabeth,  b.  in  Dorchester,  Dec.  31,  1658. 

2.  Samuel,  b.  Dorchester,  July  15,  1661. 
V.  AbigaiF    Sherman,    m.    about    1650,    Deacon    John 

Damon,  b.  in  England  and  d.  in  Reading,  Mass.,  Apr.  8, 
1708.  She  died  in  Reading,  Dec.  25,  1713. 
VI.  Samuel^  Sherman  mentioned  in  his  uncle  Samuel's 
will. 
VII.  Alice''  Sherman  mentioned  as  Alice  Sherman  in  her 
uncle  Samuel's  will.  m.  Thomas  Spawle.  Date  of  her 
death  not  known.  He  m.  (2),  Aug.  18,  1653,  Mary 
Gutteridge.  He  d.  1671.  His  will,  dated  Feb.  23, 
1670/1,  proved  Apr.  29,  1671.  Mentions  widow  Mar\- 
and  daughter  Mary,  wife  of  Joseph  Knight.    She  was 


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Sherman  Genealogy  113 

b.  in  Boston,  Sept.,  1644.    Elizabeth,  another  daughter 
of  Thomas  Spawle  was  b.  in  Boston,  Sept.  29,  1646. 
VIII.  Elizabeth^  Sherman,  b.  in  Boston,  Dec.  1,  1635.     Per- 
haps d.  young.     (Boston  Rec.  Com.  Rep.  9,  p.  3.) 

29.  BEZALEEL6  SHERMAN  (14  Edmund,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^ 
John,^  Thomas^),  of  St.  Lawrence  Parish,  Ipswich,  Suffolk, 
grocer,  b.  about  1582.  Mentioned  in  will  of  his  grand- 
father Henry*  Sherman,  dated  Jan.  20,  1590  (Reg.  50,  p. 
281).  Devisee  under  will  of  his  father  dated  Aug.  1,  1599 
of  tenement  called  Ryes  (Reg.  50,  p.  283).     m.  (1),  Mary 

.     She  was  buried  at  St.  Lawrence,  Ipswich,  Feb.   11, 

1613.  m.  (2),  Priscilla  Purges,  dau.  of  Rev.  John  Burges 
S.T.P.  BezaleeP  Sherman  was  buried  at  St.  Lawrence, 
Ipswich,  Oct.  9,  1618.  His  will  dated  Oct.  7,  1618,  was 
proved  Dec.  3,  1618.  (P.  C.  C.  Meade  125.)  "To  Joane 
Sherman,  daughter  of  my  brother  Edmond  Sherman  £40, 
at  the  age  of  four  and  twenty  years.  To  John  Sherman, 
son  of  my  said  brother  £20  at  same  age."  House  to  wife 
for  life,  after  her  death  to  son  John  and  his  heirs.  My 
son  at  24  and  my  daughter  at  21.  To  poor  of  Dedham  and 
Ipswich.  "To  the  library  of  this  town,  a  book  called 
Speede's  Chronicle."  Wife  and  her  father,  Dr.  Burges, 
Executors.  Proved  by  Priscilla  Sherman  relict,  and  John 
Burges  S.  T.  P.  (Reg.  50,  p.  288).  The  widow  Priscilla 
afterwards  m.  (2)  Thomas  Fones  and  (3)  Rev.  Henry 
Painter.  The  will  of  Rev.  John  Burges,  parson,  of  Sutton 
Coldfield,  Warwick,  dated  Sept.  12,  1634,  was  proved  Oct. 
26,  1635  (P.  C.  C.  Sadler  105).  He  gives  "to  John  Sher- 
man and  Ursula  Sherman  and  to  their  mother,  my  dear 
daughter  Painter,  to  each  of  them"  £10.  To  son  John  "the 
silver  cup  or  can  which  was  given  me  by  the  Honorable 
House  of  Pariiament"  Wife  Lettice.  (Reg.  50.  p.  388). 
Children : 

I.  Ursula"^  Sherman,  bap.  April  30,  1615,  at  St.  Law- 
rence, Ipswich  (Reg.  50,  p.  288). 
II.  John'    Sherman,   bap.'   May   4,    1617,   at   same   place 
(id.). 


114  Sherman  Genealogy 

30.  SAMUEL"  SHERMAN  (14.  Edmund,^  Henry,''  Thomas,' 
John,2  Thomas^),  of  Dedham,  clothier,  m.  Ester  Burges, 
daughter  of  Robert  Burges  of  Stanton  Drew,  Somerset,  yeo- 
man, whose  will  dated  Nov.  17,  1626,  was  proved  Dec.  14, 
1626.  (P.  C.  C.  Hele  145).  Mentions  wife  Alice,  sons 
James  and  John,  and  gives  "to  the  two  children  of  my 
daughter  Hester  Sherman  five  pounds."  (Reg.  50,  p.  392). 
Thomas  Clere  of  Colchester,  clothier,  the  maternal  uncle 
of  Samuel"  Sherman,  in  his  will  dated  Jan.  11,  1594  (origi- 
nal will  No.  40  in  Bundle  Lawrance  Archdeaconry,  Col- 
chester) gives  to  "my  brother  Sherman's  four  children 
which  he  had  by  my  sister  Anne,  the  like  sum  of  forty  shill- 
ings to  either  of  them,  that  is  say,  to  Sara  Shermane,  *  *  * 
Ane  Shermane  *  *  *  Susane  Shermane  *  *  *  *  Samuel 
Shermane  *  *  to  be  paid"  when  21  or  at  marriage  (Reg. 
50,  p.  282).  Samuel"  Sherman  was  a  devisee  and  legatee 
under  his  father's  will  dated  Aug.  1,  1599  (Reg.  50,  p. 
283).  He  was  also  a  devisee  and  legatee  under  his  mother's 
will  dated  Aug.  3,  1609'  in  which  he  was  described  as  under 
21  years  old.  (Reg.  50,  p.  284.)  He  was  buried  at  Dedham, 
Oct.  30,  1644.  (Reg.  66,  p.  326.)  His  will  dated  June 
14,  1643,  proved  Dec.  12,  1644  (P.  C.  C.  Rivers  14).  To 
wife  Ester  "the  house  I  now  dwell  in,  with  lands"  in  Ded- 
ham for  life.  Also  to  her  "my  house  and  lands  in  Suffolk, 
in  Crettinge  or  elsewhere"  for  life.  After  her  decease, 
son  Samuel  to  have  the  house  "I  now  dwell  in,"  with  re- 
mainder to  son  Edmond,  then  to  son  Bezaliel.  Devises  and 
bequests  to  son  Samuel,  when  22 ;  to  daughter  Ester  at  20  or 
day  of  marriage,  the  same  to  daughter  Anna.  "To  my  son 
John  the  rents  that  shall  arise  of  my  farm  at  Empsted 
called  Stevenses,  now  in  occupation  of  John  Barker  or 
his  assigns,  to  maintain  him,  my  said  son  John,  at  Cambridge 
or  Oxford,  for  I  would  have  him  brought  up  to  learning 
that  he  might  be  fit  to  honor  God  in  his  church,  that  is  if 
God  inclines  his  mind  thereunto  and  if  my  loving  brother 
Dr.  Burges  and  my  loving  friend  Mr.  Newcomen,  they  be- 
ing consulted  with,  shall  think  fit"  Brother  John  Sherman. 
Son  Edmond.  Son  Bezaliel  at  23.  Daughter  Deborah,  un- 
der 19.    Son  Nathaniel,  under  22.    My  cousin  Richard  Sher- 


Sherman  Genealogy  115 

man.  Samuel,  my  brother  John  Sherman's  son,  and  Mary 
Sherman  John's  daughter.  Brother  Benjamin's  children. 
Sister  Warner's  son  Samuel  Warner.  Mary  Abbott  and 
Henry  Warner.  Sister  Backler.  "I  give  unto  my  sister  Bacon 
in  New  England  ten  pounds,  to  be  sent  her  or  her  husband  in 
linen  cloth  and  shoes,  by  my  cousin  Edmond  Sherman.  To 
my  loving  sister  Sherman,  Edmond's  widow,  twenty  shillings 
and  to  her  son  Samuel  ten  pounds,  to  her  son  John  Sherman 
twenty  shillings  and  to  her  daughters  Grace  and  Ester  Ward, 
and  her  youngest  daughter,  to  either  of  them  twenty  shill- 
ings." To  brother  Richard  Sherman,  to  his  son  Samuel  and 
his  daughter  Alice  Sherman.  To  Anne  Sherman  and  Priske 
Sherman.  To  Sister  Nash.  To  Free  Grammar  School  in 
Dedham,  a  gift  to  enlarge  the  English  schoolhouse.  Son 
Samuel  to  be  a  father  to  his  brothers  and  sisters.  (Reg.  50, 
p.  391.)  Ester  Sherman  his  widow  was  buried  at  Dedham 
Aug.  23,  1646  (Reg.  66,  p.  326).  Her  will  dated  Aug.  14, 
1646,  was  proved  Sept.  3,  1646.  (P.  C.  C.  Twisse  125.) 
Legacy  to  son  John  "for  and  towards  his  maintenance  at 
Cambridge."  Brothers  John  and  Benjamin  Sherman. 
Cousins  Henry  Warner  and  Mary  Abbott.  Goody  John 
Garood,  my  neighbor.  Daughters  Hester,  Hannah  and  De- 
borah. Sons  Edmond,  Beza  and  Nathaniel.  All  my  eight 
children.  "To  Richard  Sherman  of  New  England  three 
yards  of  broadcloth."  "To  youngest  children  Deborah  and 
Nathaniel."     (Reg.  50,  p.  392.) 

Children : 

35  I.  SamueP  Sherman,  of  Dedham,  clothier. 

n,  Edmund^   Sherman,  m.   Jane   Wall.     He  was   living 
1678. 

36  HI.  BezalieP  Sherman,  of  London,  merchant,  citizen  and 

mercer,  and  of  Mitcham  Surrey,  merchant. 
IV.  John^  Sherman,  D.D.,  S.  T.  P.,  Professor  of  Sacred 
Theology  and  Fellow  of  Jesus  College,  Cambridge, 
and  of  the  parish  of  St.  Sepulchre  in  London,  d.  in 
London,  Mar.  27,  1671 ;  buried  in  Jesus  College 
Chapel.  His  nuncupative  will  was  declared  Mar.  16, 
1671,  and  was  proved  Mar.  29,  1671.    (P.  C.  C.  Duke 


116  Sherman  Genealogy 

43.)  Also  sententia  pro  valor e  declared  June  13,  1672 
(P.  C.  C.  Eure  39).  To  my  Bro :  and  sisters  married 
40  marks  apiece.  Brother  Bezaliell,  sister  Fen.  "My 
robes  and  all  my  lands,  I  give  to  my  bro:  Edmund 
Sherman  and  his  heirs  forever."  Edmund  Sherman 
sole  Executor.  (Reg.  50,  p.  396.)  John  Sherman  was 
historian  of  Jesus  College,  Cambridge.  Elected  Fel- 
low, Oct.  25,  1660.  In  1663,  one  of  the  Syndics  for 
restoring  the  library  at  Lambeth.  In  1664,  one  of  the 
12  University  Preachers.  In  1665  admitted  to  degree 
of  D.D.  by  Royal  mandate.  In  1670,  appointed 
Archdeacon  of  Salisbury. 
Z7       V.  Nathaniel  Sherman,  of  Dedham,  clothier. 

VI.  Ester'^  (or  Hester)  Sherman,  m.  Henry  Fenne,  Mar. 

25,  1647.  (Reg.  66,  p.  326.)  Their  daughter  Hester 
was  bap.  at  Dedham,  Apr.  30,  1648.  Ester'^  was  wit- 
ness to  will  of  her  sister  Deborah,  Aug.  31,  1684  (Reg. 
50,  p.  251). 

VII.  Anna''  Sherman,  m.  Edward  Fisher,  who  is  mentioned 
in  will  of  her  brother  Bezaliel  Sherman,  dated  May  10, 
1687.  (Reg.  50,  p.  396.) 
VIII.  Deborah^  Sherman,  m.  at  Colchester,  John  Wall,  of 
Stratford,  June  24,  1656.  (Reg.  50,  p.  414.)  Will  of 
John  Wall,  of  Stratford,  SuflFolk,  clothier,  dated  Mar. 

26,  1678,  proved  June  3,  1678.  (P.  C.  C.  Reeve  71.) 
Mentions  wife  Debora.  To  son  Nicholas  at  22.  To 
eldest  son  Daniel  Wall  £400.  "when  he  shall  have 
served  out  his  apprenticeship,  provided  that  his  mas- 
ter, and  my  loving  brother,  Mr.  Edmund  Shearman 
give  in  to  my  Executors  my  bond  I  gave  him  for  his 
truth."  To  Son  John  mansion  house  and  other  prop- 
perty.  To  daughters  Deborah  and  Elizabeth  at  mar- 
riage or  21.  To  sons  Bartholomew  and  Samuel  lands 
and  other  property.  To  wife  lands  etc.  in  Fingerego 
(Fingringhoe)  surrendered  by  one  Samuel  Makeing 
(Makin).  Sister  Fenne.  Wife  and  son  John,  Execu- 
tors. Brother  in  law  Mr.  Nathaniel  Sherman,  a  super- 
visor. (Reg.  50,  p.  250.)  Will  of  Deborah  Wall  of 
Brantham,    Suffolk,    widow,    dated    Aug.    31,    1684, 


Sherman  Genealogy  117 

proved  July  9,  1685.  (P.  C.  C.  Cann  94).  Mentions 
sons  John,  Nicholas  and  Bartholomew  and  two  daugh- 
ters. Grand  daughter  Anna  Wall.  Sister  Fenn.  Wit- 
nesses: Nathaniel  Sherman.  John  Robert.  Ester 
Fenn.     (Reg.  50,  p.  251.) 

31.    JOHN«    SHERMAN     (14.    Edmund,^    Henry,*    Thomas,^ 

John,2  Thomas^),  of  Dedham,  clothier,  m.  (1),  Spar- 

hawke;    (2),    Anne,   ,   who   survived   him.      His   uncle 

Bezaleel  Sherman,  in  his  will  dated  Oct.  7,  1618,  gives  him 
a  legacy  of  i20.  at  the  age  of  24.  (Reg.  50,  p.  288.)  He 
was  a  devisee  and  legatee  under  the  will  of  his  father,  dated 
Aug.  1,  1599  (Reg.  50,  p.  283).  Also  a  devisee  and  legatee 
under  his  mother's  will,  dated  Aug.  3,  1609,  when  he  was 
under  21  years  old.  (Reg.  50,  p.  284.)  His  will  dated  Aug. 
5,  1654,  proved  Nov.  10,  1655.  (P.  C.  C.  Aylett  440.)  Lega- 
cies to  sons  John  and  Samuel.  To  son  Nathaniel  at  23,  to 
daughter  Anne  at  21 ;  the  same  to  daughter  Elizabeth. 
"These  three  of  my  last  wife's  children,  vizt.  Anne,  Nathan- 
iel and  Elizabeth  to  be  heirs  to  one  another."  Wife,  Execu- 
trix. Legacy  to  daughter  Peachey.  Cousins  Samuel  Sher- 
man, Bezaleel  Angier  and  Edmund  Sherman,  Supervisors. 
Proved  by  Anne  Sherman,  relict.  (Reg.  50,  p.  394.)  Chil- 
dren, by  first  wife: 

L  John^  Sherman,  living  1658. 
II.  SamueF  Sherman,  clerk,  late  Rector  of  Alderton,  Suf- 
folk. His  nuncupative  will,  declared  Dec.  30,  1658, 
proved  Feb.  28,  1659  (P.  C.  C.  Pell  38).  Appoints  Mr. 
John  Sherman,  Fellow  of  Jesus  College,  Cambridge, 
and  Mr.  Edmund  Sherman,  Minister  in  Ipswich,  Ex- 
ecutors. Legacies  to  his  eldest  brother  John  Sherman, 
his  sisters  Hannah  and  Elizabeth  and  his  brother  Na- 
thaniel, to  his  cousin  Sherman  of  Bradwell  and  to  his 
brother  Peachie's  boy  Sam.     (Reg.  50,  p.  394.) 

III.  Mary'^  Sherman,  m.   Samuel  Peachey  and  left  issue. 
Children  by  second  wife : 

IV.  Anne^  Sherman,  living  1658. 

V.  Nathaniel^  Sherman,  living  1658. 
VI.  Elizabeth^  Sherman,  living  1658. 


118  Sherman  Genealogy 

32.  DANIEL^  SHERMAN  (22.  Daniel,^  Henry,^  Henry,* 
Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  of  Dedham,  bap.  at  Dedham, 

June  21,  1612  (Reg.  50,  p.  416).     m.  Elizabeth  .     She 

was  buried  in  1658.  He  was  buried  at  Dedham,  Mar.  31, 
1657.  (Reg.  50,  p.  417;  Reg.  67,  p.  157.)  He  was  a  legatee 
in  will  of  his  grandmother  Susan  Chapman,  proved  Sept.  4, 
1624  (Reg.  50,  p.  386),  also  a  legatee  in  will  of  his  father 
dated  Apr.  1,  1633  (Reg.  51,  p.  314).  His  brother  Rev. 
John^  Sherman,  of  Norwich,  Norfolk,  in  his  will  dated  July 
6,  1658  (Reg.  50,  p.  395),  says  "My  sister  Sherman  my 
brother  Daniel's  widow,  being  executrix,  oweth  upon  a  bond 
to  my  uncle  one  hundred  pounds.  I  give  her  a  half  year  to 
pay  fifty  pounds.  The  other  fifty  pounds  I  order  her  to  pay 
upon  the  day  of  her  marriage."    Children : 

I.  Elizabeth^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Feb.  20,  1642 
(Reg.  50,  p.  416),  called  eldest  daughter  in  will  of  her 
uncle  John.     (Reg.  50,  p.  395.) 

II.  John^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Nov.  3,  1643  (Reg. 
50,  p.  416),  buried  at  Dedham,  Apr.  28,  1644  (Reg. 
50,  p.  417). 

III.  DanieP  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Apr.  13,  1645 
(Reg.  50,  p.  416).    Legatee  in  will  of  his  uncle  John. 

IV.  John*  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Oct.  18,  1646  (Reg. 
50,  p.  416).    Buried  at  Dedham,  July  1,  1649  (Reg. 

66,  p.  326). 

V.  Susan*  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Dec.  31,  1648  (Reg. 
50,  p.  417),  called  second  daughter  in  will  of  her  uncle 
John. 
VI.  John*  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Nov.  27,  1653  (Reg. 

67,  p.  155). 

VII.  Sarah*  Sherman,  buried  1658. 
VIII.  Christian*  Sherman,  m.  July  7,  1684  at  St.  Peters,  Col- 
chester, Joseph  Nichols;  called  youngest  daughter  in 
will  of  her  uncle  John. 

33.  CAPTAIN  JOHN^  SHERMAN  (24.  John,"  Henry," 
Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  bap.  at  Great  Horkesley, 
Essex  (about  5^  miles  Southwest  from  Dedham),  Sept.  3, 
1612.     (Reg.  66,  p.  323.)     His  father  was  buried  at  Great 


Sherman  Genealogy  119 

Horkesley,  Jan.  24,  1615/16.  (Reg.  66,  p.  323.)  His  mother 
soon  after  m.  Thomas  Rogers  and  their  daughter  Elizabeth 
Rogers,  who  m.  Daniel  Smith,  was  bap.  at  Dedham,  Nov.  16, 
1617  (Reg.  66,  p.  325.)  He  was  a  legatee  under  the 
will  of  Ann^  (Sherman)  Anger,  daughter  of  Edmund^  Sher- 
man and  first  cousin  of  his  father,  dated  Sept.  2,  1625,  in 
which  she  refers  to  him  and  his  brother  as  follows:  "I  give 
to  the  two  children  of  the  wife  of  Thomas  Rogers,  John  Sher- 
man and  Richard  Sherman,  my  kinsmen,  twenty  shillings 
apiece  at  their  ages  of  one  and  twenty"  (Reg.  50,  p. 
402).  With  his  mother,  stepfather  and  half  sister  Elizabeth 
Rogers,  he  came  to  Watertown,  Mass.,  about  1636.  Freeman 
Watertown  May  17,  1637.  Commissioner  to  end  small  causes 
1652,  1653,  1654.  Selectman  1636,  1641-1643,  1648-1650, 
1652-1654,  1657,  1658,  1667-1669,  1676,  1677,  1680,  1682. 
Town  Clerk  1664-1666.  Clerk  of  Writs  1645  (Bond's  His- 
tory of  Watertown).  Sergeant  of  train  band.  Ensign.  Lieu- 
tenant. Appointed  Captain  by  the  General  Court  June  11, 
1680.  'Tn  ansr.  to  the  petition  of  the  trayned  band  at  Water 
Towne,  the  court  judgeth  it  mete  to  grant  their  request  and 
doe  order  John  Sherman  to  be  their  captain."  (Mass.  Co- 
lonial Records,  Vol.  V,  p.  282.)  Steward  of  Harvard  Col- 
lege, 1660.  (Harvard  Catalogue.)  In  an  account  book  of 
the  Stewards  of  Harvard  is  an  entry  as  follows : 

"Thomas  Wiborne  hath  satisfyed  of  his  debt  for  his  brother 
to  the  colledge,  and  to  the  new  steward  Ensigne  Sherma,  the  sume 
of  foure  pound  ten  shillings. 

By  me  Charles  Chauncey" 

(Mr.  Chauncey  was  the  second  president  of  Harvard,  1654- 
1671.)  Surveyor.  Deputy  to  General  Court,  1651,  1653,  1663 
(Col.  Rec.  Mass.)  He  had  three  grants  of  land  and,  prior  to  1644, 
purchased  10  lots,  7  of  which  had  been  granted  to  Thomas  Rogers. 
His  homestall  which  went  to  his  son  Joseph,  was  on  both  sides 
of  Common  Street,  then  called  Bowman's  Lane,  immediately 
south  of  Strawberry  Hill.  Employed  as  Schoolmaster  from 
April  9,  1677,  from  May  1  to  Aug.  31  eight  hours  a  day  beginning 
at  7  o'clock  A.M.,  and  not  to  break  up  until  5  P.M.,  noon  time  ex- 
cepted.    In  Jan.,  1679,  the  Selectmen  notified  him  that  another 


^20  Sherman  Genealogy 

Schoolmaster  had  been  chosen  from  Apr.,  1679    On  Apr.  8  1679 

it  rxt  April"     (Bond  1070.)     m.  Martha  Palmer,  daughte 
out  next  April.       v  1700/01.    No  will 

of  William  Palmer,  about  16^/.    bne  a.  reu.  /,  1/     / 
and  no  record  of  administration  on  her  estate. 

The  record  of  her  death  is:    "Mrs    Martha  Sherman  w^^^^^^^^^^ 
Capt.  Jno:  Sherman  Deced  the  7th:  of  February  1700     (Water 
town  Records  2nd  Book  p.  21). 

William  Palmer,  the  father  of  Martha  came  to  AVatertown 
about  1636  probably  from  Great  Ormsby,  Norfolk,  England.  He 
ts  madeVeeman  Mar.  13,  1638/9  (CoL  Records  of  Mass  J- 
I,  p.  375).  He  afterwards  lived  in  Newbury  and  Hampton, 
Mass.,  and  died  in  1647.  ,  .  u    • 

By  deed  dated  Mar.  10,  1645/6,    the    original    of    wh.ch    .s 
among  the  records  and  files  of  the  Quarterly  Courts  of  Essex 
County,  Mass.,  William  Palmer,  of  Hampton,  Mass     yeoman 
"for  &  n  consideration  of  a  release  of  a  Certayne  pshall  [pared] 
of  land  lyeing  in  great  ornsbye  [Ormsby]  --'^  England  b    my 
dafter  martha  palmer  which  is  now  the  wife  of  John  Sherman 
wateTown:  'in  the  which  land  the  Sayd  martha  pataer  had  a 
peculiar  right  &  interest  to  the  value  of  one  hundred  &  five 
ro:;!.nds:  l  for  other  goods  casses  [causes]  &  -ns,  erat.on.  m 
reationably  moueing-."  gives  grants  and  confirms  unto    the  sayd 
John  Sherman  &  martha  his  wife  my  dwelhng  house  &  the  house 
ott  with  all  that  other  ground  which  I  have  at  newberry  whtch  . 
twenty  or  ther  abought  *  *  *  &  alsoe  my  houses  w.th  all  that 
my  ground  *   *   in  Hampton  ther  betng  one  hundred  &  Ten 
acres  or  ther  aboughts  of  upground  medow  &  ^-^  *     ^^^ 
alsoe  three  Cowes  &  two  yerlen  Steeres  calfes  &  one  Suckmg 
Calf  e  &  all  my  househould  stuff ,  my  weareing  close  only  excepted 

signed  Willm  sig 

Palmer  O 

(Seal) 
Witnesses  Timothie  Dalton,  willm  howard.    Ack^  Mar.  12  1645/6 
before  Samuel  Symonds.     (Abstract  of  this  deed  m  Records  and 


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Agreement  of  widow  and  hHrs  of  Willia.  Sh.r.nan,  brother  of  Hon.  Ro.er  Shern,an,  1756 


HON,  ROGER  SHERMAN 

From  the  pRinting  by  Hicks,  after  Eailc,  now  in 

Independence  Hall,  Pliiladelphia 


1  HE  CONGRESS  VOTING  INDEPENDENCE 

Kroin  ilie  paintinR  by  Robert  Edge  Pino  and  Edward  Savage  in  1788,  now  belonging  to 

the  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania  at  Philadelphia 


Sherman  Genealogy  121 

Files  of  Quarterly  Courts  of  Essex  County  Vol.  II,  p.  349.) 
There!  is  also  on  file  another  deed  as  follows : 

"this  6th  of  octob  1647.  This  psent  witnessctH  that  Christopher  palmer  for 
and  in  the  behalf  of  Ann  Palmer  widow,  of  Hampton  hath  sould  vnto  willm 
Sawyer  of  newbery  that  house  and  house  lot  *  *  and  a  pertainances 
*  *  *  being  at  the  ould  towne  at  Newbery  which  was  willm  palmers  of 
hampton  Latly  deceased  as  all  so  twelve  acres  of  marrish  Joyning  to  willm 
Elslys  land  and  Samuell  plomers  land  and  Samuel  Scullerds  land  and  allso 
4  acres  of  vpland  Joyning  to  the  ox  comon  and  Richard  Kents  land  now 
Coman  and  all  so  seven  acres  of  division  land  beyond  the  new  towne  for 
and  Inconsideracion  of  Eight  pounds  in  hand  paid,  I  the  said  Cristopher 
Palmer  for  and  in  the  behalf  of  Ann  Palmer  have  bargaiued  and  sould  to 
and  with  the  aforesaid  willm  Sawyer  all  the  perticulars  before  mentioned 
with  all  the  Right  Interst  and  priviledges  that  the  said  Ann  palmer  have 
or  had  or  the  heirs  Executors  or  assignes  of  willm  palmer  late  deceased 

have  or  had  and  her  unto  I  set  my  hand. Ann  plomer  +  hir  mark. 

Christopher :  Palmer." 

Witnesses :  Richard  Knight,  Willeam  Ilsly.  Endorsed  on  this 
deed  is  the  following: 

"I  Francis  Plomer  of  Newbyerry  do  hereby  declar  that  I  give  my  Con- 
sent to  the  bargain  my  wife  An  Plomer  have  made  as  in  the  other  sid  Ex- 
pressed,   his  +  marke  p  me  ffrancis  Plomer" 

Witnesses:  Richard  Knight,  William  Illsey  (id.  p.  349). 

Capt.  John  spelled  his  name  "Shearman."  He  d.  intestate  at 
Watertown,  Jan.  25,  1690/91.  "1690  Cap.  John  Sherman  dyed 
January:  25."  (Watertown  Records  1st  Book,  p.  108.)  1691 
"Mr.  John  Sherman  Capt :  of  the  training  Band  in  Watertown 
died  the:  25th:  of  January  1690/91"  (Vellum  Supplement  to 
Records).  Adm.  granted  to  his  son  Joseph  Sherman  Feb.  13, 
1690/1,  he  having  presented  an  inventory  and  given  bond.  The 
inventory  is  dated  Feb.  12,  1690/1,  and  the  bond  is  dated  Feb. 
13,  1690/1.  It  is  in  £150.  with  Gershon  Swan  of  Menotomy  as 
surety.  Swan  signed  by  mark.  Jonas  Hood  and  Samuel  Phipps 
were  witnesses.  The  inventory  is  signed  by  Joseph  Sherman,  and  by 
William  Goddard,  Thomas  Lovein  and  Theophilus  Roads,  the 
appraisers.  It  specifies  besides  various  articles  of  household 
furniture,  utensils  &c:  "In  his  dwelling  room  his  wareing  ap- 
parrell  06-00-00"  "In  the  study— the  books  5  £  &  the  instrument 
for  surveying  of  Land  5£,  a  silver  cup  &  two  spoones  forty 
shillings,  a  gun  20/s,  a  rapier  &  a  cutlash,  a  carbine  &  2  belts 
40/s,  a  table  board  &  old  irons  &  all  other  things  in  it  15/s  in  all 


122  Sherman  Genealogy 

15-15-00"  "4  cowes  &  two  heifers  8£  &  2  swine  30  shillings  all 
09-10-00"  "in  money  02-01-00" 

At  the  foot  of  the  inventory  is  the  following:  "Memorand:  The 
Houseing  &  Lands  are  excepted  and  not  Inserted  in  this  Inven- 
tory, being  given  to  me  by  my  Father  in  a  covenant  made  on  my 
marriage  as  may  more  at  large  appeare  in  said  Covenant  under 
his  hand 

Joseph  Sherman" 
The  total  of  the  inventory  is  £74-12-8  (Vol.  7,  page  199).    The 
Administrator's  account  was  presented,  sworn  to  and  approved  by 
the  Register  March  5,  1693/4. 

He  charges  himself  with  the  amount  of  inventory  as  17 Z- 
17-08,  and  credits  himself  among  other  items  with  "Paid  for 
Physick,  attendc.  in  sickness  and  funeral  05-11-11"  "Pd  to  Jno: 
Sherman  for  tobacco  00-03-00"  "and  sd  accompt :  Prays  further 
allowance  for  what  hath  been  lost  by  casualty;  vizt  1  feather 
Pillow  which  being  hung  out  to  air,  was  torn  to  pieces  by  swine 
00-06-00" 
Balance  on  hand  £66-3-9  (Vol.  8,  page  353). 

There  is  also  on  file  the  bond  of  Martha  M.  Bowman,  of 
Watertown,  widow,  as  principal  and  John  Cutler,  of  Charles- 
town  and  John  Eveleth,  of  Manchester,  as  sureties  in  £28  dated 
Aug.  20,  1694.  Its  condition  is  that  whereas  Martha  has  received 
£14-14-2,  her  part  of  the  moveable  estate  of  Capt.  Jno.  Sher- 
man, late  of  Watertown,  deceased,  if  she  shall  refund  her  rateable 
part  in  proportion  to  said  sum  received  of  all  debts  due  from  said 
estate,  as  yet  unknown  as  may  hereafter  appear  and  also  of  the 
administrators  charges,  the  obligation  to  be  void. 
Children : 

I.  John^  Sherman,  b.  2d.  9m.  1638  (November  2,  1638). 
Freeman  May  19,  1669.  Soldier  in  King  Philip's  War 
in  Capt.  Samuel  Moseley's  Company.  He  was 
wounded  in  the  battle  at  Swamp  Fort,  King  Philip's 
War,  Dec.  19,  1675,  and  on  Jan.  6,  1676,  is  recorded  as 
being  in  Rhode  Island,  wounded.  He  probably  died 
from  his  wounds. 
II.  Martha^  Sherman,  b.  21d.  12m.  1639  (February  21, 
1639/40).     m.  26d.   7m.    1661    (Sept.   26,    1661)    at 


Sherman  Genealogy  123 

Watertown,  Francis  Bowman  (son  of  Nathaniel  and 
Anne  Bowman),  b.  1630  and  d.  at  Watertown,  Dec. 
16,  1687,  aged  57.     Children,  born  at  Watertown : 

1.  Francis^  Bowman,  b.  14d.  7m.  1662  (Sep.  14, 
1662);  m.  (1),  July  26,  1684,  Lydia  Stone,  dau- 
ghter of  Deacon  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Stearns) 
Stone,  b.  Nov.  25,  1665,  and  d.  Dec.  10,  1719;  m. 
(2),  Ruth  Angier,  daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel  An- 
gier;  had  issue.    He  d.  Dec.  23,  1744. 

2.  John°  Bowman,  b.  19d.  12m.  1663  (Feb  19 
1663/4).  *       ' 

3.  Martha^  Bowman,  b.  Mar.  2,  1666/7;  d  Dec  10 
1667.  '      ' 

4.  NathanieP  Bowman,  b.  9d.  12m.  1668  (Feb.  9, 
1668/9)  ;  m.  Dec.  16,  1692,  Anne  Barnard  (daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Sarah  (Flemming)  Barnard),  b. 
Aug.  23,  1670,  and  d.  Sept.  16,  1757.  He  d  Tune 
30,  1748;  had  issue. 

5.  Joseph^  Bowman,  b.  May  18,  1674;  m.  Phebe;  he 
d.  April  8,  1762;  had  issue. 

6.  Anna^  Bowman,  b.  Sept.  19,  1675. 

7.  SamueP  Bowman,  b.  Aug.  14,  1679;  m.  (1),  Nov. 
2,  1700,  Rebecca  Andrew,  dau.  of  Thomas  An- 
drew. She  d.  Nov.  18,  1713;  m.  (2),  Deborah.  He 
d.  1746. 

8.  Jonathan^  Bowman,  b.  about  1682. 

9.  Martha^  Bowman,  b.  April  4,  1685.  (For  Bowman 
family,  see  Bond's  History  of  Watertown.) 

III.  MaryS  Sherman  b.  25d.  1  mo.  1643  (Mar.  25,  1643). 
m.  16d.  llmo.  1666  (Jan.  16,  1666/7),  Timothy  Haw- 
kins, Jr.  (son  of  Timothy  and  Hannah  Hawkins),  b. 
Dec.  30,  1639,  and  d.  about  Oct.,  1697.    She  d   Nov 
6,  1667.    Child: 

1.  Timothy^  Hawkins,  b.  Oct.  26,  1667;  probably 
d.  young. 

IV.  Elishabah^    Sherman,    b.    ;    d.    15d.    Imo.    1649 

(Mar.  15,  1649/50). 


124  Sherman  Genealogy 

V.  Sarah^   Sherman,  b.    17d.   llmo.   1647    (January   17, 
1647/8) ;  d.  June  17,  1667,  unm. 

38  VI.  Joseph*  Sherman,  b.  14d.  3mo.  1650  (May  14,  1650). 
VII.  Graced  Sherman,  b.  20d.  lOmo.  1653  (Dec.  20,  1653)  ; 

d.  Feb.  21,  1654/5. 

34.  HON.  SAMUEL^  SHERMAN  (27.  Edmund,«  Edmund,'' 
Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  bap.  at  Dedham,  July 
12,  1618.  (Reg.  50,  p.  416.)  Came  over  with  his  father 
when  about  14  years  old.  Was  at  Watertown,  Mass.,  for  a 
while.  Went  from  there  about  1636,  to  Wethersfield.  After- 
wards at  Stratford,  Stamford  and  Fairfield,  Conn.  m. 
Mary  Mitchell  (daughter  of  Matthew  and  Sarah  (Butter- 
field)  Mitchell),  sister  of  Jonathan  Mitchell,  of  Cambridge, 
a  Fellow  of  Harvard  College.  She  was  bap.  at  South  Owram, 
Halifax,  Yorkshire,  England,  Oct.  14,  1621.  He  was  a  lead- 
ing man  in  New  Haven  Colony  and  a  conspicuous  member 
in  the  church.  Assistant  1662-1665.  In  1665  on  commit- 
tee to  assist  in  putting  the  colony  in  a  posture  of  defense 
against  the  enemy  (the  Dutch)  from  Stratford  to  Rye.  He  d. 
at  Fairfield,  Conn.,  Apr.  5,  1700  (G.  S.).  Sept.  10,  1700, 
agreement  between  his  surviving  children  and  heirs  to  divide 
his  estate,  Matthew  and  Edmund  then  dead.  Children: 
I.  Samuel®  Sherman,  b.  at  Stamford,  June  19,  1641 ;  m. 

(1),  Mary  Titherton,  June  19,  1665.    m.  (2),  Abigail 

(Thompson-Curtiss)  Huse,  Aug.  1,  1695.    She  d.  Mar. 

2,  1731.    He  d.  Feb.  20,  1718/19. 
II.  Theophilus®  Sherman,  b.  at  Stamford,  Oct.  28,  1643. 

m.  at  Wethersfield,  Mary  Robbins,  d.  of  John  and 

Mary  (Boreman)   Robbins;  b.  at  Wethersfield,  Oct. 

12,    1646.     He   d.   at    Middletown,   Conn.,    Feb.    16, 

1711/12. 

III.  Matthew*  Sherman,  b.  at  Stamford,  Oct.  24,  1645.  m. 
Hannah  Bulkley.    He  d.  1698. 

IV.  Edmund®  Sherman,  b.  at  Stamford,  Dec.  4,  1647,  m. 
Susannah  Hardy,  dau.  of  Richard  and  Ann  (Huested) 
Hardy.    He  d.  1683. 

39  V.  John*  Sherman,  b.  at  Stratford,  Feb.  8,  1650/51. 


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VI.  Sarahs  Sherman,  b.  at  Stratford,  Feb.  8,  1653/4.    m. 
Josiah  Rossiter. 
VII.  Nathaniel^  Sherman,  b.  at  Stratford,  Mar.  21,  1656/7. 
m.  (1),  June  13,  1680,  Mary  Phippeny  (daughter  of 
of  Benjamin  and  Wilmot  Phippeny).     m.   (2),  Nov. 
26,  1707,  Abigail  Han  ford,  widow.     He  d.  at  Strat- 
ford, Apr.  19,  1712. 
VIII.  Benjamin^   Sherman,  b.   Mar.  29,   1662;  m.   June  6, 
1683.  Rebecca  Phippeny. 
IX.  David^  Sherman,  b.  at  Stratford,  Apr.  15,  1665;  m. 
Mercy  Wheeler.    He  d.  1753. 

35.  SAMUEL^  SHERMAN  (30.  Samuel,«  Edmund,^  Henry,* 
Thomas,^'  John,^  Thomas^),  of  Dedham,  clothier,  under  22 
years  old  at  date  of  his  father's  will,  June  14,  1643   (Reg. 

50,  p.  391).    m.  Mary .     His  will,  dated  Sept.  6,  1670, 

commission  issued  Jan.  22,  1672/3  (P.  C.  C.  Pye  11),  men- 
tions wife  Mary  and  children  Mary  Cole,  wife  of  George 
Cole,  Junior,  Judith  Sherman,  Samuel,  Mark  and  John  Sher- 
man. Friend  Bezaliel  Angier,  of  Dedham,  Executor.  Com- 
mission to  Mary  Sherman,  the  relict,  Bezaliel  Angier  refus- 
ing (Reg.  50,  p.  395).     Children: 

I.  MaryS  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Oct.  29,  1648  (Reg. 
50,  p.  417)  ;  m.  George  Cole,  Jr. 
II.  Samuel^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Sept.  8, 1650  (Reg. 
50,  p.  417);  buried  at  Dedham,  Mar.  9,  1652/3.    Reg. 
67,  p.  156.) 

III.  Judith^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Dec.  5,  1652.   (Reg. 
67,  p.  155.) 

IV.  Esther^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Apr.  15,  1655  (Reg. 
67,  p.  155.) 

V.  SamueP   Sherman,   bap.   at  Dedham,   July   19,    1657 
(Reg.  67,  p.  155). 
VI.  Sarah*  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Aug.  28,  1659  (Reg. 
67,  p.  155). 
VII.  Mark*  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Nov.  15,  1661  (Reg. 
67,  p.  155). 
VIII.  John*  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Feb.  25,  1663/4  (Reg. 
67,  p.  155). 


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36.  BEZALIEL^  SHERMAN  (30.  Samuel«  Edmund,^  Henry,* 
Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  of  Mitcham,  Surrey,  Merchant. 
b.  about  1637.  Devisee  and  legatee  under  will  of  his  father 
dated  June  14,  1643,  to  have  legacy  vi^hen  he  is  23  years  old. 
(Reg.  50,  p.  391.)  m.  Anne  Norton,  b.  about  1659,  dau.  of 
Richard  Norton,  Esq.,  of  Mitcham,  at  St.  Mary  Alder- 
mary,  London.  Allegation,  Jan.  19,  1677/8  (Reg.  50,  p.  397). 
His  will,  dated  May  10,  1687,  proved  Sept.  15,  1687  (P.  C. 
C.  Foot  121)  refers  to  indenture  Dec.  16,  1685,  between  him 
"by  the  name  of  Bezaleel  Sherman  of  London,  merchant  and 
citizen  and  mercer  of  London,"  and  Anne  his  wife  and 
Richard  Norton  of  Mitcham,  Surrey,  Esq.,  Richard  Nicoll  of 
London  and  others,  and  also  refers  to  an  agreement  dated 
January  19,  1677,  concerning  his  marriage  with  Anne,  one 
of  the  daughters  of  said  Richard  Norton.  The  manor  of 
Thorington,  Suffolk,  capital  messuage  in  Wherstead  called 
Thorington  Hall,  other  manors  and  lands  in  Suffolk.  "My 
son  Norton  Sherman."  Three  daughters  Anne,  Elizabeth 
and  Hester  Sherman,  nephew  Bezaleel,  son  of  brother 
Nathaniel  Sherman,  late  of  Dedham,  clothier,  deceased. 
Brother  in  law  Mr.  Edward  Fisher.  Kinsman  John  Wall  of 
Stratford,  Suffolk,  clothier.  Three  nieces,  the  daughters  of 
brother  Nathaniel.  Wife  Anne  Executrix.  (Reg.  50,  p. 
396.)  Will  of  his  widow  Ann  Sherman,  of  Kensington, 
Middlesex,  widow,  dated  Nov.  26,  1720,  proved  Nov.  2,  1722. 
(P.  C.  C.  Marlboro  222.)  To  be  buried  in  vault  in  churchyard 
of  Mitcham,  Surrey  "wherein  Mr.  Bezaleel  Sherman  lies  in- 
terred." Daughter  Ann  Fielding;  daughter  Elizabeth  Vin- 
cent (Reg.  50,  p.  397.)     Children: 

L  Norton^  Sherman,  probably  d.  before  his  mother. 

n.  Ann®  Sherman,  m. Fielding. 

in.  Elizabeth®  Sherman,  m.  Henry  Vincent. 

IV.  Hester®  Sherman,  probably  d.  before  her  mother. 

37.  NATHANIEL'  SHERMAN  (30.  Samuel,"  Edmund," 
Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  of  Dedham,  clothier, 
bap.  at  Dedham,  Feb.  28,  1638/9   (Reg.  50,  p.  416).     m. 

Susanna about  1670.    Devisee  under  will  of  his  father 

dated  June  14,  1643  (Reg.  50,  p.  391).     Mentioned  in  will 


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of  his  mother,  dated  Aug.  14,  1646  (Reg.  50,  p.  392).  Wit- 
ness to  will  of  his  sister  Deborah  Wall,  dated  Aug.  31,  1684 
(Reg.  50,  p.  251).  Supervisor  of  will  of  his  brother  in  law 
John  Wall,  of  Stratford,  Suffolk,  dated  Mar.  27,  1678  (Reg. 
50,  p.  250).  Mentioned  in  will  of  his  brother  Bezaliel,  dated 
May  10,  1687  (Reg.  50,  p.  396).  His  brother  Bezaliel  Sher- 
man, of  Mitcham  Surrey,  in  his  will  dated  May  10,  1687,  men- 
tions "my  nephew  Bezaleel,  son  of  my  brother  Nathaniel 
Sherman,  late  of  Dedham,  clothier,  deceased"  and  his  three 
nieces,  the  daughters  of  his  brother  Nathaniel.  Children : 
I.  Susanna^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Oct.  18,  1674. 
(Reg.  67,  p.  156.) 

II.  Esther®   Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Feb.  6,   1675/6. 
(Reg.  67,  p.  156). 

III.  Anne^  Sherman,  bap.  at  Dedham,  Dec.  7,  1679.    (Reg. 
67,  p.  156.) 

IV.  BezaleeP    Sherman     living    1687,    when    his    uncle 
Bezaliel  Sherman's  will  was  made. 

38.  JOSEPH®  SHERMAN  (33.  Capt.  John,^  John,«  Henry,= 
Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,-  Thomas^),  of  Watertown,  Mass., 
Corporal,  Surveyor,  Constable  1682  and  1684.  Tythingman 
1685-86.  Hogrif  and  Fence  Viewer  1692  and  1697,  Assessor 
1695.  Selectman,  Watertown  1701-1705;  1709-1712.  Deputy 
for  Watertown  to  General  Court  of  Massachusetts  1702-1705. 
Soldier  in  King  Philip's  war  in  1675-76.  On  Sept.  23,  1676, 
he  is  recorded  as  receiving  pay  as  a  soldier  in  Capt.  Jonathan 
Poole's  Company  and  also  on  the  same  day  as  receiving  the 
same  amount  as  a  soldier  in  Capt.  Thomas  Brattle's  Com- 
pany, b.  at  Watertown,  May  14,  1650,  "1650  Joseph  Sherman 
Sonn  of  John  and  Martha  Sherman  Borne  the  fourteenth  day 
of  the  third  month"  (Watertown  Records,  1st  Book,  p.  27). 
m.  at  Watertown  Nov.  18,  1673,  Elizabeth  Winship,  daugh- 
ter of  Lieut.  Edward  and  Elizabeth  (Parke)  Winship,  of 
Cambridge.  "1673  Joseph  Sherman  and  Elizabeth  Winship, 
Joyned  in  Maryage  the  Eaighteen  Day  of  November  in  the 
year  of  Lord  Sixtene-hundred  seventy  three."  (Watertown 
Records,  1st  Book,  p.  74.)    She  was  b.  at  Cambridge,  Apr.  15, 


128  Sherman  Genealogy 

1652,  and  probably  d.  before  her  husband.  He  d.  at 
Watertown,  Jan.  20,  1730/1,  intestate.  Adm.  Nov.  29,  1731, 
to  his  son  John  of  Marlborough,  Mass.,  husbandman;  An- 
drew Wilson,  of  Cambridge  and  Joshua  Hemenway,  of 
Framingham,  sureties  on  bond.  Apr.  3,  1732,  John  Sherman 
administrator,  presented  to  the  Probate  Judge  his  complaint 
and  petition  of  that  date,  stating  that  considerable  of  the  per- 
sonal estate  of  deceased  is  in  the  hands  of  Nathaniel  Sher- 
man, of  Hassanimisco,  Worcester  County,  which  he  refuses 
to  deliver  to  the  administrator,  and  praying  the  Judge  to  cite 
Nathaniel  before  him  in  order  to  his  being  interrogated  re- 
lating to  the  premises.  The  Judge  thereupon  issued  a  cita- 
tion to  Nathaniel  to  appear  at  the  Judge's  house  in  Cam- 
bridge, on  Apr.  28,  "at  10  of  the  clock,  afternoon"  to  be  inter- 
rogated and  authorized  John  Sherman  to  serve  the  citation. 
The  Judge  certified  that  on  Apr.  28,  John  and  Nathaniel  ap- 
peared before  him  and  Nathaniel  acknowledged  he  had  in  his 
possession  "all  ye  deeds,  surveying  Instruments,  and  a  feather 
bed,  about  20  Books,  plans  of  lands  and  other  paper  and  sd. 
Nathl.  being  examined  upon  oath  declared  that  he  has  in  his 
possession  sundry  other  things  mostly  household  stufife  wch. 
his  sd.  father  dyed  possessed  of^  but  not  being  able  to  give  an 
account  of  all  ye  particulars  at  present  promised  within  30 
days  to  give  an  Inventory  thereof  to  the  administrator."  The 
administrator  presented  another  petition  dated  Sept.  15,  1732, 
stating  that  his  brother  Nathaniel  had  neglected  to  give  him 
any  account  of  what  of  the  decedent's  estate  he  had  in  his 
possession  and  asked  that  he  answer  certain  interrogatories. 
Nathaniel  answered  these  stating  that  he  had  in  his  possession 
"a  feather  bed  and  furniture,  two  Inn  Kettles,  tongs  &  fire 
peal,  3  pewter  dishes,  some  wooden  &  eathen  dishes,  scales  & 
weights — one  suite  of  y*^  dec'^.  wearing  cloths,  one  chest  & 
2  Boxes  bell  metle  morter  &  brass  skimer,  one  spit,  frying 
pan  &  warming  pan,  one  load  stove.  Iron  Fetters  &  an  100 
Weight  of  old  Iron,  cast  wheell,  old  Hoops  &  boxes,  horse  & 
plow  chains  old,  five  chairs  &  cap*"^  leading  staff;"  that  he 
knew  nothing  of  live  stock  except  an  old  horse  since  dead  and 
that  he  had  about  twenty  books.  To  the  interrogatory 
"Whether  the  before  named  Nathanael  knows  anything  of 


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any  Bonds  that  were  given  to  the  dec'd  by  any  person  whom- 
soever and  more  particularly  whether  he  himself  upon  his  s^ 
father's  giving  him  a  deed  of  the  Real  Estate  he  had  of  him, 
did  not  give  Bond  to  the  s'^  deed,  for  payment  of  certain 
sums  of  money  to  some  other  of  the  s^  deed's  children,  and 
also  for  subsistence  of  the  said  dec'd.  and  his  wife  during  their 
natural  Lives  and  for  the  payments  of  each  of  their  funeral 
charges,"  he  answered  "He  declares  on  oath  that  he  knows 
of  no  Bond  or  bill  executed  by  himself  or  any  other  person  to 
y^  dec*^  or  for  his  wife  and  that  he  knows  of  no  estate  money 
or  goods  of  y^  dec'^  in  ye  hands  of  any  other  person."  He 
also  promised  that  if  any  of  the  deceased's  estate  should  come 
to  his  knowledge  he  would  give  an  account  thereof  to  the  ad- 
ministrator.   Children : 

I.  John^  Sherman,  of  Marlborough,  Mass. ;  b.  at  Water- 
town,  Jan.  11,  1674/5;  m.  Mary  BuUen,  of  Marl- 
borough, daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Mary  (Morse) 
Bullen.  He  d.  at  Marlborough,  Nov.  11,  1756.  She 
d.  there  May  5,  1761.  His  will,  dated  Apr.  13.  1747, 
proved  in  Middlesex  Co.,  Mass.,  Dec.  6.  1756.  men- 
tions wife  Mary,  sons  Joseph,  Elphraim,  John,  Samuel, 
daughters  Mary  Lebarty,  Grace  and  Elizabeth  and  son 
Bezaleel.  Will  of  Mary  Sherman,  his  widow,  dated 
Mar.  10,  1761,  proved  May  11,  1761,  mentions  daugh- 
ter Mary  Sherman,  daughter  Grace  Carr,  wife  of 
Thomas  Carr,  the  six  children  of  daughter  Elizabeth 
Axtell,  wife  of  Thomas  Axtell,  late  deceased,  viz. : 
Sarah,  Elizabeth,  Anna,  John,  Thomas  and  Phebe ; 
late  husband  John  Sherman.  Real  estate  to  be  sold 
and  divided  among  children  Joseph,  Ephraim.  John 
and  the  children  of  son  Samuel  and  his  wife  Lydia 
(viz.:  Samuel,  Jason,  Abner,  Isaac  and  Jeduthan), 
Grace  Carr  and  children  of  daughter  Elizabeth.  Son 
John  of  Grafton,  Executor.    Children: 

1.  Mary^°  Sherman,  b.  at  Watertown,  Aug.  16,  1699; 
m.  Lebarty.  Settled  at  Marlborough,  Mass.  Chil- 
dren b.  there. 

2.  Joseph^"  Sherman,  b.  at  Marlborough,  Mar.  25, 
1703,  settled  in  Shrewsbury ;  m.  there  Dec.  25,  1728, 


130  Sherman  Genealogy 

Sarah  Perham,  b.  1703 ;  d.  at  Shrewsbury,  Mar.  2, 
1772,  in  69lh  year.  He  d.  Oct.  10,  1778.  Chil- 
dren b.  at  Shrewsbury :  (1)  Joseph^ ^  Sherman,  bap. 
Feb.  8,  1736.  (2)  John^^  Sherman,  b.  Apr.  8, 
1737;  m.  (1),  at  BelHngham,  Mass.,  June  25,  1761, 
Chloe  Thayer,  b.  1741  and  d.  at  Shrewsbury,  May 
2,  1766;  m.  (2)  Gratia  AlHs,  daughter  of  Abel  and 
Hannah  (Porter)  Allis,  b.  1745.  He  d.  June  14, 
1807.  3  children  by  1st  wife  and  4  children  by 
2nd  wife.  (3)  Sarah^^  Sherman,  b.  June  27,  1739; 
m.  at  Grafton,  Dec.  20,  1759,  Thomas  Grover.  (4) 
Joseph^^  Sherman,  b.  June,  1742,  bap.  Aug.  15, 
1742;  m.  at  Shrewsbury,  Feb.  4,  1766,  Abigail 
Muzzy,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Lotis  Muzzy,  bap. 
at  Lexington,  Mass.,  July  28,  1745.  He  d.  at  Mor- 
ristown,  N.  J.,  Mar.  2,  1777.  4  children.  (5) 
Lydia"  Sherman,  b.  Aug.  29,  1744;  m.  Nov.  22, 
1764,  Israel  Rice. 

3.  John^°  Sherman,  b.  at  Marlborough,  Dec.  31,  1705; 
d.  there  Apr.  15,  1711. 

4.  Grace^"  Sherman,  b.  at  Marlborough,  Sept.  13, 
1707;  m.  at  Sudbury,  Mass.,  Nov.  2,  1741,  Thomas 
Carr. 

5.  Ephraim^°  Sherman,  b.  at  Marlborough,  Mar.  31, 
1710,  settled  in  Grafton;  m.  at  Westboro,  May 
16,  1733,  Thankful  Temple,  daughter  of  Isaac  and 
Martha  (Joslyn)  Temple,  b.  at  Marlborough,  Sept. 
20,  1713 ;  d.  at  Grafton,  Feb.  27,  1805.  He  d.  at 
Grafton,  July  9,  1775.  Children  born  at  Grafton: 
(1)  Ephraim"  Sherman,  b.  Mar.  19,  1734;  m.  at 
Grafton,  May  12,  1760,  Mary  (Whipple)  Win- 
chester, widow  of  Joshua  Winchester,  and  daugh- 
ter of  James,  Junior,  and  Sarah  (Adams)  Whipple, 
b.  at  Grafton,  Sept.  21,  1730.  He  d.  at  Vermilion, 
Ohio,  1818.  They  had  five  children  born  at  Graf- 
ton. (2)  Lydia"  Sherman,  b.  Jan.  1,  1736;  m.  July 
26,  1759,  Luke  Drury.  (3)  Isaac"  Sherman,  b. 
Jan.  6,  1738;  d.  Feb.  10,  1738.  (4)  Thankful" 
Sherman,  b.  July  21,  1739;  m.  Nov.  28,  1759,  Jona- 


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than  Chase.  (5)  Sarah^^  Sherman,  b.  Sept.  20, 
1741 ;  m.  Oct.  13,  1777,  William  Towne.  (6)  Mary^^ 
Sherman,  b.  Oct.  28,  1743;  m.  June  19,  1769, 
James  Howe.  (7)  Persis"  Sherman,  b.  Sept.  26, 
1746;  m.  May  23,  1771,  John  Johnson.  (8) 
Aaron"  Sherman,  b.  Aug.  25,  1748;  m.  Apr.  6, 
1774,  Sarah  Kimball ;  ten  children.  (9)  Martha" 
Sherman,  b.  Oct.  8,  1750;  m.  Manassah  Drury. 
(10)  Moses"  Sherman,  b.  Sept.  12,  1752;  m.  (int) 
July  26,  1776,  Molly  Hill,  three  children.  (11) 
David"  Sherman,  b.  Feb.  8,  1755;  d.  unm.  (12) 
Elizabeth"  Sherman,  b.  Jan.  27,  1759;  d.  July  5, 
1759. 

6.  John^°  Sherman,  b.  at  Marlborough,  Feb.  17,  1713; 
settled  in  Westboro ;  m.  at  Grafton,  Dec.  12,  1739, 
Eunice  Howe,  b.  Aug.  3,  1712;  d.  at  Grafton,  July 
3,  1772.  He  d.  at  Grafton,  Apr.  9,  1785;  seven 
children  born  at  Grafton. 

7.  Elizabeth^"  Sherman,  b.  at  Marlborough,  Oct.  15, 
1715;  m.  at  Marlborough,  May  13,  1736,  Thomas 
Axtel,  of  Grafton,  Mass.,  six  children. 

8.  SamueP"  Sherman,  b.  at  Marlborough,  May  12, 
1718,  lived  in  Marlborough;  m.  (1)  Lydia.  She 
d.  at  Marlborough,  Aug.  1,  1756;  m.  (2)  Hepsi- 
bah.  He  d.  at  Marlborough,  Apr.  24,  1784.  Six 
children  by  first  wife,  five  children  by  second  wife. 

9.  BezaleeP°  Sherman. 

II.  Edward''  Sherman,  of  Sudbury,  Mass.,  b.  at  Water- 
town,  Sept.  2,  1677;  m.  at  Watertown,  Oct.  16,  1700, 
Sarah  Parkhurst,  daughter  of  John  and  Abigail  (Gar- 
field) Parkhurst,  b.  at  Watertown,  Nov.  26,  1676.  He 
d.  at  Sudbury,  Mass.,  Dec.  4,  1766.  She  d.  at  Sud- 
bury, Oct.  4,  1756.    Children: 

1.  Sarahi°  Sherman,  b.  at  Watertown,  May  29,  1701 ; 
m.  June  7,  1722,  Andrew'  Wilson.  She  d.  Nov.  27, 
1772. 

2.  AbigaiP°  Sherman,  b.  at  Watertown,  June  10, 
1704;  m.  Nov.  26,  1741,  John  Keyes;  d.  May  31, 
1759. 


132  Sherman  Genealogy 

3.  Joseph^''  Sherman,  b.  at  Wayland,  Sept.  10, 
1706;  m.  Martha.  She  d.  at  Sudbury,  Apr.  5, 
1771 ;  he  d.  Oct.  10,  1787.    Eight  children. 

4.  Edward"  Sherman  b.  at  Watertown,  Mar.  9, 
1708/9;  d.  at  Sudbury,  July  2,  1728. 

5.  Jonathan^"  Sherman,  b.  at  Wayland,  Jan.  2, 
1711/12;  m.  at  Sudbury,  Dec.  19,  1745,  Eliza- 
beth Bruce ;  six  children  born  at  Lincoln,  Mass. 

6.  David^°  Sherman,  b.  at  Sudbury,  July  20,  1714; 
m.  (1)  Ruth  F.;  m.  (2),  at  Weston,  Mass.,  Mar. 
7,  1754,  Lydia  Phillips,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Deborah  (Dix)  Phillips,  b.  at  Weston,  Mass., 
June  27,  1719.    He  d.  at  Sudbury,  May  20,  1765. 

7.  Elizabeth^"  Sherman,  b.  at  Sudbury,  Feb.  12, 
1716/17. 

8.  Jonas^°  Sherman,  b.  1718;  d.  1718. 

9.  Child."  b.  at  Sudbury,  July  22,  1719;  d.  July  23, 
1719. 

10.    Child,"  b.  at  Sudbury,  Nov.  28,  1720;  d.  Nov. 
29,  1720. 

His  (Edward's)  will  dated  May  25,  1759,  proved  Middlesex 
Co.,  1765,  mentions  sons  Joseph  and  David,  daughter  Elizabeth, 
son  Jonathan,  grandson  Edward,  granddaughter  Eunice  Bellows 
unmarried  and  granddaughter  Esther  Sherman,  daughter  of  son 
David.    Witnesses :  Ebenezer,  Elisha  and  Millicent  Cutler. 

HI.  Joseph'^  Sherman,  b.  Feb.  8,  1679/80,  of  Watertown, 

Surveyor. 
IV.  Samuel^  Sherman,  b.  at  Watertown,  Nov.  28,  1682; 
m.  Abiah  Paine.     She  d.  at  Maiden,  Mass.,  Dec.  28, 
1722.    Child  : 

1.  Mary"  Sherman,  b.  at  Maiden,  Sept.  27,  1718;  m. 
June  4,  1744,  James  Whittemore. 
V.  Jonathan^  Sherman,  b.  at  Watertown,  Feb.  24,  1684, 
Blacksmith;  m.  Elizabeth  Cutler,  daughter  of  Timo- 
thy and  Elizabeth  (Hilton)  Cutler,  b.  at  Charlestown, 
Jan.  7,  1764/5.     Children: 

1.    Timothy"   Sherman,  b.    Mar.     19,    1707;    d.    at 
Charlestown,  Apr.  3,  1710. 


Sherman  Genealogy  133 

2.  Elizabeth^"  Sherman,  d.  young. 

3.  Rebecca^"  Sherman,  m.  Nov.  22,  1731,  Isaac  Jud- 
son. 

VI.  Ephraim^  Sherman,  b.   Mar.   16,   1685;  d.   Sept.  20, 
1686. 
VII.  EHzabeth^  Sherman,  b.  July  15,  1687;  m.  Stephens. 
VIII.  Martha^  Sherman,  bap.  Sept.  1,  1689;  m.  Rev.  Benja- 
min Shattuck. 
40      IX.  William^  Sherman,  b.  June  28,   1692. 
X.  Sarah^  Sherman,  b.  June  2,  1694. 
XI.  Col.  NathanieP  Sherman,  b.  at  Watertown,  Sept.  19, 
1696;  m.  at  Watertown,  March  31,  1726,  Mary  Liver- 
more,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Mary  (Cooledge)  Liver- 
more,  b.  at  Watertown,  Dec,  1702.   Lived  in  Hassani- 
misco,    afterwards    Grafton,    Mass.     Colonel    in   the 
French  Wars.    Children : 

1.  Mary"  Sherman,  b.  at  Watertown,  Dec.  9,  1726; 
m.  Mar.  25,  1748/9,  Deacon  John  Cooper,  of  Hard- 
wick. 

2.  Betty^°  Sherman,  b.  at  Watertown,  June  14,  1728; 
m.  Capt.  James  Minot. 

3.  Martha"  Sherman,  b.  at  Watertown,  Feb.  16, 
1729/30;  m.  Feb.  6,  1752,  Jacob  Stephens. 

4.  Nathaniel"  Sherman,  b.  at  Grafton,  Mar.  4, 
1732/3.  In  Revolutionary  War,  First  Lieutenant  in 
Capt.  Luke  Drury's  Company,  Gen.  Ward's  Regi- 
ment, 1775.  m.  (1)  Apr.  9,  1760,  Abigail  Lyon, 
daughter  of  Josiah  and  Deborah  (Fisher)  Lyon; 
m.  (2)  Aug.  15,  1790,  Polly  Stearns;  six  children, 
born  at  Grafton. 

5.  Milicent"  Sherman,  b.  at  Grafton,  Apr.  10,  1734; 
m.  Oct.  30,  1765.  Ezekiel  Bingham.  She  d.  Sept. 
4,  1803. 

6.  Asaph^°  Sherman,  b.  at  Grafton.  Aug.  22,  1736;  d. 
July  22.  1740. 

7.  Sarah"  Sherman,  b.  at  Grafton,  Oct.  30,  1738. 

8.  Asaph"  Sherman,  b.  at  Grafton,  Mar.  6,  1741 ;  m. 
July  14,  1762,  Lucy  Whitney.    He  d.  1810. 


134  Sherman  Genealogy 

9.    Prudence^"  Sherman,  b.  at  Grafton,  June  22,  1745; 
m.  Dec.  20,  1770,  Joseph  Perry,  Junior. 

39.  JOHN*  SHERMAN  (34.  Samuel,^  Edmund,"  Edmund,' 
Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  of  Stratford,  Conn.,  b. 
at  Stratford,  Feb.  8,  1650/1.  Deacon  in  the  Congregational 
Church.  Moved  to  Woodbury,  Conn.,  Town  Clerk  there  25 
years.  Captain  of  Train  Band  of  Woodbury,  May,  1711. 
Deputy  for  Woodbury,  1699-1701 ;  1704-1712.  Speaker  of 
the  House  1711,  1712.  Assistant,  1713-1722.  Judge  of  Pro- 
bate Oct.,  1719  to  May,  1728,  when  he  resigned.    Judge  of 

County  Court,  44  years  from  1684.    m.  Elizabeth .    He 

d.  at  Woodbury,  Dec.  13,  1730.  She  d.  at  Woodbury,  Oct. 
1,  1744.  His  will  dated  Sept.  14,  1730,  was  proved  Jan.  18, 
1730/31,  at  Woodbury.    Children  born  at  Woodbury: 

I.  Hannah"   Sherman,  bap.   July   18,   1680;  m.  Jan.  8, 
1706/7,  Josiah  Chittenden.     She  d.  July  30,  1744. 

II.  Samuel"  Sherman,  bap.  Aug.  13,  1682.  Deacon,  m. 
Dec.  22,  1709,  Mary  Knowles;  d.  Feb.  25,  1757. 

III.  Elizabeth"  Sherman,  bap.  Oct.  12,  1684;  m.  Roger 
Terrill,  of  New  Milford,  Conn.,  July  23,  1713;  d. 
Apr.  15,  1747. 

41      IV.  John"  Sherman,  bap.  June  17,  1687. 

V.  Sarah"  Sherman,  bap.  Jan.  19,  1689/90;  m.  Dec.  18, 
1718,  Benjamin  Hinman. 
VI.  Mary"  Sherman,  bap.  Mar.  20,  1691/2;  m.  Jan.  15, 
1715/16,  Rev.  Anthony  Stoddard. 
VII.  Susanna"  Sherman,  bap.  Nov.  25,  1694;  m.  June  4, 
1722,  David  Noble. 
VIII.  Ichabod"  Sherman,  b.  Apr.  27,  1700.    d.  Jan.  20,  1760, 
unm. 

40.  WILLIAM"  SHERMAN  (38.  Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^  John,« 
Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,'  John,^  Thomas^),  Cordwainer 
and  Farmer,  of  Watertown,  Charlestown,  Newton  and 
Stoughton,  Mass.,  born  at  Watertown,  June  28,  1692.  "1692, 
William  Sherman  Sonn  of  Joseph  &  Elezibeth  Sherman, 
borne  the:  28th:  day  of  June"    (Watertown  Records   1st 


Sherman  Genealogy  135 

book),  m.  (1)  July  15,  1714,  Rebecca  Cutler,  daughter  of 
Timothy,  blacksmith,  ensign  in  King  Philip  War,  1676, 
and  Elizabeth  (Hilton)  Cutler,  of  Charlestown ;  bap.  10  (12), 
1689/90  (Feb.  10,  1690).  She  d.  at  Charlestown,  Jan.  22, 
1714-15,  leaving  a  son  William,  b.  Jan.  21,  1714/15,  who  died 
soon.  "Rebekah  Cutler  daughter  of  Timothy  and  Elizabeth 
bap.  Feb.  10,  1689-90"  (Charlestown  Records).  "Will™ 
Shearman  and  Rebecca  Cutler  joined  in  marriage  before 
Reverend  Simon  Bradstreet,  Minister,  July  15,  1714"  (ibid) 
"William  Shearman,  son  of  William  and  Rebeka,  born  Jan. 
21,  1714-15.  Died  early."  "Rebekah  Shearman,  wife  of 
William  Shearman,  died  Jan.  22,  1714-15,  in  her  25th  year" 
(ibid).  He  m.  (2),  at  Watertown,  Sept.  13,  1715,  Mehetabel 
Wellington,  of  Watertown,  b.  Feb.  26,  1687/8,  bap.  Mar.  4, 
1687/8.  "William  Shearman,  of  Charleston  &  Mehetabel 
Wellington  of  Watertown  were  joyned  in  marriage  Septem- 
ber 13th,  1715,  by  Jonas  Bond  Justice  of  ye  Peace"  (Water- 
town  Records,  p.  44).  She  was  daughter  of  Benjamin  Well- 
ington, b.  at  Watertown,  about  1646,  d.  there  January  8, 
1709/10.  Will  dated  July  13,  1709,  proved  Jan.  30,  1709-10. 
He  (Benjamin),  m.  Dec.  7,  1671,  Elizabeth  Sweetman,  eldest 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Isabel  Sweetman  of  Cambridge,  b. 
Jan.  16,  1645/6.  Benjamin  Wellington  was  son  of  Roger 
Wellington,  a  planter,  of  Watertown,  b.  about  1609  in  Eng- 
land, d.  in  Watertown,  Mar.  11,  1697/8.  Will  dated  Dec.  17, 
1697,  proved  Apr.  11,  1698.  He  m.  Mary  Palgrave,  eldest 
daughter  of  Dr.  Richard  Palgrave,  of  Charlestown,  who  d. 
1651.  Will  dated  June  4,  1651,  proved  1651.  Inventory 
dated  Oct.  1,  1651  i303-0-8.  His  wife  was  Anna.  She  was 
of  Stepney,  Middlesex,  England,  Mar.  27,  1656.  She  re- 
turned and  d.  at  Roxbury,  Mass.,  17  (1)  1668/9  (Mar.  17, 
1669).  Her  will  dated  at  Roxbury,  Mar.  11,  1668/9,  was 
proved  May  13,  1669.  William^  Sherman  moved  to  New- 
ton, and  in  1723  to  the  part  of  Dorchester  afterwards 
Stoughton,  and  purchased  land  there  in  1725.  He  d.  at 
Stoughton,  Mar.  20,  1740/41,  intestate,  and  was  buried  there 
in  what  is  now  Canton.  By  Act  of  the  Province  of  Massa- 
chusetts Bay,  passed  Dec.  22,  1726,  that  part  of  Dorchester 
lying  South  of  the  dividing  line  betwixt  the  north  and  south 


136  Sherman  Genealogy 

precinct  together  with  the  lands  beyond  the  said  south  pre- 
cinct in  Dorchester  were  set  off  and  constituted  a  separate 
township  by  the  name  of  Stoughton. 

By  deed  dated  Aug.  10,  1732,  acknowledged  Aug.  17,  1732, 
and  May  11,  1733,  and  recorded  in  Suffolk  County  Registry  of 
Deeds,  Sept.  24,  1733,  in  Liber  47,  foHo  281,  Amos  Ahatton  and 
others  "residing  in  Puncapoag  an  Indian  Plantation  within  the 
Township  of  Stoughton  formerly  Dorchester  *  *  *  and  the  native 
or  Indian  Proprietors  of  the  Land  within  the  said  plantation" 
for  themselves  and  the  other  Indians  interested  therein,  by  virtue 
of  a  grant  of  the  General  Court  in  the  year  1725  and  in  considera- 
tion of  £160,  conveyed  to  John  Wentworth  and  William  Sher- 
man both  of  Stoughton,  270  acres  of  land  in  the  Southern  part 
of  said  plantation.  A  memorial  of  John  Wentworth  and  William 
Sherman  of  Stoughton,  to  the  General  Court  to  revive  a  vote 
passed  in  Feb.,  1734,  and  to  have  some  person  appointed  to  re- 
ceive their  money  for  the  purchase  of  lands  sold  to  them  by  the 
Indians,  was  read  and  on  Sept.  13,  1734,  the  Court  granted  the 
petition  and  ordered  that  Amos  Ahanton  and  the  other  Indian 
proprietors  of  Puncapoag  were  empowered  to  execute  a  deed  of 
the  279  acres  mentioned  in  the  petition  which  is  not  orchard  land, 
and  under  special  improvement  of  the  Indians,  to  the  said  John 
Wentworth  and  William  Sherman,  that  John  Quincy  Esqr.  and 
others  inspect  the  survey  and  see  that  the  deed  is  agreeable  there- 
to and  so  certify  thereon  and  that  said  purchasers  pay  to  John 
Quincy  Esq.  Trustee  for  the  Indian  affairs  at  Puncapoag  £180- 
4s.  which  is  inclusive  of  one  year's  interest  of  £170,  the  memo- 
rialists having  had  the  profits  of  the  premises  for  the  year  past 
(Acts  and  Resolves  of  Mass.,  Chap.  91,  Vol.  XII,  p.  43). 

By  deed  dated  Oct.  14,  1734,  acknowledged  Oct.  14  and  21, 
1734,  and  recorded  Nov.  4,  1734,  in  said  Registry  in  Liber  49, 
Folio  172,  Amos  Ahauton  and  others  of  Punkapoag,  Indian  pro- 
prietors in  behalf  of  themselves  and  other  Indians  interested,  by 
license  of  the  General  Court  and  in  consideration  of  £170  paid 
to  John  Quincy  Esq.  Trustee  for  Indian  affairs,  to  and  for  the 
use  of  the  Indians,  conveyed  and  confirmed  to  John  Wentworth 
and  William  Sherman  said  270  acres  in  their  possession  by  virtue 
of  said  deed  dated  Aug.  10,  1732,  one  half  part  of  the  premises 
to  Wentworth  and  the  other  half  part  to  Sherman. 


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Title  page  of  Roger  Sherman  Almanac,  1756 


^ALM  AN  ACK 

For  die  Yeur  of  our  Lokd  CIIiiJST, 
1761. 

Cing  the  a-a  Vcar. after  I-liAI'-VE  \R. 
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New-Enol.'.ns>,  Latitude  42  De^Kc,  2, 
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i5y  Roger  Sherman., 

HOW  lliall  o,)-  Wiiic  in  -.roFn  UuZsJx^c^.  ^^. 
Our  iNorthern  .4.nnt^\'^;o'ir  and  SucteiV  ? 
While  I  am  wriiinj,  comci  tl.vjo)tul  N>\vs,  • 
Which  cheari  my  Heart ;  a-ntw  inrpiri-s  mi-  iMufe. 
Our  three  brai-e  Armies  at  ,U;?W),-.i/n)ect, 
A  Coiiqiiell  o{ Xi-.v-Fn-itn.  thtfy  iheie  complcat. 
To-GOD,  we  owe  the  l-rlunmb.s  of  the  Jai,    ; 
NEW-FRANCE  fubinit!  to  CEOUGE's  ^.-.ti' ;:«-.,  ' 
May  hElVlS,  thai  jiroud  Tyr.-mt,  never  mt.i  0 
Bear  any  Rule  iip9n  th>-  Korihcrn  Slr.tr. 

.  B  O  S  7  O  xV  ;   ,Nti~ii,vcL-iKU  :  ^ 

Printed  by  D.  and  [.  X.vn!i.aND,   for   U.  Hcvchkak. 

J.Kdwards,  M.  Dennis,  J.  Winter,  T.lEvta.';TT, 

and  S.  We^b.      1761. 


Title  Page,  Roger  Sherman  Almanac, 
Boston,  1761 


HOUSE  OF  HON.  ROGER  SHERMAN 

Chapel  Street,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Now  altered  into  stores 


Porrinwer  made  l)y  Hurd.    Presented  by  Mercy 

Prescott,  to  Rebecca  Prescott,  1742 

Now  owned  by  Mrs.  C.  E.  W.  McDonald 


Sherman  Genealogy  137 

Apr.  19,  1735,  on  petition  of  Joseph  Tucker,  and  other  inhabi- 
tants of  Dorchester  and  Stoughton,  showing  that  there  are  great 
contentions  between  petitioners  and  others  with  reference  to  the 
Indian  lands  at  Puncapaug,  which  have  occasioned  great  expense 
in  law,  the  General  Court  ordered  that  Thomas  Gushing  Esqr.  and 
others  be  a  committee  to  repair  to  Stoughton  and  hear  the  peti- 
tioners and  John  Wentworth  and  William  Sherman  on  their  sev- 
eral pretensions  referring  to  the  Indian  lands  at  Puncapaug,  that 
the  Committee  examine  the  Indian  deeds,  leases  and  plots,  have 
the  lands  surveyed  and  report  to  the  Court  what  they  judge 
proper  to  be  done  on  this  petition  as  also  in  the  affair  of  John 
Wentworth  and  William  Sherman  and  that  the  petitions  and  re- 
port of  John  Quincy  Esq.  and  Mr.  Oxenbridge  Thacher  referring 
to  Sherman  and  Wentworth's  purchasing  the  Indian  land  be  ac- 
cordingly referred.  (Acts  and  Resolves  Chap.  261,  Vol.  XII, 
p.  119.) 

The  Committee  so  appointed  in  Apr.,  1735,  reported  on  June 
8,  1735,  that  they  had  viewed  the  lands,  examined  the  deeds  &c. 
and  heard  the  parties,  and  were  of  opinion  that  the  report  of  the 
Committee  appointed  in  Sept.,  1734,  to  inspect  the  survey  of  270 
acres  (a  deed  whereof  had  been  executed  by  Amos  Ahauton  and 
others  Indian  proprietors  of  Puncapaug  to  John  Wentworth  and 
William  Sherman)  be  accepted  and  the  270  acres  conveyed  by 
the  deed  be  confirmed  to  said  Wentworth  and  Sherman  provided 
the  land  did  not  extend  beyond  certain  limits  and  the  General 
Court  ordered  July  2,  1735,  that  the  report  be  accepted  and  that 
John  Quincy  Esq.  Trustee  &c.  be  desired  to  imploy  at  interest,  the 
consideration  money  of  £170  and  distribute  the  interest  to  the 
Indians  (Acts  and  Resolves,  Vol.  XII,  p.  168,  Chap.  97).  At  the 
time  of  his  death  William  Sherman  had  in  all  109  acres  of  land. 
His  grave  stone  in  the  Canton  Cemetery  has  this  inscription : 

HERE  LIES  Y  BODY  OF 

Mt  WILLIAM    SHERMAN 

WHO  DEPARTED  T^IS 

LIFE  MARCH  Y  20 
1741 

IN  Y  49*'?  YEAR  OF 
HIS  AGE. 


138  Sherman  Genealogy 

A  foot  stone  has  on  it 

Ml  WILLIAM 
SHERMAN. 

The  date  is  New  Style  and  the  stone  was  probably  made  after 
the  change  from  Old  to  New  Style  in  1752. 

Letters  of  administration  were  issued  by  the  Probate  Court 
of  Suffolk  County,  Apr.  21,  1741,  to  Mehetabel  Sherman,  the 
widow.  Her  bond  in  £1200.  dated  that  day  was  executed  by  her 
(signed  "Mehetbel  Sherman"),  and  by  John  Wentworth,  hus- 
bandman and  William  Wheeler,  House-wright,  both  of  Stoughton, 
as  sureties  and  was  witnessed  by  Roger  Sherman  and  John  Payne. 
July  27,  1741,  John  Wentworth,  William  Wheeler  and  Sion 
Morse  were  sworn  as  appraisers.    The  inventory  is  as  follows : 

"A  True  Inventory  of  all  &c  Singular  the  Goods  &  Chattels 
of  William  Sherman  Cordwainer  Late  of  Stoughton  Deceased. 
Prized  at  Stoughton  July  the  Twenty  Eighth  Anno  Domini  1741 
By  John  Wentworth  William  Wheeler  &  Sion  Morse  all  of 
Stoughton. 

Imprimis  His  Apparel  &  Books  06 — 07 — 0 

Item,  his  Shoomakers  Tools  01  05  0 

Item,  his  Husbandry  Tools  04  l.?  0 

Item,  a  Grind  Stone  00  15  D 

Two  Beds  &  Beding  13  00  0 

Three  Spinning  Wheels  &  a  pair  of  cards  01  00  0 

His  Chairs  00  13  0 

His  Chests  &  Tables  01  02  0 

His  Pewter  05  14  0 

A  Box  iron  &  candle  Sticks  00  07  0 

A  Looking  Glass  01  05  0 

An  Iron  Pot  &  Kettle  00  15  0 

Two  Tramels  00  12  0 

A  Brass  Kettel  &  Skillet  04  00  0 

Wooden  Vessels  01  05  0 

A  Pair  of  Tongs  &  Fire  Shovel  00  06  0 

An  Iron  Goose  &  60  Hatchel  Teeth  00  15  0 

A  meal  Bag  &  Sive  00  05  0 

A  Warming  Pan  00  15  0 


Sherman  Genealogy  139 

Three  Baskets  00  03  0 

Two  Pound  &  an  half  of  Hay  Seed  00  05  0 

Three  Cows  27  00  0 

Two  Stears  &  an  Heifer  18  00  0 

To  1650  feet  of  oak  Boards  Planks  &  Slitwork  06  12  0 

His  House  &  home  Stead  containing  7Z  acres  of  land  450  00  0 

A  lot  of  Land  called  the  House  Leg  containing  36 

acres  108  00  0 


John  Wentworth  Sum  Total      £654     15    0 

William  Wheeler 
Sion  Morse." 

This  inventory  was  presented  by  the  administratrix  and  sworn 
to  by  her  and  the  appraisers  Aug.  7,  1741.  On  file  is  a  letter 
from  William  Sherman  as  follows : 

"Stoughton  Novemr  ye  11th  1741 

To  the  Honbl  Josiah  Willard  Esqr  Judge  of  the  Probate  for  the 
County  of  Suffolk 

This  is  to  Inform  your  Honr  that  I  am  freely  willing  that  the 
Estate  of  my  Father  William  Sherman  Cordwainer  late  of 
Stoughton  aforsd  Dec'd  should  be  settled  upon  my  Brother 
Roger  Sherman 

Your  Humble  Servant 
William  Sherman" 

The  appraisers  certified  to  the  Probate  Judge  that  they  were 
acquainted  with  the  land  of  William  Sherman  Cordwainer,  de- 
ceased, and  in  their  judgment  it  was  not  sufficient  for  more  than 
one  settlement,  and  would  not  admit  of  a  division  without  great 
damage  to  the  whole. 

On  June  29,  1742,  the  Probate  Judge  made  an  order  reciting 
that  it  had  been  represented  to  him  that  the  real  estate  of  Will- 
iam Sherman,  Cordwainer,  deceased,  intestate,  would  not  admit 
of  a  division  among  all  his  children  without  great  damage  to  the 
whole,  and  that  it  will  not  make  more  than  one  settlement,  and 
directing  and  empowering  John  Wentworth,  William  Wheeler 
and  Sion  Morse,  freeholders,  to  make  a  just  and  true  appraise- 
ment of  the  real  estate  of  said  William  Sherman.     These  ap- 


140  Sherman  Genealogy 

praisers  were  sworn  July  6,  1742.  They  made  a  report  dated 
July  28,  1742.  that  the  real  estate  consisting  of  one  dwelling 
house  and  two  lots  of  land,  one  containing  by  estimation  7^  and 
the  other  36  acres,  is  worth  i558  old  tenor.  Sept  14,  1742,  the 
administratrix  presented  an  additional  inventory  of  two  items, 
as  follows : 

One  Bed  &  Beding  "  12—00—00 

Two  Sheep  02—00—00 


il4 
This  was  sworn  to  by  the  administratrix  and  the  appraisers. 

On  Sept.  14,  1742,  the  widow  presented  and  filed  and  the 
court  allowed  her  account  as  administratrix,  in  which  she  charged 
herself  with  receipts  amounting  to  £706.11.10.  This  included 
the  real  estate  valued  at  £558.  She  was  credited  with  payments 
aggregating  il28.14.9.  These  included  funeral  charges  £13.1.5.; 
to  Dr.  James  Girald  £1.5;  to  Dr.  McDelhond  £4.10;  to  Joseph 
Heart  well  £6.14.  The  widow's  signature  to  the  account  is 
"Mehetabe  Sherman."  There  is  also  on  file  the  bond  of  Roger 
Sherman,  Cordwainer,  as  principal  and  John  Shepard,  Gentle- 
man, and  Eleazar  May,  husbandman,  all  of  Stoughton,  to  the 
Probate  Judge  of  Suffolk  County  in  £1116.  "Bills  of  credit 
of  the  old  Tenour."  Dated  Nov.  26,  1742.  The  condition  of  this 
bond  is  that,  "whereas  the  real  estate  of  William  Sherman,  Cord- 
wainer, deceased,  intestate,  cannot  admit  of  a  division  among  all 
his  children  without  great  damage  thereto,  and  the  said  estate 
having  been  appraised  at  the  sum  of  Five  hundred  &  fifty  eight 
Pounds  old  Tenour  is  assigned  unto  his  son  Roger  Sherman,  the 
above  bounden  he  paying  thereout  unto  his  Brothers  &  Sisters  or 
their  Legal  Representatives  their  Rateable  Parts  of  the  Ap- 
praised value  thereof.  That  is  to  say,  to  William  Sherman, 
Eldest  son  of  the  Deced.  the  sum  of  Ninety  three  Pounds  as  his 
Double  Portion  thereof  and  to  The  rest  of  the  deced's  Children 
namely  Nathaniel  Sherman,  Josiah  Sherman,  Mehitabel  Battles, 
Eliza  Sherman  &  Rebecca  Sherman  or  their  Legal  Representa- 
tives the  sum  of  Forty  Six  Pounds  &  ten  Shillings  apiece  in  Bills 
of  Publick  Credit  on  or  before"  Nov.  26,  1743,  with  interest  at 
the  rate  of  £10  per  cent  per  annum,  and  at  and  upon  the  death 


Sherman  Genealogy  141 

of  their  mother  or  other  the  determination  of  her  term  in  the 
premises,  "the  said  Roger  Paying  unto  his  said  Brother  William 
the  further  sum  of  Forty  six  Pounds  ten  Shillings,  and  to  the 
rest  of  the  said  Deceds  Children  or  their  Legal  Representatives 
the  sum  of  twenty  three  pounds  five  shillings  a  piece  old  Tenour, 
to  complete  their  respective  portions  of  and  their  said  Father's 
Real  Estate,"  and  if  said  Roger  Sherman  fulfill  the  decree  of  said 
Judge  of  Probate  by  paying  said  sum  of  money  with  interest 
"without  Fraud  Coven  or  Delay,"  the  obligation  to  be  void.  This 
obligated  him  to  pay  a  total  of  £488 — 5s. 

On  file  with  the  Probate  Court  is  a  receipt  dated  at  Dedliam, 
June  1,  1743,  signed  by  John  Battel  and  Mehetable  Battel  at- 
tested by  Mathew  Hastings  and  Nathanael  Sherman,  acknowledg- 
ing receipt  "from  our  Brother  Roger  Sherman  late  of  Stoughton" 
of  £46.  "being  full  of  our  due  of  Real  Estate  of  our  Hono 
Father  William  Sherman  Late  of  Stoughton  decesd.  except  what 
will  become  Due  to  us  after  the  Decease  our  Hono  mother  of  her 
Dower  Agreable  to  the  Settlement  made  by  the  Honorable  Judge 
of  Probate."  There  is  also  on  file  a  similar  receipt  by  Elizabeth 
Sherman  for  £73.  which,  with  what  she  had  before  received, 
was  in  full  of  her  share  of  the  real  and  personal  estate  of  her 
father,  except  what  would  become  due  after  the  death  of  her 
mother.  This  is  dated  New  Dilleway  (part  of  New  Milford, 
Conn.),  Apr.  1,  1748,  and  is  witnessed  by  Mehetabel  Sherman 
and  Nathanael  Sherman.  Roger  sold  the  real  estate  for  £157. 10s, 
and  conveyed  it  by  deed  dated  Dec.  23,  1742,  hereinafter  men- 
tioned. In  this  deed  he  is  described  as  "cordwainer."  Mehetabel 
Sherman,  the  widow,  d.  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  Apr.  12,  1776. 
The  inscription  on  her  tombstone  in  the  New  Haven  Burial 
Ground  on  Grove  Street  is  as  follows : 

In  Memory  of  Mrs. 
MEHETABEL  SHER- 
MAN Relict  of  Mr. 
WILLIAM  SHERMAN 
of  Stoughton 
She  was  born  at  Watertown 
Feb  26th.  167/8  O.  S.  &  died 
April  12th.  1776  N.  S.  in  the 
89th  Year  of  her  age. 


142  Sherman  Genealogy 

She  was  youngest  daughter  of 
Benjamin  WelHngton  son  of 
Roger  Wellington  who  came  from 
England  to  Watertown  N  Eng- 
land about  the  Year  1635. 

A  family  Bible  of  his  son  Hon.  Roger  Sherman,  printed  in 
1768,  contains  a  record  of  William  Sherman's  family,  the  names 
of  the  children  and  of  the  months  of  birth  being  in  a  cipher.  This 
record  is  mainly  in  the  handwriting  of  Roger  and  most  of  it  was 
probably  copied  or  compiled  from  earlier  records.  It  is  as  fol- 
lows: 

"William  Sherman  of  Watertown  born  June  1692.  He  died  at 
Stoughton  Mar.  20th  1741. 

Mehetabel  Wellington  born  at  Watertown  Feb.  26th  1688  or  1687. 
She  married  to  William  Sherman  1715.  Died  at  New  Haven  Apr. 
12.  1776  their  children  are  the  following: 

William  Sherman  born  March  20,  1717.  O.  S.  March  31  N.  S. 
Died  April  20th,  1756. 

Mehetabel,  born  November  26,  1718  O.  S.  December  7,  N.  S. 
Roger  Sherman  born  April  19,  1721  O.  S.  April  30  N.  S.  Died 
July  23rd  1793,  6.40  P.  M. 

Elizabeth   born  July  17,  1723  O.  S.  July  28,  N.  S. 
Nathaniel  born  March  5,  1726  O.  S.  March  16  N.  S.    Died  July 
18th,  1797. 

Josiah  born  April  1,  1729  O.  S.  April  12,  N.  S.    Died  Nov"".  25, 
1789  10  h.  20  m. 
Rebekah  born  July  30,  1731  O.  S.  August  10  N.  S." 

The  dates  of  death  were  apparently  written  by  Roger  Sher- 
man, Jr. 

Children  by  first  wife: 
I.  William^"  Sherman,  b.  Jan.  21,  1714/15;  d.  soon. 
By  second  wife: 
H.  William^"    Sherman,    b.    at    Watertown,    Mar.    20, 
1717/18  O.  S.     Merchant,  New  Milford,  Conn.     He 
came  there  in   1740,  owned  land  there  and  was  in 
business  for  several  years  with  his  brother  Roger  in 
a  building  on  the  site  of  the  present  Town  Hall.  m. 
Apr.  18,  1743,  Ruth  Terrill,  daughter  of  Nathan  and 


Sherman  Genealogy  143 

Ruth  (Buck)  Terrill,  b.  at  New  Milford,  Nov.  22, 
1724.  He  d.  in  New  Milford,  Apr.  20,  1756.  No  is- 
sue. His  grave  stone  in  New  Milford  Old  Burying 
Ground  has  this  inscription: 

"Here  Lyes  y^  Body  of 

Mr.  William  Sherman 

April 

who  Died  March  y* 

20th  A.D.  1756:    Aged 

39  Years  &  20  days 

He  was  the  Son  of  William 

Sherman  which  was  the  Son 

of  Joseph  Sherman  which  was 

the  Son  of  John  Sherman  of 

Watertown." 

The  word  "March"  is  partially  erased  and  the  word  "April" 
is  cut  in  the  stone  over  it. 

He  d.  intestate.  May  5,  1756,  on  the  application  of  his 
brother  Roger  Sherman  Esqr.  and  his  widow  Ruth  Sherman,  the 
Probate  Court  held  at  Woodbury,  Conn.,  granted  Letters  of 
Administration  to  them,  they  giving  a  recognizance  in  £100  each. 
On  June  1,  1756,  they  exhibited  in  Court  and  swore  to  an  in- 
ventory, the  estate  having  been  appraised  by  Capt.  Nathan  Botch- 
ford,  and  Mr.  Amos  North  of  New  Milford,  and  sworn  to  by 
them  May  11,  1756.  This  includes  his  apparel  £13-12-6;  money, 
goods  and  merchandise  in  the  shop  and  elsewhere;  furniture, 
"The  house  lot  3  acres  and  the  buildings  on  it"  £115  "Two  acres 
&  128  rods  of  land  on  town  hill  at  20  s.  pr.  acre  £2-16-0"  total 
£381-0-9  1/4  "On  Sept.  20,  1756,  Mr.  Roger  Sherman,  Adminis- 
trator, appeared  in  Court  and  exhibited  an  agreement  of  all  con- 
corned  in  the  estate,  which  was  accepted  as  a  full  settlement  of 
the  estate,  it  being  noted  that  Ruth  Sherman,  administratrix  in 
conjunction  with  Deacon  Roger  Sherman,  has  signified  to  the 
Court  her  desire  of  being  released  from  her  above  sd.  care,  sd. 
Deacon  Sherman  consenting  to  take  the  whole  burden  on  himself, 
hereupon  the  Court  discharged  sd.  Ruth  Sherman  from  her  ad- 
ministration and  her  bond."  The  agreement  is  dated  Sept.  11, 
1756.    It  is  in  the  handwriting  of  Roger  Sherman.    The  original 


144  Sherman  Genealogy 

is  in  the  Connecticut  State  Library  at  Hartford.  It  states  that 
William  Sherman,  late  of  New  Milford,  died  intestate  having  no 
children,  wherefore  by  law  his  estate  remains  to  be  divided 
among  Ruth  Sherman,  widow  and  relict  of  the  deceased,  and  the 
brothers  and  sisters  of  the  deceased,  viz. :  Roger  Sherman  of 
New  Milford,  Nathaniel  Sherman  of  Bedford,  Josiah  Sherman 
of  Woburn,  Mass.,  Mehetabel  Battel,  wife  of  John  Battel  of  Ded- 
ham,  Mass. ;  Elizabeth  Buck,  wife  of  James  Buck  and  Rebekah 
Hartwell,  wife  of  Joseph  Hartwell,  both  of  New  Milford,  who 
being  all  of  full  age  and  legally  capable  to  act  agree  to  settle  and 
divide  the  estate  as  follows :  the  real  estate,  being  a  dwelling 
house  and  three  acres  of  land  in  New  Milford  and  two  acres  and 
128  rods  of  land  in  New  Milford,  apprized  in  the  whole  at 
ill7-16-0,  to  belong  to  Roger,  and  the  goods,  chattels  and  credits 
amount  to  £1731-9-8  and  the  debts  appear  to  be  in  the  whole 
£1267-8-6;  and  also  agree  to  allow  to  Roger  for  his  services  and 
expenses  as  administrator  £126-0.  There  remains  of  the  per- 
sonal estate  after  deducting  debts  and  charges  of  administration 
£338-1-2  to  be  divided  among  the  heirs,  one  half  of  which  be- 
longs to  the  widow  Ruth  Sherman  and  the  other  half  to  be 
equally  divided  among  the  other  heirs,  the  said  Ruth  in  con- 
sideration of  her  said  share  hath  received  the  household  goods 
and  one  cow  and  she  hath  also  received  of  Roger  security  for 
the  payment  of  £195  which  she  accepts  in  full  settlement  of  her 
share  in  the  personal  estate  and  also  for  her  dower  in  the  said 
real  estate  and  in  consideration  thereof  she  releases  and  quit 
claims  all  dower  unto  Roger;  Roger  hath  also  paid  and  secured 
to  be  paid  unto  Nathaniel,  Josiah,  Mehetabel,  Elizabeth  and 
Rebekah,  to  each  of  them  £53.  which  they  accept  as  their  full 
shares  of  the  real  and  personal  estate  and  they  and  John  Battel, 
James  Buck  and  Joseph  Hartwell  release  and  quit  claim  all  their 
right  title  and  interest  in  the  real  and  personal  estate  to  Roger 
and  he,  for  the  consideration  aforesaid,  covenants  with  the  rest 
of  the  heirs  to  pay  all  the  debts  due  from  the  estate,  the  other 
heirs  having  given  sufficient  security  to  refund  their  rateable 
parts  of  all  such  debts  as  may  hereafter  appear  to  be  due  from 
the  estate  above  the  sum  above  mentioned.  Signed  by  all  the 
parties  Mehetabel  and  Rebekah  signing  by  mark.  Witnesses 
Jeremiah  Fisher,  Abigail  Battel   [by  mark]    Eunice  Buck,  Lois 


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Will  o(  Jonathan  Law,  fatlicr  of  Sarah  (Law)  Sherman.     Mrs.  William  Sherman,     1780 


Rev.  Benjamin  Prescott  House,  Danvers,  now  Peabody,  Mass., 

in  which  Hon.  Roger  Sherman  and  Rebecca  Prescott 

were  married  by  her  grandfather.  May  12,  1763 


Parlor  in  Rev.  Benjamin  Prescott  House,  Danvers,  now  Peabody,  Mass.,  where 

Hon.  Roger  Sherman  and  Rebecca  Prescott  were 

married  May  12,  1763 


Chair  of  Rev.  Rcnjamin  Prcscott.     In  possession  of 
Historical  Society,  Peabody,  Mass. 


Roger  Sherman  houses  on  Chapel  Street,  New  Haven,  Conn. 


Sherman  Genealogy  145 

Terrill,  Paul  Welch  and  John  Hartwell.  Acknowledged  at  Ded- 
ham  Mass.  Sept.  11,  1756  by  Roger,  Nathaniel,  Josiah,  John  and 
Mehetabel  Battel;  at  New  Milford  Sept.  17,  1756  by  James  and 
Elizabeth  Buck  and  at  New  Milford  Sept.  18,  1756  by  Ruth  Sher- 
man and  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  Hartwell.  Ruth  Sherman,  the 
widow,  m.  (2),  at  New  Milford,  Sept.  28,  1756,  as  his  second 
wife,  Deacon  and  Lieutenant  of  the  New  Milford  Train  Band, 
Benjamin  Gaylord,  son  of  William  and  Johanna  (Minor)  Gay- 
lord,  born  Sept.  12,  1721,  and  d.  at  New  Milford,  Apr.  6,  1792. 
She  d.  Mar.  28,  1784  without  issue.  Her  grave  stone  in  the  bury- 
ing ground  at  Gaylordsville  near  New  Milford.  has  this  inscrip- 
tion: 

"In  Memory  of  Mrs. 

Ruth  the  wife  of 

Deacon  Benjamin 

Gaylord  who  departed 

this  life  March  the  28 

1784  ^tas  60 

years." 

in.  MehetabeP"  Sherman,  b.  Nov.  26,  1718,  O.  S.  m.  at 
Dedham,  Mass.,  John  Battel,  of  Dedham,  who  d.  Nov. 
18,  1800.  "Marryed  by  ye  Revd.  Mr.  Sam"  Dexter, 
JohnI  Battle  and  Mehitable  Shermon,  both  of  Dedham, 
April  26,  1739"  (Dedham  Records).  Children,  born 
at  Dedham: 

1.  John"  Battel,  b.  Oct.  11,  1741. 

2.  Mehetabel"  Battel,  b.  Dec.  25,  1743;  m.  Moses 
Richards,  Dec.  8,  1762. 

3.  Olive"  Battel,  b.  June  5,  1746;  d.  Oct.  22,  1754. 

4.  William"  Battel,  b.  Aug.  12,  1748;  d.  Feb.  29, 
1832.  He  m.  (1)  Sarah  Buckingham,  who  d. 
Sept.  18,  1806.  m.  (2)  Martha  "  (Sherman)  Mit- 
chell, widow  of  Rev.  Justus  Mitchell  and  daughter 
of  Rev.  Josiah^''  Sherman,  b.  Dec.  8,  1758;  d.  Oct. 
24,  1829. 

5.  Unity"  Battel,  b.  June  6,  1751 ;  d.  Sept.  20,  1754. 

6.  Josiah"  Battel,  b.  July  15,  1756. 


146  Sherman  Genealogy 

42  IV.  Hon.  Roger  ^°  Sherman,  b.  at  Newton,  Apr.  19,  1721, 

O.  S. 
V.  Elizabeth"  Sherman,  b.  July  17,  1723,  O.  S.  m. 
James  Buck,  of  New  Milford,  son  of  Enoch  and 
Mary  (Beebe)  Buck,  Feb.  24,  1748/9.  (Memorandum 
in  book  owned  by  her  brother  Roger  Sherman.)  He 
was  b.  Mar.  24,  1725/6,  and  d.  Jan.  28,  1793.  She  d. 
Jan.  9,  1793.     Children: 

1.  Ruth^i  Buck,  b.  Dec.  28,  1749;  d.  January  20, 
1830,  unm. 

2.  Samuel"  Beebe  Buck,  b.  Sept.  21,  1751 ;  m.  Aug. 
31,  1775,  Hannah  Fairchild,  b.  Feb.  20,  1753;  d. 
Sept.  26,  1825.  He  d.  at  New  Preston,  Conn., 
Mar.  26,  1834.    Nine  children. 

3.  Mehitable"  Buck,  b.  Dec.  6,  1753;  m.  Samuel 
Gregory. 

4.  Josiah"  Buck,  b.  Jan.  25,  1756;  m.  Mary  Towner. 
He  d.  July  15,  1813.     Seven  children. 

5.  Jerusha^^  Buck,  b.  Mar.  1,  1758;  m.  Ebenezer 
Sanford. 

6.  Elizabeth"  Buck,  b.  Feb.  14,  1760;  m.  John  Tur- 
rill. 

7.  Asaph"  Buck,  b.  Apr.  21.  1762;  m,  Sept.  7,  1788, 
Phebe  Wainwright,  of  Stratford.  He  d.  Mar.  10, 
1848.     Six  children. 

8.  William"  Sherman  Buck,  b.  Feb.  17,  1764;  m. 
Barentha  York. 

9.  Salmon"  Buck,  b.  May  19,  1766;  m.  Mar.  5, 
1794,  Urana  Beecher.  He  d.  Aug.  10,  1851.  One 
son. 

10.    Hannah"  Buck,  b.  May  15,  1768;  m.  Jared  Tur- 
rill. 

43  VI.  Rev.  Nathaniel"  Sherman,  b.  Mar.  5,  1726/7,  O.  S. 

44  VII.  Rev    Josiah"    Sherman,    b.    at    Stoughton,    Apr.    1, 

1729,  O.  S. 

VIII.  Rebecca^"  Sherman,  b.  July  30,  1731.  O.  S. ;  m.  May 

24,    1751,   Joseph   Hartwell.   Junior,   .son   of    Deacon 

Joseph  and  Mary   (Tolman)   Hartwell,  b.  1735,  and 

d.   at   New    Milford,   Apr.    11,   1818,  aged  83  years 


Sherman  Genealogy  147 

(grave  stone).  She  d.  in  Yates  County,  New  York, 
in  1821,  aged  90.  She  was  separated  from  her  hus- 
band, and  her  brother  Hon.  Roger  Sherman,  wrote  a 
letter  to  her  as  follows  : 

'"Philadelphia  January  18'^  1792 
Dear  Sister 

I  have  for  a  long  time  been  waiting  for  an  opportunity  to 
write  to  you  and  have  now  obtained  one  by  favour  of  Mr. 
Phelps  who  has  undertaken  to  forward  this  to  you. 

I  was  at  your  house  at  New  Milford  in  September  last. 
Brother  Hartwell  and  your  children  were  then  in  health.  I 
saw  your  daughter  Gaylord  who  lives  in  the  house  with 
Deacon  Gaylord.  She  told  me  that  your  friends  there  were 
all  well.  Brother  Hartwell  appears  to  live  a  lonesome  life  in 
your  absence  he  says  he  was  not  willing  that  you  should  go 
so  long  a  journey  He  says  that  he  does  not  expect  to  come 
and  accompany  you  home,  nor  does  he  know  that  you  would 
be  willing  to  come  if  he  should  —  he  came  to  New  Haven 
once  on  purpose  to  ask  my  advice  about  the  matter.  It  ap- 
pears to  me  that  it  will  be  best  for  you  to  return  home  as 
soon  as  you  can  have  the  company  of  any  friend.  I  should 
be  willing  to  assist  you  if  it  was  in  my  power — Your  husband 
and  you  have  lived  together  a  great  number  of  years  and  by 
your  joint  industry  have  acquired  a  good  estate — and  brought 
up  a  family  of  children  who  are  all  married  and  settled  in 
families  by  themselves,  and  now  you  might  be  mutual  com- 
forts to  each  other  in  the  decline  of  life  and  enjoy  the  fruits 
of  your  industry,  and  dwell  together  as  heirs  of  the  grace  of 
life  as  an  inspired  Apostle  enjoins.  I  fear  that  if  you  should 
continue  absent  from  your  husband  till  the  expiration  of 
three  years  he  will  despair  of  your  returning  and  obtain  a 
divorce.  I  hope  you  will  find  means  to  come  home  soon  I 
would  give  ten  dollars  toward  the  expence  to  any  friend  that 
shall  assist  you  in  coming  home — You  would  not  I  believe  be 
willing  to  be  forever  seperated  from  your  husband  and  be 
considered  as  the  blameable  cause  of  it — I  have  been  at  Phila- 
delphia attending  Congress  about  three  months,  and  expect 
to  continue  here  till  the  middle  of  next  month — I  wish  you 
would  send  me  a  letter  to  this  place,  to  let  me  know  how  you 


148  Sherman  Genealogy 

do  and  what  wishes  or  prospects  you  have  of  coming  home — 
I  received  a  letter  from  home  this  week  &  my  family 
were  well. 

I  am  your  affectionate 

Brother  Roger  Sherman 

Mrs.  Rebecca  Sherman" 

"Substance  of  a  letter  to  Sister  Hartwell"  written  on  the  back 
of  the  letter.    Children  born  at  New  Milf ord : 

1.  Mary"  Hartwell,  b.  Sept.  30,  1752;  m.  Aug.  7, 
1769,  Abel  Botsford,  of  New  Milford,  b.  Sept.  6, 
1747;  d.  1817. 

2.  Ruth"  Hartwell,  b.  Mar.  6,  1755  ;  m.  June  30,  1774, 
Nathan  Gaylord,  of  New  Milford,  b.  Dec.  7,  1748 ; 
d.  July  29,  1806.     She  d.  May  10,  1804. 

3.  Sarah"  Hartwell,  b.  June  15,  1757;  m.  (1)  Feb. 
20,  1778,  Peter  Gaylord,  b.  July  27,  1751 ;  d.  Sept. 
28,  1793.  She  m.  (2)  Merwin.  She  d.  Oct.  13, 
1847. 

4.  Samuel"  Hartwell,  b.  Apr.  13,  1760;  m.  EHzabeth 
Wilkinson,  b.  Dec.  6,  1760;  d.  aged  90.  He  d. 
1851. 

5.  Elizabeth"  Hartwell,  b.  Apr.  24,  1763 ;  m.  Benja- 
min Stone,  Junior,  of  New  Milford.  b.  1760;  d. 
Apr.  11,  1823.    She  d.  May  9,  1800. 

6.  Joseph"  Hartwell,  b.  Mar.  7,  1766;  m.  (1)  Rachel 
Stone,  b.  1767;  d.  Nov.  12,  1837.  m.  (2)  Barbara 
Farvour.    He  d.  Jan.  1,  1845. 

7.  Isaac"  Hartwell,  b.  June  14,  1768;  m.  Mary 
Pitcher,  b.  1771;  d.  Mar.  7,  1856.  He  d.  May 
8,  1855. 

8.  Rebecca"  Hartwell,  b.  Aug.  1,  1770.  m.  May  14, 
1788,  Nathan  Botsford  Buckingham,  son  of  Ben- 
jamin and  Ann  (Botsford)  Buckingham,  b.  July. 
1761 ;  d.  May  26,  1845.  She  d.  Aug.  26,  1847. 
Three  children : 

41.  JOHN"  SHERMAN  (39.  John,*'  Samuel,^  Edmund."  Ed- 
mund,"' Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^).  Bap.  at  Wood- 
bury, Conn..  June  17,  1687.    Lived  in  Woodbury.  Conn.,  and 


Sherman  Genealogy  149 

d.  there  May  20,  1727,  aged  40  (G.  S.).  m.  at  Woodbury 
July  22,  1714,  Emm  Preston,  daughter  of  Hachaliah  and 
Emm  (Fairchild)  Preston,  bap.  at  Woodbury,  Mar.  3, 
1688/9.  He  d.  intestate.  Adm.  June  20,  1729,  to  his  widow 
and  Samuel  Sherman,  Jr.  Inventory  June  28,  1727.  Dis- 
tribution May  12,  1732.     Children  born  at  Woodbury: 

I.  Daughter",  d.  Apr.  20,  1715. 

II.  Jerusha^°  Sherman,  b.  Sept.  15,  1716.  Bap.  Sept.  23, 
1716.    m.  Nov.  26,  1741,  Joseph  Judson. 

III.  Damaris^o  Sherman,  b.  Feb.  14,  1719/20.  Bap.  Feb. 
15,  1719/20.  m.  July  10,  1745,  Nathan  Judson.  She 
d.  Feb.  18,  1760. 

45      IV.  Daniel"  Sherman,  b.  Aug.  14,  1721.     Bap.  Aug.  20, 

1721. 

V.  Matthew^"  Sherman  (twin),  b.  Jan.  8,  1723/4.    Bap. 

Jan.  12,  1723/4.    d.  at  Danbury,  Conn.,  Oct.  19,  1744. 

VI.  Mary"  Sherman  (twin),  b.  Jan.  8,  1723/4.    Bap.  Jan. 

12,  1723/4,  d.  Mar.  29,  1724.    Aged  11  weeks. 
VII.  Mary"  Sherman,  b.  July  7,  1726.    Bap.  July  10,  1726. 

42.  HON.  ROGERS"  SHERMAN  (40.  William,^  Joseph,^  Capt. 
John,^  John,''  Henry, ^  Henry,^  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^). 
b.  in  the  eastern  part  of  Newton,  Mass.,  on  present  Waverly 
Avenue,  April  19,  1721  O.  S.  He  was  named  for  his  great 
grandfather  Roger  Wellington.  A  stone  marks  the  ap- 
proximate place  of  his  birth.     It  has  this  inscription: 

NEAR  THIS  SPOT  WAS  BORN  ON 

APRIL  19  1721 

ROGER  SHERMAN 

SELF  TAUGHT  SCHOLAR,  EMINENT 

JUDGE,  MEMBER  OF  CONTINENTAL 

CONGRESS.  SIGNER  OF  THE 

DECLARATION   OF   INDEPENDENCE 

TRUE  PATRIOT. 


ERECTED  BY  THE   LUCY  JACKSON 

CHAPTER  D.  A.  R. 

1910 


150  Sherman  Genealogy 

Afterwards  he  lived  in  Stoughton,  Mass.,  New  Milford, 
Conn.,  and  New  Haven,  Conn.  m.  (1)  by  Rev.  Samuel  Dunbar, 
at  Stoughton,  Nov.  17,  1749,  Elizabeth  Hartwell,  b.  at  Stoughton, 
Mass.,  Aug.  31,  1726,  daughter  of  Deacon  Joseph,  b.  Aug.  11, 
1698,  d.  Feb.  6,  1786,  and  Mary  (Tolman)  Hartwell,  of  Stough- 
ton, b.  Oct.  4,  1697,  d.  Nov,  10,  1782.  They  were  married  Decem- 
ber 8,  1725.  The  marriage  intention  of  Hon.  Roger  was  entered 
Nov.  1,  1749.  The  record  of  the  marriage  is  as  follows :  "The  Fol- 
lowing Persons  Were  Married  by  ye  Rev"^  M""  Samauel  Dunbar  of 
Stoughton  *  *  *  1749,  November  17th  Roger  Sherman  of 
New  Milford  in  Connecticut  &  Elizabeth  Hartwell  of  Stoughton." 
She  d.  at  New  Milford,  Oct.  19,  1760,  and  was  buried  there  in 
the  old  burying  place.  The  record  in  the  family  Bible  partly  in 
cipher,  deciphered  is  "Elizbth  Hrtwel  brn  Augst  31,  1726.  Sept 
11  Mrrid  by  Mr.  Dnbr.  November  17  1749.  Died  Ocf  19*^  1760" 
Her  gravestone  says : 

Here  lyes  y^  Body  of 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Sherman, 

Wife,  to  Roger 

Sherman,  Esq"".,  Who 

Died  October  y^  19t»i  1760 

Aged  34  Years. 

She  was  Dau**"  of  M*"  Joseph 

Hartwell  of  Stoughton. 

She  left  no  will  and  no  letters  of  administration  on  her  estate 
were  issued.  He  m.  (2),  at  Danvers  (now  Peabody),  Mass., 
May  12,  1763,  Rebecca  (or  as  he  called  her,  Rebekah)  Prescott, 
daughter  of  Benjamin,  Jr.,  and  Rebecca  (Minot)  Prescott,  of 
Salem.  Mass..  b.  May  20.  1742  O.  S.  (May  31,  N.  S.)  Benja- 
min Prescott,  Jr..  wasib.  at  Salem,  Mass.,  Jan.  29.  1717;  Harvard 
B.A.,  1736;  M.A.,  1739;  d.  Aug.  18,  1778.  He  m.  Aug.  12,  1741. 
Rebecca  Minot,  daughter  of  Col.  James  and  Martha  (Lane) 
Minot.  Martha  I^ne  was  daughter  of  Col.  John  and  Susanna 
(Whipple)  Lane,  and  was  b.  Oct.  1.  1694.  A  silver  porringer 
marked  S^M  still  in  the  family  and  now  belonging  to  Mrs. 
William  Kent,  was  probably  the  gift  of  Susanna  (Whipple)  Lane 
to  her  daughter  Martha  Lane.  Rebecca  Minot  was  b.  May  15. 
1720.  and  d.  Oct.  8.  1761.     Benjamin  Prescott,  Jr..  was  son  of 


Sherman  Genealogy  151 

Rev.  Benjamin  Prescott,  b.  Sept.  16,  1687  (Harvard  B.A.  1709, 
M.A.,  1712),  d.  May  28,  1777,  and  Elizabeth  Higginson,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Sarah  (Gardner)  Higginson,  of  Salem,  Mass.,  b. 
June  28,  1696;  m.  Oct.  20,  1715;  d.  Mar.  20,  1723.  Rev.  Ben- 
jamin Prescott  was  son  of  Captain  Jonathan  Prescott,  of  Con-  ^ 
cord,  Mass.,  b.  about  1643;  d.  Dec.  5,  1721,  and  Elizabeth  Hoar, 

daughter  of  John  and  Alice  Hoar,  of  Concord,  Mass.,  b. ;  m. 

Dec.  23,  1675 ;  d.  Sept.  25,  1687.    Captain  Jonathan  Prescott  was 
son  of  John  Prescott,  of  Concord,  the  immigrant,  b.  at  Standish,/*^ 
Lancashire,  England,  about  1604;  d.  Dec,  1681,  and  Mary  Gaw- 
kroger  or  Platts,  b.  1607;  m.  Apr.  11,  1629;  d.  1674. 

The  ceremony  of  the  marriage  of  Roger  and  Rebecca  Sherman 
was  performed  by  her  grandfather,  the  Rev.  Benjamin  Prescott, 
for  many  years  pastor  of  the  parish  of  the  second  precinct  of 
Salem,  afterwards  Danvers,  in  the  parlor  of  his  house,  still  stand- 
ing in  what  is  now  part  of  the  town  of  Peabody,  Mass.  The  rec- 
ord of  the  marriage  in  Mr.  Sherman's  family  Bible  in  his  hand- 
writing is  as  follows :  "Roger  Sherman  of  New  Haven  &  Rebekah 
Daughter  of  Benjamin  Prescot  Jun''  of  Danvers  were  Joyned  in 
Marriage  by  Benj^  Prescot  Esq""  at  Danverse  May  12'*^  1763. 
Said  Rebekah  was  born  May  20  1742  O.  Stile  or  May  31  N.  S." 
The  New  Haven  record  is  as  follows :  "Roger  Sherman  Esq"^  of 
New  Haven  and  M*"^  Rebakah  Prescott  of  Danvers  in  ye  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  were  Joyned  together  in  marriage  on  ye  12**^  Day 
of  May  Anno  Domini  1763  by  Benj.  Prescott  Jus.  of  Peace." 
She  d.  intestate  in  New  Haven,  Apr.  19,  1813,  her  husband  hav- 
ing been  born  on  Apr.  19,  1721,  old  style,  92  years  before.  Her 
gravestone  in  New  Haven  cemetery  has  this  inscription: 

In  Memory  of 

REBEKAH 

Relict  of 

ROGER      SHERMAN 

She  was  born  May  31  1742 

and  died  April  19  1813 

in  the  71st  year  of  her  age 

She  was  the  eldest  daughter  of 

Benjamin  &  Rebekah  Prescott 

of  Danvers  Massachusetts. 


152  Sherman  Genealogy 

Letters  of  administration  on  her  personal  estate  were  issued 
to  her  son  Roger  Sherman  in  1813.  Inventory  exhibited  and  ap- 
proved July  1,  1813.  Total  $5695.70.  3  notes  of  James  Prescott 
for  $800.  The  administrator's  account  in  his  ledger  under  date 
of  Nov.  7,  1814,  shows  amount  of  inventory  $5695.70  and  3  notes 
of  James  Prescott — Debts  &c  paid  $2104.76;  personal  estate  dis- 
tributed $2730.94  do.  real  estate  $60  total  $4895.70,  balance  be- 
ing 3  notes  of  James  Prescott  not  distributed  $800. 

Mrs.  Charles  E.  W.  McDonald  (Cornelia  E.  Barnes)  daugh- 
ter of  William  E.  Barnes,  has  a  silver  porringer  made  by  Jacob 
Hurd,  a  noted  American  silversmith  (1702-1758),  which  is 
marked : 

M.  P. 

to 
R.  P. 

and  belonged  to  Rebecca  (Prescott)  Sherman.  It  was  probably 
given  to  her  soon  after  her  birth  in  1742,  by  Mercy  (Gibbs) 
Prescott,  second  wife  of  Rev.  Benjamin  Prescott,  her  grand- 
father. It  afterwards  belonged  to  her  daughter  Mehetabel 
(Sherman)  Barnes,  born  in  1774,  and  later  to  her  daughter-in- 
law,  Mrs.  Daniel  Barnes,  ihe  mother  of  William  Evarts  Barnes, 
and  was  given  to  his  daughter  Mrs.  McDonald  after  her  birth 
in  1862.  It  also  has  inscribed  on  it  "Mrs.  Roger  Sherman  1774." 
and  "Mrs.  Daniel  Barnes  1844."  John  V.  Barnes,  the  youngest 
child  of  Mrs.  Barnes,  was  born  in  1844.  Rebecca  Prescott  was, 
before  her  marriage  to  Mr.  Sherman,  engaged  to  a  young  man 
named  Curran,  who  died.  On  her  marriage,  one  of  her  wedding 
presents  was  a  large  silver  pepper  caster  from  Sarah  Curran,  a 
sister  of  Mr.  Curran,  marked: 

S.  C. 
to 

R.  P. 

1763. 

Sarah  Sherman  (Mrs.  Hoar),  Rebecca's  youngest  child,  was 
named  after  Sarah  Curran.  The  pepper  caster  came  to  the  late 
Miss  Sarah  Frances  Storer  and  is  still  owned  by  the  family. 

The  report  of  distribution  of  her  estate  by  Nathan  Beers  and 
Isaac  Townsend,  Jr.,  distributors  "of  the  estate  of  the  widow 


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Sherman  Genealogy  153 

Rebekah  Sherman"  deceased,  is  dated  Aug.,  1814.  They  report 
that  they  have  distributed  sundry  clothing  &  furniture  amount- 
ing as  pr.  Inventory  &  apprizement  to  $403.53  and  a  right  of  land 
in  Hamden  being  an  undivided  right  sett  to  her  in  common  with 
her  children  Martha  &  Sarah  in  the  distribution  of  the  estate  of 
her  husband,  the  v^hole  containing  25  acres  and  118  rods,  her 
share  in  the  former  distribution  as  £9  is  to  £193.  and  also  per- 
sonal estate  as  apprized  at  $2327.31  being  the  whole  estate  of  the 
deceased  after  payment  of  debts  except  three  notes  of  James 
Prescott  amounting  to  $800  not  distributed — 

To  the  three  children  of  Mrs.  Rebecca  Baldwin,  deceased,  eldest 
daughter,  Rebecca,  Ebenezer  and  Roger  S.  Baldwin,  each  one 
share  stock  in  the  Eagle  Bank,  $100.50  each  $301.50 

1/7  furniture  and  clothing  equally  to  each,  57.66 

Cash  39.54 


$398.70 


being  1/7  part  of  the  property  distributed. 


To  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Baldwin,  second  daughter, 

3  shares  Eagle  Bank  Stock,  $301.50 

1/7  clothing  and  furniture  57.66 

Cash  39.54 


$398.70 


being  1/7  part 


To  Roger  Sherman,  eldest  son,  3  shares 

Eagle  Bank  Stock  $301.50 

1/7  clothing  and  furniture  $57.66 

part  of  Oliver's  share  do.  8.96 

66.62 


balance  due  the  estate  from  him 

after  pay't  of  Prescott  &  Sherman 

&  his  own  amount  21.98 

Cash  8.60 


being  one  1/7. 


$398.70 


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To  Mrs.  Mehetable  Evarts,  third  daughter, 

3  shares  of  Eagle  Bank  Stock,  $301.50 

1/7  furniture  &  clothing  57.66 

Cash  39.54 


$398.70 


being  1/7  part. 


To  Oliver  Sherman,  second  son,  his  note  and 

interest  to  July  1,  1813,  $350.00 

part  clothing  &  furniture  48.70 


$398.70 


being  1/7  part. 


To  Sherman  Day,  only  child  of  Mrs.   Martha  Day,   deceased, 
fourth  daughter. 

3  shares  Eagle  Bank  Stock  $301.50 

1/7  furniture  &  clothing  57.66 

half  of  the  undivided  right  of  land  in  Hamden  30. 

Cash  9.54 


$398.70 


being  1/7  part. 


To  Mrs.  Sarah  Hoar,  fifth  and  youngest  daughter. 

3  shares  Eagle  Bank  Stock  $301.50 

1/7  furniture  &  clothing  57.67 

half  the  undivided  right  of  land  in  Hamden  30. 

Cash  9.53 


$398.70 
being  1/7  part. 

Hon.  Roger  Sherman  lived  with  his  family  at  Stoughton, 
working  on  his  father's  farm  in  what  it  now  Canton,  and  learn- 
ing from  his  father  his  trade  of  shoemaker  or  cordwainer,  un- 
til, his  father  having  died  on  March  20,  1741,  he  with  the  family 
moved  to  New  Milford  in  June.  1743,  where  his  eldest  brother 
William  had  settled  in  1740.  He  joined  Dr.  Samuel  Dunbar's 
Church  in  Stoughton,  March  14.  1742.     As  previously  stated,  his 


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father  died  intestate  and  the  widow  was  appointed  administra- 
trix. As  the  real  estate  could  not  be  divided,  the  Probate  Court 
Nov.  26,  1742,  assigned  it  to  Roger,  at  a  valuation  of  £558, 
directing  him  to  pay  the  other  children  their  shares,  the  widow  to 
have  her  dower.  He  soon  thereafter  sold  the  real  estate  for 
£157-10s.  and  conveyed  it  to  Stephen  Badlam,  of  Dedham,  gen- 
tleman, by  warranty  deed  dated  Dec.  23,  1742,  in  which  his 
mother  Mehetabel  Sherman  "widow  relict  to  the  above  named 
William  Sherman  Deced"  joined  and  did  "resign  up  all  her  right 
of  thirds"  in  the  property.  In  this  deed  he  described  himself  as 
of  Stoughton,  "cordwainer."  It  was  witnessed  by  Isaac  Royall 
and  William  Sherman,  was  acknowledged  Dec.  23,  1742,  before 
Isaac  Royall,  Justice  of  the  Peace,  and  was  recorded  Feb.  7,  1743 
in  Liber  67,  folio  212.  It  describes  the  property  as  "A  certain 
Tract  or  parcel  of  land  lying  in  Stoughton  aforesaid  containing 
by  estimation  seventy  three  acres  and  was  the  Home  Lot  of  Wil- 
liam Sherman  late  of  Stoughton  Deceased  and  is  Bounded  as 
follows  first  Southerly  upon  John  Wentworths  Land  and  Dor- 
chester Line  so  called,  Westerly  upon  land  of  Joseph  Tucker, 
Northerly  upon  Daniel  Stone's  and  Nathaniel  Moseleys  Land, 
North  easterly  partly  on  Land  of  Moses  and  Benjamin  Gill  and 
partly  on  Land  of  Joseph  Este,  beginning  at  a  red  oak  tree  marked 
standing  in  the  fence  near  Pequet  Brook  and  so  to  Run  on  a 
straight  line  till  it  comes  to  the  Corner  of  the  Fence  at  the  way 
leading  to  Dorchester  Swamp  in  the  Line  betwixt  said  Este  and 
Sherman's  Land.  Easterly  on  the  Highway  leading  to  Dorchester 
Swamp.  And  also  another  Piece  or  Tract  of  Land  lying  in 
Stoughton  aforesaid  containing  Thirty  Six  acres  and  was  part  of 
the  Estate  of  the  aforesaid  William  Sherman  Deceased  and  is 
Bounded  Southerly  upon  John  Wentworths  Land,  Westerly 
upon  Moses  and  Benjamin  Gills  Land,  northerly  upon  Samuel 
Stones  Land  and  Easterly  upon  Land  belonging  to  Phillip  Liscom 
Jun""  and  Land  under  the  Improvement  of  Elhanan  Lynn  Jun'." 
In  consideration  of  his  motlier's  release  of  her  dower,  Roger 
afterwards  granted  to  her  a  life  estate  in  certain  real  property  in 
New  Milford  as  hereinafter  mentioned.  In  New  Milford  he  car- 
ried on  the  business  of  a  general  countr}^  merchant  with  his 
brother  William  until  William's  death  in  1756,  and  afterwards 
from  February  9,  1757  to  April  1,  1759,  in  partnership  with  An- 


156  Sherman  Genealogy 

thony  Carpenter  under  the  name  of  "Sherman  &  Carpenter." 
A  ledger  or  account  book  of  this  firm  is  now  in  the  Library  of 
Yale  University. 

The  first  recorded  judgment  of  the  Superior  Court  at  Litch- 
field, Conn.,  on  Tuesday,  Aug.  11,  1752,  is  in  favor  of  William 
Sherman  and  Roger  Sherman,  of  New  Milford,  against  John 
Treat  of  New  Milford.  He  lived  in  New  Milford  (at  first  in  that 
part  thereof  called  New  Dillaway)  until  June  30,  1761,  when  he 
moved  to  New  Haven.  In  an  account  book  or  ledger  in  posses- 
sion of  Roger  S.  White,  on  the  fly  leaf  in  his  handwriting  is  this : 
"Began  at  New  Haven,  July  1,  1761,  being  the  next  day  after  I 
moved  to  New  Haven  *  *  *  Test.  Roger  Sherman."  At 
the  session  beginning  Oct.  10,  1745,  he  was  appointed  by  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly,  Surveyor  of  Lands  for  the  County  of  New  Haven, 
New  Milford  being  then  in  that  County.  "This  Assembly  ap- 
points Mr.  Roger  Sherman  to  be  surveyor  of  Lands  for  the 
Count}'  of  New  Haven"  (Conn.  Colonial  Records,  Vol  IX,  p. 
173).  This  office  he  held  until  May,  1752,  when  Litchfield 
County  was  established  and  he  was  appointed  to  the  same  office 
for  the  county  continuing  therein  until  May,  1758,  when  he  re- 
signed. The  record  in  May,  1752,  says  "This  Assembly  do  ap- 
point Mr.  Roger  Sherman  of  New  Milford  to  be  surveyor  of 
Lands  in  the  County  of  Litchfield  instead  of  being  Surveyor  in 
the  County  of  New  Haven."  (Conn.  Col.  Rec,  Vol.  X,  p.  416.) 
He  also  did  a  large  and  remunerative  private  business  in  survey- 
ing. He  must  have  inherited  his  taste  for  mathematics  and  sur- 
veying as  his  grandfather  Joseph  and  his  great  grandfather  Cap- 
tain John  were  both  surveyors.  In  1751  he  received  from  the 
Colony  a  fee  of  £83.  14s.  for  making  a  survey. 

In  1756  his  property  was  assessed  by  New  Milford  for  taxa- 
tion at  £124-05-0.  the  highest  assesssment  of  any  one  in  the 
town,  being  £270-12  and  only  sixteen  persons  being  assessed  for 
more  than  Mr.  Sherman.  He  dealt  extensively  in  lands  in  New 
Milford,  owning  several  hundred  acres  and  a  dwelling  house  be- 
fore he  had  been  there  seven  years.  In  a  deed  dated  Sept.  10, 
1746,  of  22  acres  of  swampy  land  in  New  Milford,  lying  near  the 
North  end  of  the  township,  from  his  brother  William  Sherman, 
of  New  Dillaway,  yeoman,  to  him.  he  is  described  as  Roger  Sher- 
man of  New  Dillaway  "cordwainer."     This  deed  was  witnessed 


Sherman  Genealogy  157 

by  his  brothers  Nathaniel  and  Josiah  Sherman,  was  acknowledged 
Sept.  19,  1748,  and  recorded  May  8,  1749,  Volume  6,  page  203. 
He  is  not  described  as  cordwainer  in  any  later  deed. 

The  New  Milford  land  records  contain  about  55  instruments 
indexed  under  his  name  as  grantee,  the  earliest  of  which  (other 
than  the  above  mentioned  deed  from  his  brother)  is  dated  May 
19,  1748,  and  the  latest  May  5,  1773.  The  instruments  indexed 
to  his  name  as  grantor  number  about  84,  dated  from  July  1,  1748, 
to  June  16,  1769.  The  warranty  deeds  to  him  number  about  39 
and  convey  in  the  aggregate  about  500  acres.  There  are  also 
many  deeds  by  him  in  an  official  capacity,  such  as  Selectman  or 
member  of  a  Committee.  In  1755  and  later  he  was  on  a  Com- 
mittee to  lay  out  highways  and  1755-1760  was  a  member  of  a 
Committee  to  dispose  of  lands  directed  to  be  sold  for  the  pur- 
pose of  supporting  the  ministry  in  New  Milford.  The  records 
contain  several  layouts  of  highways  and  of  these  "donation" 
lands  and  of  deeds  by  the  Committee.  The  seal  used  by  him  on 
some  deeds  is  the  figure  of  a  lion  rampant. 

The  following  records  seem  worthy  of  note : 

By  deed  dated  May  19,  1748,  and  recorded  July  2,  1748,  in 
Volume  6,  page  107,  Gamaliel  Baldwin,  of  New  Milford,  and 
Rebecca  Baldwin,  his  wife,  and  Sarah  Baldwin,  widow  of  Samuel 
Baldwin,  for  £1500  conveyed  to  Roger  Sherman,  of  New  Dille- 
way,  Baldwin's  home  lot  in  New  Milford,  with  dwelling  house 
and  barn,  bounded  South  by  Samuel  Camp's  home  lot  and  West, 
North  and  East  by  highways,  containing  17^  acres,  also  70  acres 
lying  West  of  the  chestnut  land  lying  East  from  Great  Mount 
Tom  and  East  from  the  highway  to  Mount  Tom. 

By  deed  dated  and  acknowledged  July  1,  1748  and  recorded 
July  19,  1748,  in  Volume  6,  page  114,  by  and  between  Roger  Sher- 
man, of  New  Milford,  and  "his  Hon^  mother  Mehetabel  Sher- 
man of  the  same  place"  in  consideration  of  her  "dower  or  thirds 
in  the  estate  of  her  husband  William  Sherman  of  Stoughton 
*  *  *  which  she  hath  released  and  yielded  up  at  the  request 
for  the  use  of  the  said  Roger  Sherman,"  he  granted  to  her  6 
acres  of  land  part  of  the  home  lot  purchased  of  Gamaliel  Bald- 
win "and  also  the  lower  room  in  the  East  end  of  the  dwelling 
house  on  said  lot  and  one  third  part  of  the  cellar  and  one  third 


158  Sherman  Genealogy 

part  of  the  chamber  and  garret  in  the  west  end  of  said  house  and 
one  third  part  of  all  the  orchards  on  said  home  lot  with  the  privi- 
lege of  a  convenient  way  to  pass  and  repass  from  said  land  to 
the  Town  Street"  and  also  20  acres  of  land  part  of  the  40  acre 
division  laid  out  to  Gamaliel  Terril,  for  her  life  "to  be  holden  in 
such  term  as  by  the  laws  of  this  Colony  of  Connecticut  widows 
hold  their  dowers  or  thirds  in  the  estate  of  their  deceased  hus- 
bands." 

By  deed  dated  Feb.  6,  1749/50,  acknowledged  Mar.  10,  and 
recorded  Mar.  17,  1749/50  in  Volume  6,  page  445,  Mehetable 
Sherman,  of  New  Milford,  "for  a  valuable  consideration,"  re- 
leased and  quit  claimed  to  Roger  Sherman  the  twenty  acres  of 
land  granted  by  him  to  her  for  life  July  1,  1748.  This  deed  was 
witnessed  by  James  Battel  and  Joseph  Hartwell  and  in  the  record 
is  signed  "Mehitabel"  Sherman. 

By  deed  dated  Mar.  5,  1749/50,  and  acknowledged  and 
recorded  Mar.  8,  1749/50,  Volume  6,  page  444,  Roger  Sherman, 
in  consideration  of  part  of  Mehetabel  Sherman's  dower  in  the 
estate  of  William  Sherman  "which  she  hath  released  &  yielded  up 
at  the  request  and  for  ye  use  of"  said  Roger,  granted  to  her  15 
acres  of  land  lying  East  of  the  Wolfpit  brook  and  5  acres  on  the 
East  side  of  East  Aspetuck  River,  for  her  natural  life,  to  be  held 
as  widows  hold  dower.  This  deed  was  witnessed  by  Joseph  Hart- 
wel  and  James  Battel. 

By  deed  dated  Sept.  26,  1750,  and  acknowledged  and  recorded 
Sept.  27,  1750,  in  Volume  7,  page  81,  William  Sherman  of  New 
Milford  for  £60  conveyed  to  Roger  Sherman  one  "half  part  of 
a  certain  shop  for  merchant  Dize  in  ye  township  of  New  Milford 
standing  by  the  East  side  of  the  town  Street  opposite  to  Capt. 
Stephen  Noble's  dwelling  house  upon  the  front  of  that  lott  of 
land  which  I  purchased  of  Ebinezer  Pickit." 

By  release  dated  Nov.  22,  1756,  acknowledged  Dec.  16,  and 
recorded  Dec.  17,  1756,  in  Volume  9,  page  268,  Mehetabel  (Signed 
"Mehetebel"  in  record)  Sherman,  for  value  received,  released 
and  quit  claimed  to  Roger  Sherman  "all  the  estate,  right,  title, 
interest,  claim  &  demand  whatsoever  which  I  have  in  or  to  two 
parcels  of  land  situate  in  said  New  Milford,  the  first  parcel  be- 
ing a  home  lot  with  a  dwelling  house  &  barn  on  it  on  the  East  side 
of  the  highway  leading  to  Litchfield,  bounded  West  by  said  high- 


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way,  south  by  James  Camp's  home  lot,  North  and  East  by  high- 
way, the  other  tract  being  about  forty  four  acres  lying  Eastward- 
ly  from  Israel  Baldwin's  dwelling  house,  bounded  Northeasterly 
&  Northwesterly  by  a  highway.  Southeasterly  by  Benajah  Stone's 
land,  Southwesterly  by  Mr.  Andrews  land,  my  right  in  said  home 
lot  being  about  one  third  part  thereof  &  my  right  in  the  other 
piece  or  parcel  of  land  being  about  fifteen  acres." 

By  deed  dated  June  13,  1761,  acknowledged  in  New  Milford 
June  30,  and  recorded  July  8,  1761,  in  Volume  9,  page  562,  Roger 
Sherman,  of  New  Milford,  in  consideration  of  £300,  conveyed 
to  Abel  Hine,  of  New  Milford  "a  certain  tract  or  parcel  of  land 
situate  in  said  New  Milford  with  a  dwelling  house,  shop  and 
warehouse  standing  on  it  lying  &  being  southeasterly  from  the 
Meeting  House.  Said  land  contains  eight  acres  &  an  half. 
Bounded  west  by  the  own  Street,  South  by  David  Ferriss's  ^ 
Home  Lot,  North  part  by  Paul  Welch  Jun''  land  or  land  which 
lately  belonged  to  him  &  part  by  land  belonging  to  the  heirs  of 
Nathaniel  Bostwick  deceased  &  east  by  a  highway,  containing 
the  home  lot  which  belonged  to  William  Sherman  deceased  &  half 
an  acre  of  land  which  I  bought  of  sd.  Paul  Welch  &  five  acres 
which  I  purchased  of  Arthur  &  Reuben  Bostwick,  out  of  which  I 
except  &  reserve  the  use  of  the  Northwest  lower  room  in  said 
house  &  the  chamber  over  said  room  &  one  third  part  of  the  cel- 
lar &  the  use  of  one  acre  of  land  on  the  North  side  of  the  house 
lot  with  a  way  from  it  to  the  Brook  for  the  use  of  my  Hon'"'^ 
mother  Mehetabel  Sherman  during  her  natural  life" 

He  held  many  town  offices,  including  grand  juryman,  list 
taker,  leather  sealer,  fence  viewer,  selectman,  ganger,  treasurer 
for  a  new  meeting  house,  town  clerk  pro  tern,  agent  for  the  town 
in  various  matters  a^id  on  committees  to  lay  out  town  lands,  high- 
ways and  boundaries  and  to  dispose  of  lands.  He  was  Clerk  of 
the  Ecclesiastical  Society  from  Dec.  2,  1753,  until  he  moved  to 
New  Haven.  He  became  Deacon  on  trial  on  Mar.  12,  1755,  and 
Deacon  on  Mar.  17,  1757.  The  New  Milford  Church  records  are 
as  follows: 

"March  12,  1755  att  the  same  meeting  Roger  Sherman  was 
chosen  to  ye  office  of  a  Deacon  upon  trial. 

Nathi.  Taylor" 


160  Sherman  Genealogy 

"March  17,  1757,  at  a  Church  meeting  regularly  warned  Roger 
Sherman  Esqr.  was  EstabHshed  Deacon  of  this  Church 

Nathi.  Taylor" 

The  Rev.  Nathaniel  Taylor,  B.A.,  Yale,  1745,  M.A.,  was  or- 
dained Minister  at  New  Milford,  June  29,  1748,  and  was  Minister 
there  until  his  death  on  Dec.  9,  1800. 

Roger  Sherman  prepared  almanacs  for  the  years  1750  to  1761 
inclusive.  These  were  published  in  New  York,  New  London, 
New  Haven  and  Boston.  In  some  of  the  years  they  were  pub- 
lished in  two  of  these  places.  Very  few  copies  of  these  are  now  in 
existence.  Mr.  Victor  Hugo  Paltsits,  former  New  York  State 
Historian,  in  1907,  published  an  interesting  pamphlet  which  was 
read  before  the  American  Antiquarian  Society  at  its  semi-annual 
meeting  in  Boston,  Apr.  17,  1907,  and  was  entitled  "The  Alma- 
nacs of  Roger  Sherman,  1750-1761,  Containing  also  Prose  and 
Poetical  Selections,  and  a  Complete  Collection  of  the  'Sayings' 
found  in  them."  This  pamphlet  describes  the  almanacs,  contains 
a  bibliography  of  them  and  quotations  from  them  with  a  list  of 
those  copies  known  to  the  author  to  be  extant.     He  says : 

"During  the  past  four  years  I  have  visited  many  libraries,  in 
which  I  found  thirty-seven  Sherman  almanacs,  two  of  them  being 
imperfect.  I  have  also  described  de  visu  the  only  known  copy  of 
the  first  New  York  issue,  of  1750,  in  the  private  library  of  Mr.  E. 
Dwight  Church,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  The  results  of  this  investi- 
gation show  that  there  were  two  distinct  almanacs  for  1750,  one 
printed  at  New  York  and  the  other  at  Boston ;  similarly  two  for 
1751,  but  of  which  no  copy  of  the  New  York  edition  is  known  to 
be  extant;  probably  one  of  New  York  for  1752,  but  no  certainty 
exists  about  it;  two  for  1753,  and  two  for  1754,  one  of  each 
printed  at  New  York  and  New  London;  one  of  Boston  for  1755 
(two  issues)  ;  one  of  New  Haven  for  each  of  the  years  1756, 
1757,  1758  and  probably  also  1759,  but  of  1757  and  1759  no 
copies  are  known  to  be  extant ;  and  Boston  issues  for  1760  and 
1761." 

The  New  York  Public  Library  has  copies  of  the  New  York 
editions  of  1753  and  1754,  the  Boston  edition  of  1755  (imperfect), 
the  New  Haven  edition  of  1756  and  the  Boston  edition  for  1761. 
The  New  York  Hstorical  Society  has  the  New  London  edition 
of  1753,  the  Boston  editions  of  1755  and  1760.     The  late  Sena- 


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tor  George  F.  Hoar  had  copies  of  the  New  London  editions  for 
1753  and  1754,  the  New  Haven  edition  of  1756  and  the  Boston 
edition  of  1760.  There  are  also  a  few  other  copies  mentioned  by- 
Mr.  Paltsits  to  be  found  in  other  Hbraries.  Mr.  Munson,  of  Al- 
bany, has  copies  of  1750,  1751,  1760  and  1761  Boston  and  1756 
New  Haven.  The  Long  Island  Historical  Society  has  a  copy  of 
the  New  York  edition  of  1751.  These  almanacs  contain  poetical 
and  prose  quotations  and  some  original  poetry  by  the  author.  In 
the  Boston  Almanac  of  1750,  he  says: 

"I  have  for  several  Years  past  for  my  own  Amusement  spent 
some  of  my  leisure  Hours  in  the  Study  of  Mathematicks;  not 
with  any  Intent  to  appear  in  publick:  But  at  the  Desire  of  many 
of  my  Friends  and  Acquaintance,  I  have  been  induced  to  calculate 
and  publish  the  following  ALMANACK  for  the  Year  1750—1 
have  put  in  every  Thing  that  I  thought  would  be  useful  that  could 
be  contained  in  such  contracted  Limits : — I  have  taken  much  Care 
to  perform  the  Calculations  truly,  not  having  the  Help  of  any 
Ephemeris:  And  I  would  desire  the  Reader  not  to  condemn  it 
if  it  should  in  some  Things  differ  from  other  Authors,  until  Ob- 
servations have  determined  which  is  in  the  wrong. — I  need  say 
nothing  by  way  of  Explanation  of  the  following  Pages,  they  being 
placed  in  the  same  Order  that  has  been  for  many  Years  practised 
by  the  ingenious  and  celebrated  Dr.  Ames,  with  which  you  are 
well  acquainted. — If  this  shall  find  Acceptance  perhaps  it  may 
encourage  me  to  serve  my  Country  this  Way  for  Time  to  come. 
New  Milford,  August  1,  1749.  j^  SHERMAN  " 

His  New  Haven  Almanac  for  1758  contains  this  statement: 
"I  Have  been  informed  that  some  good  People  in  the  Country, 
dislike  my  Almanack,  because  the  observable  Days  of  the  Church 
of  England  are  inserted  in  it,  from  thence,  concluded  that  I  am 
a  Church-man;  but  to  remove  this  Prejudice  I  would  take  leave 
to  inform  them,  that  altho'  I  have  a  high  Esteem  of  the  Church 
of  England,  consider'd  as  a  reform'd  Protestant  Church  and  as 
agreeing  with  other  Protestant  Churches  in  the  most  important 
Matters  of  Faith :  Yet  I  never  could  see  any  Thing  so  necessary 
or  eligible  in  those  Rites  and  other  Circumstantials,  wherein  it 
differs  from  other  Protestants  Churches,  as  to  be  a  sufficient  In- 
ducement or  Warrant  for  Separation  from  the  Presbyterian  or 


162  Sherman  Genealogy 

Congregational  Church  in  Nczv  England,  to  join  with  the  Epis- 
copal Church;  neither  do  I  suppose  the  Observation  of  those 
Day[s]  necessary;  But  as  I  take  Liberty  in  these  Matters  to  judge 
for  myself,  so  I  think  it  reasonable  that  Others  should  have  the 
same  Liberty ;  and  since  my  Design  in  this  Performance  is  to 
serve  the  Publick,  and  the  inserting  of  those  observable  Days  does 
not  croud  out  any  Thing  that  might  be  more  serviceable,  I  hope 
none  of  my  Readers  will  be  displeased  with  it  for  the  Future. 

R.  SHERMAN." 

The  1753  New  London  Almanac  contains  an  article  on  the 
depreciated  bills  of  credit. 

In  1752  he  published  a  pamphlet  on  the  evils  and  injustice  of 
the  then  existing  paper  currency  of  the  colonies  and  was  always 
strongly  opposed  to  such  currency. 

He  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  of  Litchfield  County  in  Feb., 
1754.    The  court  record  is  as  follows: 

"At  an  adjourned  County  Court  holden  at  Litchfield  within 
and  for  the  County  of  Litchfield  on  the  second  Tuesday  of  Febru- 
ary A.D.  1754  present 

William  Preston     Chief  Judge 

John  Williams 

Saml  Canfield 

Ebenezer  Marsh 

Joseph  Bird,  Esqrs. 
Justices  of  Quorum 

Mr.  Roger  Sherman  of  New  Milford  in  sd  County  appointed  & 
sworn  attorney."     (Records  of  County  Court,  Vol.  I,  page  95.) 

At  once  he  had  a  good  practice.  A  memorandum  book  of 
his  in  his  handwriting  shows  that  at  the  Dec.  T«^rm  1754,  of  the 
Litchfield  County  Court  he  appeared  in  17  cases.  The  first  case 
noted  is  Daniel  and  Joseph  Beeman  vs.  Nathaniel  Barnum.  He 
appeared  for  plaintiffs  for  a  review,  collected  "37/6,"  had  a  fee 
of  £5  and  "paid  Adams  4."  His  brother,  William,  was  plaintiff 
in  two  of  these  cases.  During  the  year  1755  in  the  Superior  and 
County  Courts  for  Litchfield  and  Fairfield  Counties,  he  had  about 
125  cases.  An  entry  in  this  book  in  1755,  is  "Rec'd  back  of  Mr. 
Burr  llcS  Almanacks."     This  book  contains  also  memoranda  of 


Sherman  Genealogy  163 

distances  between  different  places  in  New  York  Colony  and  in 
Canada,  lists  of  names  of  officers  of  regiments,  statements  of 
numbers  of  votes  cast  for  nomination  of  officers  of  Connecticut, 
tax  assessment  values  of  various  towns,  rates  of  pay  of  officers, 
statements  of  legal  propositions  and  forms.  He  was  appointed 
by  the  General  Assembly  in  May,  1755,  Justice  of  the  Peace  for 
Litchfield  County,  and  reappointed  each  year  until  May,  1759, 
when  he  was  appointed  Justice  of  the  Quorum,  thus  becoming 
a  member  of  the  County  Court,  and  reappointed  in  May,  1760  and 
1761.  Deputy  for  New  Milford  to  the  General  Assembly  in  May, 
1755,  and  also  in  1756  to  and  including  March,  and  from  May, 
1758,  to  May,  1761.  While  in  the  Assembly  he  served  on  several 
important  committees  and  was  always  a  strong  advocate  for 
sound  money.  Prosperous  himself,  he  generously  aided  his 
brothers  Josiah  and  Nathaniel  in  College  and  in  preparation  for 
the  ministry.  In  May,  1759,  he  was  appointed  "Commissary  to 
reside  at  Albany,  to  receive,  secure  and  forward  supplies  for  the 
Connecticut  troops  and  take  into  custody  guns  and  other  stores 
that  shall  be  returned  from  the  army  and  ship  them  to  the  com- 
missaries in  the  colony."  In  July,  1760,  he  opened  a  store  in  New 
Haven  for  the  sale  of  provisions  and  general  merchandise  and 
also  one  in  Wallingford,  and  continued  in  the  business  until  Dec, 
1772,  when  he  retired  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  William.  By 
deed  dated  Dec.  26,  1760,  and  recorded  Dec.  27,  1760,  in  23rd 
Ledger  Book,  page  97,  for  i220,  Jabez  Mix  conveyed  to  Roger 
Sherman,  Esq.,  of  New  Milford,  a  parcel  of  land  in  New  Haven 
containing  one  acre  and  fifty  three  rods  with  a  dwelling  house, 
bounded  Northeasterly  by  the  street  Southwestward  of  the  Col- 
lege [now  Chapel  Street],  Southeasterly  by  the  President's  Lot, 
Southwesterly  by  Mr.  Jonathan  At  water's  land  and  Northwester- 
ly, part  by  said  Atwater's  land,  Mrs.  Abigail  Canner's  land  and 
Jabez  Mix's  land.  At  a  City  meeting  of  the  City  of  New  Haven 
held  on  Sept.  22,  1784  "Voted  that  the  streets  in  the  City  of  New 
Haven,  be  named  as  follows,  viz. ;  *  *  *  The  Street  from 
Rhodes's  Corner  to  Mr.  Isaac  Doolittle's  corner,  CHAPEL 
STREET"  (The  Connecticut  Journal  of  Oct.  13,  1784.)  Here 
he  afterwards  lived  in  this  dwelling  house  and  later  in  another 
house  located  west  of  it  built  by  him  and  which  is  still  standing, 
altered  and  used  for  stores.    On  June  30,  1761,  he  moved  to  New 


164 


Sherman  Genealogy 


Haven,  where  he  resided  for  the  residue  of  his  life.  In  1761  he 
contributed  i7-10s.  towards  building  the  Yale  College  Chapel. 
From  1765  until  1776  he  served  as  Treasurer  of  the  College,  dur- 
ing several  years  of  which  period,  he  and  Professor  Naphtali 
Daggett,  the  acting  President,  were  the  only  permanent  officers 
of  the  College,  of  which  he  was  always  a  staunch  and  serviceable 
friend  and  which  in  1768  conferred  on  him  the  honorary  degree 
of  Master  of  Arts.  The  following  is  a  copy  of  an  interesting 
account  of  Mr.  Sherman  as  Treasurer  of  the  College  for  the  year 
1772,  all  in  his  hand  writing,  preserved  in  the  State  Archives,  now 
in  the  Connecticut  State  Library. 

A  State  of  the  Accounts  of  Yale  College  for  the  year  1772: 


Dr 

To  the  Salary  of  the 
President     .     .     . 

To  Mr.  Professor 
Strong's  Salary    . 

To  Sen""  Tutor  & 
Librarian's  do.     . 

To  2  Junior  Tutors 
—ditto     .     .     .     . 

To  Finishing  Con- 
necticut Hall  .     . 

To  Repairs  of  Old 
College  &c.       .     . 


i200-  0-0 


70:  0:0 


65:  1:4 


114:  2:8 


93:  3:1 


35:12:8 


£577:19:9 


Cr. 

By    a    balance    last 

year  in  the  Treas- 
ury about  .  .  .  £  35-  0-0 
By  Tuition  &  study 

rent,    deducting 

the  expense  of 

the   corporations 

meeting  &c.  .  .  284:  4:0 
By  Cash  for  Rents 

of  Land  ....      78 :  5 :0 


£397:  9:0 


Balance  due  to  the 
Treasurer     .     .     . 


180:10:9 


N.B.  due  on  Notes  in  the 
Treasury  including 
Interest,  about  £260. 

On  Leases,  about  300. 


£577:19:9 
New  Haven  Ocf  8*»^  1772 

Errors  excepted 


£560. 

The  above  is  Exclusive  of  notes 
for  monies  appropriated  to 
Special  Uses 
The  annual  Rents  amount  to  about  £150 


Roger  Sherman  Treasurer. 


Sherman  Genealogy  165 

Oct.  4,  1761,  on  a  letter  from  the  Church  at  New  Milford,  he 
was  admitted  to  the  White  Haven  Church,  afterwards  called 
North  Church  and  now  called  United  Church,  and  thereafter 
took  an  active  part  in  its  affairs  until  his  death.  His  great  grand- 
son Hon.  Simeon  E.  Baldwin,  of  New  Haven,  former  Judge  of 
the  Superior  Court  and  Associate  Justice  and  Chief  Justice  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  Errors  and  Governor  of  Connecticut,  placed  in 
the  United  Church  in  New  Haven,  a  tablet  inscribed  as  follows: 

1721  1793 

In  Memory  of  Roger  Sherman 

A  member  of  this  church  from  1761  until  his  death. 

He   served   this    city   as   its    first   Mayor,   Yale    College   as   its 

Treasurer 

The  Colony  and  State  as  an  Assistant  and  a  Judge  of  the  Superior 

Court  and  the  Supreme  Court  of  Errors 

The  United  States  as  a  Member  of  every  Congress  from 

1774  to   1793 

When  he  died  a  Senator. 


One  of  the  Committee  which  drew  the 

Declaration  of  Independence 

Of  that  which  reported  the  Articles  of  Confederation 

Of  the  Convention  that  framed  the  National  Constitution 

And  a  signer  of  these  three  charters  of  American  Liberty. 

He  was  Justice  of  the  peace  for  New  Haven  County,  in  May, 
1765,  and  Justice  of  the  Quorum  in  Oct.,  1765,  also  Deputy  for 
New  Haven  in  Oct.,  1764,  May  and  Oct.,  1765,  and  May,  1766.  In 
Oct.  of  each  of  the  years  1761  to  1765,  inclusive,  he  was  one  of 
those  nominated  for  election  in  the  following  May  for  Governor 
and  Assistants  and  in  May,  1766,  he  was  elected  Assistant  and 
was  nominated  and  elected  to  and  held  this  office  continuously 
until  May,  1785.  At  the  May,  1784,  session,  an  Act  was  passed 
entitled  "An  Act  for  regulating  the  Appointment  of  the  Superior 
Court."  It,  among  other  things,  provided  that  thereafter  no 
person  should  be  capable  of  holding  the  office  of  Assistant  or 
Delegate  in  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  and  Judge  of  the 
Superior  Court  at  the  same  time,  but  that  this  should  not  prevent 
any  Judge  appointed  at  that  Assembly  "from  holding  for  one 


166  Sherman  Genealogy 

year  from  the  first  day  of  the  session  of  the  present  Assembly  any 
other  office  which  he  now  holds  or  to  which  he  may  now  stand 
elected."  It  also  provided  that  "the  Judges  of  the  Superior  Court 
shall  hereafter  hold  their  Offices  during  the  Pleasure  of  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly."  He  was  then  Assistant,  Delegate  in  Congress 
and  Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  as  well  as  Mayor  of  New 
Haven.  He  preferred  to  retain  the  office  of  Judge  and  was  not 
again  elected  Assistant  or  Delegate.  He  was  elected  or  appointed 
Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  by  the  General  Assembly  each  year 
beginning  May,  1766,  and  after  May,  1784,  continued  to  hold  of- 
fice "during  the  pleasure  of  the  General  Assembly"  until  in  Feb., 
1789,  he  resigned  to  become  Representative  in  Congress. 

While  upon  the  bench  he  was  noted  for  the  brevity,  clearness 
and  soundness  of  his  opinions.  When  New  Haven  became  a 
City  in  1784,  and  while  he  was  absent  in  Congress,  he  was  elected 
its  first  Mayor  on  Feb.  10,  1784,  on  the  first  ballot,  receiving  125 
votes,  a  majority  of  one  over  Thomas  Howell,  102  votes,  and 
Thomas  Darling,  22  votes.  President  Stiles,  in  his  diary  Vol.  HI 
page  110,  says  the  thermometer  registered  10  degrees  below  zero 
on  this  day.  He  continued  in  the  office  until  his  death,  the  charter 
enacted  Jan.  8,  1784,  providing  that  the  City  should  choose  a 
Mayor  "who  shall  hold  his  office  during  the  pleasure  of  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly."  One  of  his  official  acts  as  Mayor  was  the  laying 
of  the  foundation  stone  of  a  bridge  over  the  Quinnipiack  River  on 
June  2,  1791.    The  stone  was  marked 

"Erected 

May  3pt 
A.D.     M.DCC.     XCI 

and  XV 
of  Amer.   Independ. 
Hon  Roger  Sherman 

Mayor" 

He  also  officiated  as  Mayor  on  Apr.  15,  1793,  at  the  laying 
of  the  corner  stone  of  South  College,  with  President  Ezra  Stiles. 
This  was  the  seventh  College  building  erected  and  was  always  a 
favorite  dormitory  because  of  its  position  next  to  Chapel  Street. 
It  was  torn  down  in  1893.  This  occasion  was  about  the  last  of 
his  public  appearances  as  his  final  illness  began  a  few  weeks  later. 


Sherman  Genealogy  167 

In  May,  1766,  he  was  one  of  a  Committee  of  the  Connecticut 
General  Assembly  to  assist  the  Governor  in  preparing  an  ad- 
dress to  the  King  expressing  satisfaction  and  thanks  for  the  re- 
peal of  the  Stamp  Act.  In  Aug.,  1774,  the  Committee  of  Cor- 
respondence of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  Connecticut,  pur- 
suant to  power  given  to  it  by  the  House,  appointed  him  a  delegate 
from  Connecticut  to  the  first  Continental  Congress,  which  met 
at  Philadelphia,  on  Sept.  5,  1774.  The  following  is  a  copy  of  his 
credentials : 

"In  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the  Colony 
of  Connecticut  Nov.  3'^  Dom.  1774. 
This  House  proceeded  to  nominate  choose  and  appoint  Delegates 
to  attend  the  General  Congress  to  be  holden  at  Philadelphia  on 
the  10*^  day  of  May  next  *  *  *  And  made  Choice  of  the 
Hon.b'^  Eliphalet  Dyer  &  Roger  Sherman  Esq''^  Silas  Deane,  Titus 
Hosmer  &  Jonathan  Sturgess,  Esq''*  to  be  their  Delegates — any 
Three  of  Whom,  are  authorized  and  empowered  to  Attend  said 
Congress  in  behalf  of  this  Colony,  to  join,  consult  &  advise 
with  the  Delegates  of  the  other  Colonies  in  British  America  on 
proper  Measures  for  advancing  the  best  good  of  the  Colonies. 

W"^  Williams,  Speaker. 
A  true  Copy  extracted  from  the  Journal 
of  the  House 

Attested  Rich^  Law,  Qerk" 

He  was  present  on  the  first  day  and  attended  its  sessions 
which  ended  on  Oct.  26,  1774.  On  Sept.  6,  1774,  the  Congress 
"Resolved  Unan :  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to  State  the 
rights  of  the  Colonies  in  general,  the  several  instances  in  which 
these  rights  are  violated  or  infringed,  and  the  means  most  proper 
to  be  pursued  for  obtaining  a  restoration  of  them."  On  Sept.  7, 
1774,  this  Committee,  consisting  of  two  delegates  from  each  of 
the  eleven  colonies  represented,  including  Roger  Sherman,  was 
appointed.  This  Congress,  among  other  things,  adopted  the 
Articles  of  Association  or  non  importation  agreement,  dated  Oct. 
20,  1774,  and  The  Address  to  the  King  dated  Oct.  26,  1774,  each 
of  which  was  signed  by  the  delegates,  including  Mr.  Sherman. 
The  address  to  the  King  was  in  duplicate.  One  duplicate  is  in 
the  Museum  of  the  Public  Record  Office  in  London.  Among  his 
papers  is  a  board  bill  of  1774  as  follows: 


168  Sherman  Genealogy 

"Mr.  Roger  Sherman  to  Sarah  Chesman,  Dr. 

To  your  board  eight  weeks  @  30/pr  week  is  £12 —  0 — 

To  your  part  of  the  wine  2 — 12 — 6 

To  your  servant's  board  @  12/  Ditto  A — 16 


il9—  8—8 


Phila  octb--  y^  26  =  1774  Recvd  the 
above  account  in  full 

Sarah  Chesman" 

He  was  delegate  in  The  Continental  Congress  continuously 
by  annual  appointment  of  the  General  Assembly  from  Sept.,  1774, 
to  and  including  Nov.,  1781.  He  was  not  appointed  for  1782 
when  there  were  12  candidates  for  the  office,  but  was  appointed 
on  Oct.  13,  1783,  for  another  year,  thus  serving  eight  years.  His 
credentials  for  1776  read  as  follows : 

"At  a  General  Assembly  of  the  Governor  and  Company,  of  the 
English  Colony  of  Connecticut,  in  New  England  in  America, 
holden  at  New  Haven  (in  said  Colony)  on  the  second  Thursday 
of  October  Anno  Dom.*^°  1775. 

RESOLVED  by  this  Assembly  That  Roger  Sherman,  Oliver 
Wolcott,  Samuel  Huntington,  Titus  Hosmer  and  William  Wil- 
liams Esq*"^  be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  Delegates,  to  repre- 
sent this  Colony  in  the  General  Congress  of  the  United  Colonies 
in  America  for  the  Year  insuing,  and  untill  new  be  chosen ;  that  is 
to  say,  the  said  Roger  Sherman,  Oliver  Wolcott,  and  Samuel 
Huntington  Esq""^  do  attend  said  Congress,  and  on  the  failure  of 
either  of  the  said  Gentlemen  by  Sickness  or  otherwise,  then  the 
said  Titus  Hosmer  or  William  Williams  Esq''^.  to  supply  the  place 
or  places  of  any  or  either  of  the  said  three  Gentlemen  first  named, 
in  such  manner,  that  three  of  said  Delegates,  and  three  only  do 
attend  said  Congress  at  any  one  Time,  and  the  said  three  Dele- 
gates, or  any  or  either  of  them,  who  shall  be  present  in  said 
Congress  are  hereby  fully  Authorized  and  impowered  to  Rep- 
resent this  Colony  in  said  Congress,  to  Consult  Advise  and  Re- 
solve upon  Measures  necessary  to  be  taken  and  pursued  for  the 
Defence  Security  and  Preservation  of  the  Rights  and  Liberties 
of  the  said  United  Colonies,  and  for  their  common  safety,  and  of 
such  their  proceedings  and  Resolves,  they  Do  transmit  Authentic 


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Letter  of  Rebecca  Sherman  to  her  husband  Hon.  Roger  Sherman,  Dec.  12,  1792 


Sherman  Genealogy 


169 


Copies  from  Time  to  Time  to  the  General  Assembly  of  this 
Colony.  That  the  said  Delegates  now  appointed  do  repair  to  and 
take  their  Seat  in  said  Congress  by  the  first  Day  of  January  next, 
in  Case  said  Congress  shall  be  then  sitting,  or  as  soon  after  as 
said  Congress  shall  be  Convened,  and  that  the  said  Gentlemen 
who  are  now  attending  said  Congress,  in  behalf  of  this  Colony, 
do  continue  in  their  said  Office,  untill  the  Gentlemen  now  Chosen, 
and  are  directed  to  attend  in  manner  aforesaid  shall  arrive  at 
said  Congress. 

A  true  Copy  of  Record 

Examin^.  by  George  Wyllys,  Secret." 
(SEAL) 


In  a  copy  of  "Father  Abraham's  Pocket  Almanack"  for  the 
year  1776,  printed  and  sold  in  Philadelphia,  are  memoranda  in  his 
handwriting  as  follows : 
"Set  out  from  New  Haven  April  4th  1776  for  Philadelphia 


Expense  at  Fairfield 

Ferriage, 
Nor  walk 

Lawful  money 

Stanford 

York  money 
Horseneck 

at  Mil  ford 
Hunts 
New  rochel 
Gripe  on  Chase 
Kings  bridge 
New  York 
Ferry 

Wm.  Punderson 
2  Ferriage 
Bowl  broke 
Servant 
Elih  Town 
Woodbridge 


0—6—0 
0-2-3 
0—1—3 

0—3—9 


0- 

-  1- 

-  6 

0—11- 

-  2 

0—4—3 

0: 

1. 

6 

0. 

2. 

11 

0. 

6. 

0 

0. 

5. 

— 

1. 

15. 

6 

0. 

2. 

6 

0. 

0. 

6 

0. 

0. 

5 

0-6—6 

0-  0—10 

170  Sherman  Genealogy 

Expense  April  8.   1776 
Brunswick  0 —  6 —  0 


Proc.  Lodging 

&c  at  Jones's  0 — 6 — 0 

Princeton  0—2—8 

Shaving  0 — 1 — 6 

Trenton  0 — 5 — 6 

Ferriage  0 — 1 — 6 

Bristol  0—8—0 

Ferriage  0 — 1 — 

Wheat  Sheafe  0—0—8 
Arrived  at  Philadelphia  April  10.     1  o'clock." 

Other  items  in  this  book  are — 
"Paid  for  covering  money  box 
Shoing  horses 
Carting  the  box  to  Hartford 


Red  Shoes 

5/6 

Shirt  Breeches 

25/6 

Cloth  for  suit 

£6:8—3 

Wine 

0—12— 

Wine  glasses 

0—3    0 

Buckles  &c 

0—15— 

Mehetable  Sherman  died  April  12th  1776. 

at  Mrs.  Duman's 

Servants  board  £11 —  8 — 

Wine  60  Dollars  22—10 

Mrs.  Sherman  £  9:  14:  6 

Room  2.      5.   0 


45—17:  6" 


Another  memorandum  book  in  Mr.  Sherman's  handwriting 
contains  many  interesting  entries,  including  statements  of  his  ac- 
counts with  the  State  of  Connecticut  for  expenses  as  delegate  in 
Congress,  covering  the  period  from  May  3,  1775,  to  Oct.,  1780. 
It  also  contains  a  memorandum  of  "articles  on  which  Mr.  DeMar- 
bois  desires  some  details"  with  reference  mainly  to  the  history, 
geography,  inhabitants,  religions,    educational    institutions,    cus- 


Sherman  Genealogy  171 

toms,  manufactures,  shipping,  commercial  products,  imports,  cur- 
rency, income,  disposition  of  estates  of  Tories,  navigaton,  mines, 
Indians  &c.  of  the  State  of  Connecticut.  Also  several  long  ex- 
tracts from  the  writings  of  J.  J.  Rousseau,  with  reference  to  so- 
cial and  governmental  matters.  Among  his  expenses  at  Phila- 
delphia in  June  to  Oct.  1780  are  amounts  paid  for  Barber  $99, 
Fruit  $52,  eight  bottles  of  wine  $448;  7  bottles  of  cyder,  $99; 
2  barrels  cyder,  $200;  washing  for  self  and  servant  $639;  shoe- 
ing horse,  $75 ;  for  15  w.  4  days  board  self  &  waiter,  $8,330;  ex- 
penses returning  home  to  October  13,  1780,  $919;  1  pair  silk 
hose,  $300;  1  pair  thread  hose  $110;  mending  watch  $210;  1  pair 
leather  breeches,  $420.  These  amounts  were  in  Continental  cur- 
rency. In  the  account  of  the  State  of  Connecticut,  under  date  of 
May  3,  1775,  are  items  "Expense  to  Philadelphia  in  company 
with  other  Delegates  attended  by  Militia  from  Stanford  to  Kings- 
bridge  £8.17.5;  Board  for  self  and  serv't.  &  horse  keeping  from 
May  lOt'i  to  Aug.  2d  1775  £34.10.7.;  December  1775  Servant's 
pay  13  1/3  weeks  £8.0.0.  Sulkey  hire  in  May  £1.16.0;  184 
days'  service  between  May  3  &  Deer.  2,  1775,  at  18/  £165.12.0." 

"July  14th  to  20th  1782,  attending  the  Council  of  Safety 
8  days  4:16:0" 

In  the  last  session  he  presented  his  credentials  on  January  13, 
1784,  and  attended  until  June  3,  1784,  when  Congress  adjourned. 

On  file  in  the  Connecticut  State  Archives  in  the  State  Library, 
is  a  memorial  of  Roger  Sherman  of  New  Haven  dated  at  Hart- 
ford, March  14,  1781,  in  his  own  handwriting,  to  the  General  As- 
sembly, stating  that  he  finished  his  services  as  a  Delegate  in  Con- 
gress in  October  last,  and  presented  his  accounts  to  the  Committee 
of  Pay  Table  for  settlement,  and  there  not  being  sufficient  supplies 
of  money  in  the  Treasury  at  present  for  the  current  expenses  of 
the  war  and  discharging  the  debts  of  the  State,  he  is  willing  to  take 
a  Treasurer's  note  for  the  balance  due  him  for  his  services,  on 
interest,  and  praying  that  the  Treasurer  may  be  directed  to  give 
him  a  note  or  notes  for  the  sum  the  Pay  Table  may  certify  to  be 
due,  of  the  same  tenor  and  date  as  those  ordered  to  be  given  for 
the  monies  due  on  State  notes  by  an  Act  of  the  Assembly  in  No- 
vember last,  and  that  interest  may  be  allowed  from  the  twelfth 
day  of  October  last,  the  time  that  his  said  service  was  completed 


172  Sherman  Genealogy 

to  the  date  of  such  note  and  be  included  therein.    This  is  signed 
by  him  and  has  the  following  at  its  foot : 

"In  the  upper  House 

The  Prayer  of  this  memorial 

is  granted  and  that  a 

Bill  &c. 

Test.  George  Wyllys  Secret'y 

Concurred  in  the  Lower  House 

Test.  John  Treadwell  Clk.  P.  T." 

During  his  service  in  Congress  he  was  an  influential  mem- 
ber, took  an  active  and  important  part  in  the  deliberations  and 
affairs  of  the  Congress  and  was  on  many  Committees  and  Boards, 
including  the  following:  In  1775:  Militia,  New  Hampshire  in- 
structions, Purchasing  Supplies,  Indian  treaty,  Massachusetts 
paper.  Frauds  and  Nantucket.  On  July  8,  1775,  a  petition  to  the 
King  for  redress  of  grievances  was  adopted  and  signed  by  the 
delegates  including  Mr.  Sherman.  He  also  took  part  in  the  ap- 
pointment of  George  Washington  as  Commander  in  chief.  He 
was  on  the  following  Committees  of  Congress.  In  1776:  Trade, 
Subsistence  of  New  York  troops.  Coins,  Counterfeit  bills.  Raising 
$10,000,000,  Address  to  foreign  mercenaries.  To  confer  with 
General  Washington  and  other  generals  and  concert  a  plan  of 
military  operations.  To  prepare  the  Declaration  of  Independence 
(with  Thomas  Jefferson,  John  Adams,  Benjamin  Franklin  and 
Robert  Livingston),  A  Committee  consisting  of  one  for  each 
of  the  thirteen  Colonies  "to  prepare  and  digest  the  form  of  a 
confederation  to  be  entered  into  between  these  colonies,"  Board 
of  War  and  Ordnance  (with  John  Adams,  Benjamin  Harrison, 
James  Wilson  and  Edward  Rutledge),  Canada,  Army  in  New 
York,  and  other  Committees.  Signed  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence. In  1777:  Impressing  wagons  and  horses,  Provisions, 
To  hear  and  determine  appeals  in  Admiralty,  Washington's  Procla- 
mation as  to  Loyalists,  To  devise  ways  and  means  of  supporting 
the  credit  of  the  Continental  currency  and  supplying  the  treasury 
with  money,  On  contract  for  supplying  the  army  with  provisions, 
Supplying  the  army  with  beef,  Reinforcing  the  army,  Supplying 
the  army  with  shoes,  hats  and  shirts.  Marine,  Board  of  War  and 
other  Committees.    In  1788:    Treasury,  Board  of  War,  Instruc- 


Sherman  Genealogy  173 

tions  to  Commissioners  at  Foreign  Courts,  Arrangement  of  the 
Army,  Reinforcements  and  other  Committees.  Signed  the  Arti- 
cles of  Confederation,  dated  July  9,  1778.  In  1779:  Indian  af- 
fairs. Expenses  and  retrenchment  and  reform  of  departments, 
Finance,  New  Jersey  remonstrance,  To  obtain  very  important  in- 
telligence. On  Treasury,  Letter  from  Massachusetts,  On  Obtaining 
salt  from  Sal  Tortuga,  On  Quotas  of  States  of  levy  of  $15,000,- 
000,  Memorial  of  George  Morgan,  Representation  from  New 
Jersey  legislature,  Petition  of  Isaac  Taylor,  Post  Office,  Ways 
and  Means  for  Supply  of  the  public  treasury,  Memorial  of  Gen- 
eral affairs.  Commissary  General  of  purchases.  On  June  14,  1779, 
when  the  report  of  the  Board  of  Treasury  relative  to  finance  was 
under  consideration,  Mr.  Sherman  offered  a  resolution  "That  the 
Legislatures  of  the  several  States  be  informed  that  it  is  highly  in- 
expedient to  increase  the  quantity  of  paper  currency  by  further 
emissions."  In  1780,  on  Board  of  Treasury  and  following  Com- 
mittees :  Apportioning  to  the  States  their  quotas  of  bills  of  credit, 
Quotas  of  Supplies,  Plan  for  conducting  Quartermaster's  De- 
partment, Western  Frontiers,  Ways  and  Means,  Post  Office,  In- 
structions of  Maryland  as  to  Articles  of  Confederation,  Act  of 
New  York  Legislature  on  same  subject  and  remonstrance  of  Vir- 
ginia, Salaries  of  Judges  of  Courts  of  Appeals  in  cases  of  captures 
and  of  other  officers.  Estimate  of  expenses  for  the  year  and  to 
provide  ways  and  means  for  further  supplies.  Preventing  the 
issue  of  certificates  by  officers  and  supplying  them  with  money. 
Appointed  delegate  to  Continental  Congress  on  May  10,  1781,  in 
place  of  Titus  Hosmer,  deceased.  In  that  year  on  following  Com- 
mittees among  others:  Treasury  reports.  Of  the  Week,  Board  of 
War  report.  Reorganization  of  the  Navy,  Board  of  Admiralty 
report.  New  Hampshire  Grants,  Burning  bills  of  the  old  emis- 
sion. To  revise  reports  before  Congress  not  acted  upon,  Old  Con- 
tinental money  in  loan  offices,  Letter  from  General  Washington 
as  to  the  Exchange  of  prisoners.  Army  promotions.  Memorial  of 
France  as  to  communications  between  the  belligerent  powers  and 
mediators,  Inspection  of  Treasury  accounts.  Hospital  department 
accounts.  Safe  keeping  of  papers  in  the  Treasury,  Plan  of  a  con- 
vention as  to  powers  of  consuls.  Committee  of  one  from  each 
State  to  apportion  quotas  of  levy  of  $8,000,000,  Indians  at 
Princeton.    On  Sept.  13,  1781,  on  motion  of  Mr.  Sherman,  sec- 


174  Sherman  Genealogy 

onded  by  John  Witherspoon  of  New  Jersey,  it  was  resolved  that 
Thursday,  Dec.  31,  1781,  be  "appointed  as  a  day  of  public  thanks- 
giving throughout  the  United  States  and  that  a  committee  be  ap- 
pointed to  prepare  and  report  a  proclamation  suitable  to  the  occa- 
sion." The  committee  appointed  was  John  Witherspoon,  Joseph 
Montgomery,  James  Mitchell  Varnum  and  Roger  Sherman.  The 
report  of  this  committee,  in  the  handwriting  of  Mr.  Witherspoon, 
of  a  proclamation,  was  made  on  Oct.  26,  1781.  It  recites,  among 
other  things,  that  the  year  is  one  in  which  "the  confederation  of 
the  United  States  has  been  completed"  and  "in  which,  after  the 
success  of  our  allies  by  sea,  a  General  of  first  Rank,  with  his 
whole  army  has  been  captured  by  the  allied  forces  under  the  direc- 
tion of  our  Commander  in  Chief."  The  Articles  of  Confederation 
were  ratified  by  Maryland  the  last  of  the  States,  Mar.  1,  1781. 
They  provided  that  "no  person  shall  be  capable  of  being  a  dele- 
gate for  more  than  three  years  in  any  term  of  six  years."  Prob- 
ably for  this  reason  he  was  not  a  delegate  from  Nov.  1,  1781,  to 
Nov.  1,  1783.  He  was  on  the  second  Thursday  of  Oct.,  1783, 
appointed  a  delegate  for  the  year  ensuing  and  attended  from 
Jan.  13  to  June  3,  1784.  During  this  period,  he  was  on  the 
following  Committees :  Obtaining  cessions  of  claims  of  States 
to  Western  territory,  Grand  Committee  of  the  States  to 
prepare  an  ordinance  defining  the  powers  of  the  Treasury  de- 
partment and  to  revise  the  institution  of  the  foreign  affairs  office. 
Representation  of  the  States  in  Congress,  New  Hampshire 
grants,  Holland  loan,  Qualification  of  members.  Claims  of  fur- 
loughed  officers,  Memorial  of  refugees  from  Canada  and  as  to 
making  good  their  losses,  Conveyance  of  claims  of  Virginia  to 
Western  lands.  Garrisoning  northern  posts.  One  of  a  Commit- 
tee of  four  which  on  June  3,  1784,  reported  a  form  of  notice  to  the 
States  of  New  York  and  Massachusetts  to  appear  before  Con- 
gress and  be  heard  on  their  claims  in  a  dispute  as  to  boundaries ; 
on  June  3,  1784,  he  voted  to  adjourn  to  Oct.  30,  1784.  This  was 
his  last  appearance  in  the  Continental  Congress.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  a  large  Committee  on  States  which  met  immediately  after 
the  adjournment  of  Congress  in  1784,  but  took  no  action.  In 
Aug.,  1777,  he  attended  as  a  delegate  from  Connecticut,  a  conven- 
tion of  the  States  of  New  Hampshire,  Massachusetts,  Connecti- 
cut, Rliode  Island  and  New  York  held  at  Springfield,  Mass.,  to 


Sherman  Genealogy  175 

consider  the  State  of  the  paper  currency  of  these  states,  the  ex- 
pediency of  calHng  in  the  same  by  taxes  or  otherwise  and  the 
best  means  of  preventing  the  depreciation  and  counterfeiting  of 
the  same,  also  to  consider  the  acts  relating  to  monopoly  and  op- 
pression, and  for  preventing  the  transportation  of  certain  articles 
from  one  state  to  another.  He  was  a  delegate  from  Connecticut 
to  a  convention  of  the  States  of  New  Hampshire,  Massachusetts, 
Connecticut,  Rhode  Island,  New  York,  New  Jersey  and  Pennsyl- 
vania, held  at  New  Haven,  on  Jan.  15,  1778,  to  devise  a  plan  for 
the  regulation  of  prices,  and  was  chairman  of  the  committee  to 
prepare  the  report  of  the  Convention.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Council  of  Safety  of  Connecticut  for  the  years  1777,  1778,  1779 
and  1782.  In  May,  1783,  he  and  his  associate,  Richard  Law, 
Judge  of  the  Superior  Court,  were  appointed  by  the  General  As- 
sembly of  Connecticut  to  revise  the  Laws  of  the  State,  reducing 
them  to  a  code  and  report  the  same  to  the  General  Assembly. 
They  completed  this  work  and  reported  it  in  Oct.,  1783,  when  they 
were  directed  to  continue  to  revise  the  laws,  to  form  a  table  of 
changes  and  report  to  the  next  Assembly.  Their  final  revision 
was  adopted  by  the  Assembly  at  an  adjourned  session  held  for 
the  purpose  Jan.  8,  1784.  In  Jan.,  1784,  Mr.  Sherman  and  James 
Wadsworth  were  authorized  to  convey  to  the  United  States  cer- 
tain land  claimed  by  Connecticut  lying  west  of  Pennsylvania  and 
"to  satisfy  the  officers  and  privates  in  the  Connecticut  Line  of  the 
Continental  Army  the  lands  to  which  they  are  entitled  by  the  Re- 
solves of  Congress."  The  General  Assembly  of  Connecticut,  in 
May,  1787,  appointed  him  and  William  Samuel  Johnson  and 
Oliver  Ellsworth  delegates  for  Connecticut  to  the  Constitutional 
Convention  held  at  Philadelphia,  on  May,  30,  1787.  Mr.  Sher- 
man was  then  sixty-six  years  old,  and  next  to  Franklin,  the  oldest 
member.  The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  credentials  of  the  dele- 
gates : 

"STATE  OF  CONNECTICUT. 

(Seal)  At  a  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Connecticut  in 
America,  holden  at  Hartford  on  the  second  Thursday  of  May, 
Anno  Domini  1787. 

An  Act  for  appointing  Delegates  to  meet  in  a  Convention  of 
the  States  to  be  held  at  the  City  of  Philadelphia  on  the  second 
Monday  of  May  instant. 


176  Sherman  Genealogy 

Whereas  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  by  their  Act  of  the 
twenty  first  of  February  1787  have  recommended  that  on  the  sec- 
ond Monday  of  May  instant,  a  Convention  of  delegates,  who  shall 
have  been  appointed  by  the  several  States,  be  held  at  Philadel- 
phia for  the  sole  and  express  purpose  of  revising  the  Articles  of 
Confederation. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Governor,  Council  and  Representatives  in 
General  Court  Assembled  and  by  the  authority  of  the  same. 

That  the  Honorable  William  Samuel  Johnson,  Roger  Sher- 
man, and  Oliver  Ellsworth  Esquires,  be  and  they  hereby  are  ap- 
pointed delegates  to  attend  the  said  Convention  and  are  re- 
quested to  proceed  to  the  City  of  Philadelphia  for  that  purpose 
without  delay ;  And  the  said  delegates,  and  in  case  of  sickness  or 
accident,  such  one  or  more  of  them  as  shall  actually  attend  the 
said  Convention,  is  and  are  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to 
represent  this  State  therein,  and  to  confer  with  such  delegates 
appointed  by  the  several  States,  for  the  purposes  mentioned  in 
the  said  Act  of  Congress  that  may  be  present  and  duly  empowered 
to  act  in  said  Convention,  and  to  discuss  upon  such  Alterations 
and  Provisions  agreeable  to  the  general  principles  of  Republican 
Government  as  they  shall  think  proper  to  render  the  federal  Con- 
stitution adequate  to  the  exigencies  of  government  and,  the  pres- 
ervation of  the  Union ;  And  they  are  further  directed,  pursuant  to 
the  said  Act  of  Congress  to  report  such  alterations  and  provisions 
as  may  be  agreed  to  by  a  majority  of  the  United  States  repre- 
sented in  Convention  to  the  Congress  of  the  United  States,  and 
to  the  General  Assembly  of  this  State — 

A  true  Copy  of  Record 

Exam 

By  George  Wyllys  Sec'y." 

In  "The  Life  of  Roger  Sherman"  by  Boutell,  it  is  said:  "In 
length  and  variety  of  public  service  Franklin  alone  surpassed  him. 
In  clearness  of  perception,  soundness  of  judgment  and  steadfast- 
ness of  purpose  he  had  no  superior  in  the  convention."  His  part 
was  a  very  important  and  effective  one. 

The  Convention  met  in  Philadelphia  on  May  14,  1787.  Of  its 
members,  James  Madison  said:  "there  never  was  an  assembly  of 
men  charged  with  a  great  and  arduous  trust,  who  were  more  pure 


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Warrant  to  arrest  T:n,othy  Taln,ad.e  for  murder,  issued  by  Hon.  Ro.er  Sherman 
as  Justice  of  the  Peace,  Dec.  24,  1765.  In  Mr.  Sherman's  handwriting 


TO  the  Sheriff  of  tbi  County  of  «^if//x<i«^  trbis  Deputy,  or  either  of  the 

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nains  to  be 


Whereof  Execution  temains 

X  HESEare  therefore  in  Hi»  Majcfly's  Name  to  Commatid  you,  That  of  the 
Money  of  the  faid  fdoL-^-^t^  ^zo'^^ijCest^  or  of  hij  Goods,  or  Chattels  within  your 
Precina$,you  caufe  to  be  Levied,  and  ('the  fame  beingDifpofed  of  as  the  Law  DireflO 
Paid,  and  Satisfied  unto  the  laiJ^a^  ^^C£cA  The  aforefaid  Sums  being 

in  the  Whole,  with  ©«».  Si<7/ii^  Proclamation  Money  ntare  for  this  Writ;  together 
with  j^our  own  Fees,,  And  for  wane  of  fuct»  Money,' Goods,  or  Chattels  of<h€- 
faid  ^a-^Ce^  lc/a.^2siy/'  to  be  by  him  ftiewn  unto  you,  or  found  within  your 
Preclnfl:?,  for  the  Sat:i!fyiog  thC' aforefaid  Snms,  you  are  hereby  Commanded  to 
Take  the  Body  of  the  (aid  cSa.-^ai^  ^o4i£&!yr^  and  him  Commit  unto  the 

Kesrper  ot  the  Goal  in  o.<<3fe^  y&^  in  the  County  aforefaid,  within  the  faid 

Prifon,  who  is  likewife  hereb/Comtnandea  to  Recdve;^ie  faidp-y»-»^'.<2^  i^ix^^i/*^ 
and  him  fafely  to  Keep  until  he  Pay  unto  the-faid  ^oAriJ  'U^^^^^  the  full 

Sums  above  Mentioned,  and  be  by  him  Releafet^,  and  alfo  Satisfy  your  Fee?; 
Hereof  fail  nor,  and,matc  dae  Return  of  this  Writ,  with  your  Doings  therein 
unto  me  t^if  faid  {/A^v^^^  ^c^r^^a^*^  f/^l  within  Sixtv  Days  next  eomingi 
X><iffW4fy^y,^'/^vQ       jbii       3//^  Day  »f^^<j>.*^^<-i^^  tir)fi:i 

Domioi,    17, A/'-    ^      Andintkt    ^     SUjTttc:        latt.tf  His  Mijtfly's  Ruj^tti^^^^ 

Execution  issued  by  Hon.  Roger  Sherman  as  Justice  of  the  Peace,  Dec.  31,  1755 


Sherman  Genealogy  177 

in  their  motives,  or  more  exclusively  or  anxiously  devoted  to  the 
object   committed   to   them"      On   Wednesday,    May   30,    1787, 
"Roger  Sherman  from  Connecticut  took  his  seat"     Some  of  his 
views  in  the  Convention  were:    He  opposed  election  of  members 
of  Congress  by  the  people,  "The  people,  he  said,  immediately 
should  have  as  little  to  do  as  may  be  about  the  government.    They 
want    information,    and    are    constantly    liable     to     be    misled." 
Favored  election  by  the  State  legislatures.     Opposed  giving  the 
general  government  legislative  power  in  all  cases  where  the  States 
are  not  competent.     Legislature  should  appoint  Executive,  who 
should  be  dependent  on  it.     Independence  of  the  Executive  on 
Legislature  was  very  essence  of  tyranny.     Executive  should  be 
eligible  for  reelection.    Legislature  should  have  power  to  remove 
Executive  at  pleasure.    Executive  should  not  have  absolute  veto. 
Popular  ratification  of  the  Constitution  unnecessary.     Opposed 
inferior  federal  courts.     Senators  should  be  appointed  by  State 
legislatures.     Proposed  and  successfully  advocated  the  proposi- 
tion that  the  proportion  of  suffrage  in  the  first  branch  should  be 
according  to  the  respective  numbers  of  free  inhabitants  and  that 
in  the  second  branch  or  Senate  each  state  should  have  one  vote 
and  no  more,  otherwise  a  few  large  states  will  rule  the  rest.    Fre- 
quent elections  are  necessary  to  preserve  the  good  behavior  of 
rulers.     Favored  term  of  four  or  six  years  for  Senators.     Sec- 
onded Franklin's  motion  to  have  prayer  each  morning.    The  num- 
ber of  people  the  best  rule  for  measuring  wealth  as  well  as  rep- 
resentation.    Favored  election  of  judges  by  the  Senate.     Disap- 
proved of  judges  meddling  in  politics  and  parties.     Thought  it 
wrong  to  tax  exports.     The  government  should  not  be  trusted 
with  the  power  of  regulating  trade  in  general.     Disapproved  of 
slave  trade.    Thought  good  sense  of  the  several  states  would  by 
degrees  complete  the  abolition  of  slavery.     Objected  to  taxing 
slaves  as  acknowledging  man  to  be  property.     Favored  removal 
of  judges  by  the  Executive  on  application  of  the  Senate  and 
House  of  Representatives.     Wished  to  crush  paper  money.     To 
require  more  than  a  majority  to  decide  a  question  is  always  em- 
barrassing.    Liked  a  reasonable  restriction  on  the  number  and 
continuance  of  an  Army  in  time  of  peace.     Proposed  the  choice 
of  President  by  the  House  of  Representatives,  if  no  choice  by 
Electors.     Regarded  the  Supreme  Court  as  improper  to  try  the 


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President,  because  the  Judges  would  be  appointed  by  him.  Pro- 
posed provision  that  Congress  may  propose  amendments  to  the 
Constitution  to  be  approved  by  the  States.  Thought  an  address 
to  the  people  about  the  Constitution  unnecessary  and  improper. 
The  power  of  the  United  States  to  regulate  trade  being  supreme, 
can  control  interference  of  the  State  regulations.  Proposed  that 
no  State  shall,  without  its  consent,  be  deprived  of  its  equal  suf- 
frage in  the  Senate.  The  Constitution  was  signed  Sept.  17, 
1787.  He  was  one  of  the  two  members  from  New  Haven  (elected 
Nov.  12,  1787)  of  the  Convention  of  Connecticut  at  Hartford, 
which  ratified  the  Constitution  on  Jan.  9,  1788,  and  earnestly  ad- 
vocated the  ratification.  His  colleague  was  Pierpont  Edwards. 
In  Jan.,  1789,  the  Connecticut  Assembly  chose  Mr.  Sherman  a 
Representative  in  the  first  Congress,  and  in  Feb.,  1789,  he  re- 
signed as  Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  which  office  he  had  held 
continuously  since  May,  1766.  He  served  as  Representative  dur- 
ing the  first  Congress  from  Mar.,  1789,  to  Mar.,  1791.  Congress 
assembled  in  New  York  on  Mar.  4,  1789.  Mr.  Sherman  attended 
as  a  Representative  from  Connecticut  on  Mar.  5,  1789,  and  was 
very  faithful  in  his  attendance  through  all  the  sessions  until  Mar., 
1791.  While  in  New  York  he  lodged  at  No.  59  Water  Street.  He 
was  present  at  the  inauguration  of  Washington  as  President  on 
Apr.  30,  1789,  and  stood  by  him  when  at  Federal  Hall  he  took  the 
oath  of  office.  The  well-known  painting  of  this  scene  by  Chappel 
shows  him  with  others  standing  about  the  President.  He  had  a 
very  important  part  in  all  the  proceedings.  The  first  act  of 
the  House  after  organizing,  was  on  Apr.  3.  1789,  to  appoint  a 
Committee  of  eleven  of  which  Mr.  Sherman  was  one,  to  prepare 
^nd  report  standing  rules  and  orders  of  procedure  for  the  House. 
He  was  also  a  member  of  the  second  Committee  appointed  by  the 
House,  of  five  members,  to  confer  with  a  Committee  of  the  Senate 
to  prepare  rules  to  govern  the  two  houses  in  cases  of  conference. 
His  other  Committees  were :  To  prepare  bills  to  regulate  the  col- 
lection of  imposts  and  tonnage ;  On  what  style  or  titles  it  would 
be  proper  to  annex  to  the  office  of  President  and  Vice-President, 
if  any,  other  than  those  given  in  the  Constitution,  which  Com- 
mittee reported  that  it  was  not  proper  to  annex  any  other  titles ; 
On  time  and  place  of  administering  oath  to  the  President  and  the 
person  by  whom  it  should  be  administered ;  To  prepare  an  ad- 


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dress  of  congratulation  to  President  Washington  after  delivery 
of  his  inaugural  speech ;  On  bill  to  regulate  collection  of  duties ; 
Of  one  from  each  state  to  consider  and  prepare  proposed  amend- 
ments to  the  Constitution ;  Of  three,  to  prepare  a  proper  arrange- 
ment of  and  introduction  to  the  articles  of  amendment  as  agreed 
to  by  the  House;  Of  three  managers  of  conference  with  Senate 
on  proposed  constitutional  amendments ;  Of  three  to  request  Presi- 
dent to  recommend  to  the  people  a  day  of  public  thanksgiving  and 
prayer  to  be  observed  by  acknowledging  with  grateful  hearts  the 
many  signal  favors  of  Almighty  God  especially  by  affording  an 
opportunity  peaceably  to  establish  a  Constitution  of  Government 
for  their  safety  and  happiness.  At  the  beginning  of  the  second 
session  on  Jan.  7,  1790:  On  Committee  of  three  to  report  on  dis- 
position of  matters  pending  and  undetermined  in  last  session ;  On 
actual  enumeration  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  United  States; 
Chairman  of  committee  of  four  to  confer  with  Committee  of 
Senate  on  unfinished  business  of  last  session ;  On  Jan.  24,  he  re- 
ported that  such  business  should  be  regarded  as  not  having  been 
passed  upon  and  report  was  agreed  to  by  both  houses ;  Standing 
Committee  of  seven  on  elections ;  Of  three  on  copyright ;  On  uni- 
form Rule  of  naturalization ;  On  Robert  Morris's  conduct  and 
accounts  as  Superintendent  of  Finances;  On  prohibiting  for- 
eigners from  carrying  commodities  of  this  Continent  to  any  port 
where  citizens  of  the  United  States  are  prohibited  from  carrying 
them;  On  funding  debt  and  supporting  public  credit;  On  rules 
for  House  and  regulations  between  two  houses ;  On  plan  for  pay- 
ment of  interest  of  the  debts  of  the  United  States ;  On  duties  on 
goods  imported  in  domestic  and  foreign  vessels ;  On  establishing 
a  Post  Office  and  Post  Roads ;  On  amendment  of  act  to  promote 
the  progress  of  the  useful  arts ;  On  further  encouragement  of 
navigation;  On  manner  of  renewing  lost  evidences  of  debt  of  the 
United  States;  On  Loan  Office  certificates;  On  repeal  of  act  rat- 
ing Rix  dollars  of  Denmark  at  one  hundred  cents ;  On  continuing 
temporary  establishment  of  the  Post  Office.  Mr.  Sherman  was 
present  practically  continuously  in  the  House  during  each  of 
the  three  sessions  of  the  First  Congress  except  when  absent  on 
leave  for  two  short  intervals.  The  journal  of  the  House  records 
110  roll  calls  during  the  three  sessions  and  Mr.  Sherman  is  rec- 
orded as  voting  on  all  but  three  of  these  calls.    Two  of  them  were 


180  Sherman  Genealogy 

while  he  was  absent  on  leave.  In  May,  1791,  The  General  As- 
sembly appointed  him  United  States  Senator  in  place  of  William 
Samuel  Johnson,  who  was  also  President  of  Columbia  College 
and  resigned  as  Senator  from  Connecticut  because  Congress  was 
to  sit  in  Philadelphia.  Mr.  Sherman  held  the  office  of  Senator  as 
well  as  that  of  Mayor  of  New  Haven,  until  his  death.  The  fol- 
lowing is  a  copy  of  his  credentials  as  Senator: 

"STATE  OF  CONNECTICUT 

At  a  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 

Connecticut  holden  at  Hartford  on  the 

second  Thursday  of  May  A  Dom  1791 

This  Assembly  appoint  the  Honorable  Roger  Sherman  Esquire 

Senator  for  this  State  in  the  Congress  of  the  United  State  in  room 

of  the  Honorable  William  Samuel  Johnson  Esquire  resigned. 

A  true  Copy  of  Record 

Examn^.  By  George  Wyllys  Secrety. 


(SEAL) 

BY  his  EXCELLENCY  SAMUEL  HUNTINGTON 
Esquire,  Governor  and  Commander  in 
Chief  of  the  State  of  CONNECTICUT. 

To    the    Honourable    ROGER    SHERMAN    of    said    State 
Esquire 

Greeting 


I  do  hereby  certify  that  in  conformity  to  the  Constitution  of 
the  United  States  of  America  you  are  duly  chosen  &  appointed  a 
Senator  for  this  State  in  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  of 
America  in  the  room  &  Place  of  the  honourable  William  S.  John- 
son, Esq.  resigned. 

You  are  therefore  duly  authorized,  impowered  &  commis- 
sioned to  execute  &  perform  all  &  singular  the  Acts  &  Duties  ap- 
pertaining to  said  Office  &  Trust  of  Senator  as  aforesaid  for  the 
Term  of  your  Appointment. 

In  Testimony  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  &  caused 
the  Seal  of  this  State  to  be  affixed,  this  thirteenth  Day  of  June, 
in  the  Year  of  our  Lord,  One  thousand  seven  hundred  &  ninety 


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one  &  in  the  fifteenth  Year  of  the  Independence  of  the  United 
States  of  America. 

SAM.  HUNTINGTON" 

Endorsed  on  the  credentials  in  Roger  Sherman's  handwriting 
is  "Act  of  the  Legislature  of  Connecticut"  and  upon  the  outer 
cover  is  written  "Credentials  of  Roger  Sherman  2^.  Congress, 
June  13tM791    Recorded  Fol :  41" 

He  returned  to  New  Haven  on  Mar.  9,  1793.  (Literary  Diary 
of  Ezra  Stiles,  Vol.  HI,  p.  487.) 

Apr.  15,  1793,  the  foundation  or  corner  stone  of  South  Col- 
lege was  laid,  Mr.  Sherman,  as  Mayor,  taking  part  in  the  cere- 
monies which  were  conducted  by  President  Ezra  Stiles.  The 
stone  was  inscribed  as  follows : 

EZRA  STILES 

COLL.  YAL.  PR^S : 

PRIMVM  LAPIDEM  POSVIT 

ACAD^  COND^  93^^° 

APR.  15,  1793. 

This  was  probably  his  last  public  appearance.  He  was  taken  ill 
about  the  middle  of  May  and  at  6:40  p.  m.  on  Tuesday,  July  23, 
1793,  died  at  his  house  on  Chapel  Street.  President  Stiles,  in  his 
diary,  says  of  him:  "He  was  exemplary  for  piety  and  serious 
religion  *  *  *  f^r  from  all  enthusiasm  calm  sedate  and  ever 
discerning  and  judicious.  He  went  thro'  all  the  grades  of  public 
life  and  grew  in  them  all  and  filled  every  office  with  propriety, 
ability  and  tho'  not  with  showy  brilliancy,  yet  with  that  dignity 
which  arises  from  doing  everything  perfectly  right.  *  *  *  He 
was  an  extraordinary  man.      A  venerable  uncorrupted  patriot." 

His  funeral  was  on  Thursday,  July  25,  1793.  President  Stiles 
prayed  at  the  house  before  the  funeral.  A  procession  was  formed 
with  the  students  and  tutors  of  Yale  at  its  head,  then  two  City 
Sheriffs,  City  officers,  the  Common  Council,  Aldermen,  two  Jus- 
tices, two  members  of  Congress,  a  Judge  of  the  Superior  Court, 
the  Clergy  eight  ministers,  bearers  of  the  body  (no  pall  bearers), 
mourners  and  a  large  concourse  of  citizens.  It  proceeded  to  the 
North  Church  where  Dr.  Jonathan  Edwards  preached  a  sermon 
from  the  text  Psalm  46-1  "God  is  our  refuge  and  strength,  a  very 


182  Sherman  Genealogy 

present  help  in  trouble."  The  procession  then  moved  to  the 
grave  on  the  Green  in  the  old  cemetery  then  in  the  rear  of  Center 
Church.  Dr.  James  Dana  spoke  at  the  grave.  His  remains  were 
removed  to  the  Grove  Street  Cemetery  about  1821,  when  the  old 
cemetery  was  abandoned. 

It  is  well  to  repeat  what  his  friend  and  contemporary  Dr.  Ed- 
wards, in  his  sermon  said  of  Mr.  Sherman :  "He  was  not  favored 
with  a  public  education,  or  even  with  a  private  tutor.  His  su- 
perior improvements  arose  from  his  superior  genius,  from  his 
thirst  for  knowledge  and  from  his  personal  exertions  and  inde- 
fatigable industry  in  the  pursuit  of  it.  By  these  he  attained 
to  a  very  considerable  share  of  knowledge  in  general,  particularly 
in  his  own  native  language,  in  logic,  geography,  mathematics,  the 
general  principles  of  philosophy,  history,  theology  and  above  all 
in  law  and  politics.  These  last  were  his  favorite  studies  and  in 
these  he  excelled."  "His  person  was  tall,  unusually  erect  and 
well  proportioned,  and  his  countenance  agreeable  and  manly.  His 
abilities  were  remarkable,  not  briliant,  but  solid,  penetrating  and 
capable  of  deep  and  long  investigation.  In  such  investigation  he 
was  greatly  assisted  by  his  patient  and  unremitting  application 
and  perseverance."  "But  his  proper  lien  was  politics.  For  use- 
fulness and  excellence  in  this  line,  he  was  qualified,  not  only  by 
his  acute  discernment  and  sound  judgment,  but  especially  by  his 
knowledge  of  human  nature.  He  had  a  happy  talent  of  judging 
what  was  feasible  and  what  was  not  feasible,  or  what  men  would 
bear  and  what  they  would  not  bear  in  government.  And  he  had 
a  rare  talent  of  prudence  or  of  timing  and  adapting  his  measures 
to  the  attainment  of  his  end.  By  this  talent,  by  his  perseverance 
and  his  indefatigable  application,  together  with  his  general  good 
sense  and  known  integrity,  he  seldom  failed  of  carrying  any  point 
in  government  which  he  undertook  and  which  he  esteemed  im- 
portant to  the  public  good."  "To  have  sustained  so  many  and 
so  important  public  offices,  and  to  have  uniformly  sustained  them 
with  honor  and  reputation ;  to  have  maintained  an  amiable  charac- 
ter in  every  private  relation ;  to  have  been  an  ornament  to  Chris- 
tianity and  to  have  died  in  a  good  old  age,  in  the  full  possession 
of  all  his  honors  and  of  his  powers  both  of  body  and  mind,  is  a 
very  rare  attainment  and  a  very  happy  juncture  of  circum- 
stances." 


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"The  Connecticut  Gazette"  of  New  London,  issued  August 
8,  1793,  has  an  obituary  notice  of  Mr.  Sherman  in  which  appears 
a  brief  mention  of  his  life  and  the  offices  he  held.     It  said: 

"It  is  worthy  of  remark,  that  though  he  sustained  so  many 
offices  in  the  civil  government  both  of  the  State  and  of  the  United 
States,  to  all  which  he  was  promoted  by  the  free  suffrages  of  his 
fellow  citizens,  and  in  most  of  which  he  could  not,  without  a  new 
election,  continue  longer  than  a  year,  and  in  the  rest  not  longer 
than  two,  three  or  four  years ;  and  although  for  all  those  offices 
there  were,  as  there  always  are  in  popular  governments,  many 
competitors  at  every  election,  yet  Mr.  Sherman  was  never  re- 
moved from  any  of  them,  but  by  promotion  or  by  act  of  legisla- 
ture requiring  rotation,  or  rendering  the  offices  incompatible  with 
each  other.  Nor  with  the  restriction  just  mentioned,  did  he  ever 
lose  his  election  to  any  office  to  which  he  had  once  been  elected, 
excepting  his  election  as  a  representative  of  the  town  in  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly;  which  office  we  all  know  is  almost  constantly 
shifting.  This  shows,  to  how  great  a  degree,  and  how  invariably 
he  possessed  the  confidence  of  his  fellow  citizens.  They  found  by 
long  experience,  that  both  his  abilities  and  his  integrity  merited 
their  confidence.  To  have  been  constantly  employed  in  the  public 
service  for  forty-eight  years,  to  have  sustained  so  many  and  so 
important  public  offices,  and  to  have  sustained  them  all  with  honor 
and  reputation ;  to  have  maintained  an  amiable  character  in  every 
private  relation ;  to  have  been  from  early  youth  an  ornament  to 
Christianity,  and  to  have  died  in  a  good  old  age,  in  the  full  posses- 
sion of  all  his  honours,  and  of  his  powers  both  of  body  and  mind, 
is  a  rare  attainment,  and  as  to  him  at  least,  an  happy  juncture  of 
circumstances." 

He  was  very  temperate  in  his  habits  and  always  vigorous  and 
active.  Professor  Denison  Olmsted  of  Yale  College,  said  of  him : 
"He  had  enjoyed  almost  uninterrupted  health  through  life,  and 
at  the  age  of  seventy  was  able  to  mount  his  horse  with  the  agility 
of  youth,  and  to  ride  thirty  or  forty  miles  without  fatigue." 
(Boutell's  Life  of  Roger  Sherman,  p.  281.) 

In  a  letter  dated  Hartford,  Aug.  13,  1793,  from  Mrs.  Chaun- 
cey  Goodrich,  to  her  brother,  Frederick  Wolcott,  she  says :  "It  is 
supposed  that  Mr.  Sherman  and  Gen.  Wolcott  brought  on  their 


184  Sherman  Genealogy 

disorders  by  too  great  Temperance  in  living."     ("Memorial  of 
Henry  Wolcott,"  1881,  p.  331.) 

The  sketch  of  him  in  Sanderson's  "Biography  of  the  Signers 
to  the  Declaration  of  Independence,"  ed.  1831,  says:  "Roger  Sher- 
man may  be  classed  among  those  extraordinary  men,  who  sur- 
mounting the  disadvantages  of  education,  have  risen  to  eminence 
through  the  superiority  of  their  genius."  (Vol.  2,  page  3.) 
Upon  his  tombstone  is  this  inscription,  probably  written  by 
Simeon  Baldwin  aided  by  Jeremiah  Evarts : 

In  Memory  of 

The  Hon.  ROGER  SHERMAN,  Efq^ 

mayor  of  the  city  of  New  Haven 

and  fenator  of  the  United  States 

He  was  born  at  Newtown*  in  Maffachufetts 

April  19th  1721 
and  died  at  New-Haven  July  23^  A  D  1793 

aged  LXXII 

Poffeffed  of  a  ftrong  clear  penetrating  Mind 

and  fingular  perfeverance 

he  became  the  felf-taught  Scholar, 

eminent  for  Jurifprudence  and  Policy. 

He  was  nineteen  years  an  af fistant 

and  23  years  a  Judge  of  the  Superior  Court 

in  high  Reputation 

He  was  a  Delegate  in  the  firft  Congrefs 

figned  the  glorious  act  of  Independence 

&  many  years  difplayed  fuperior  Talents  &  Ability 

in  the  National  Legiflature. 

He  was  a  Member  of  the  general  Convention, 

approved  the  federal  conf titution ; 

and  ferved  his  Country  with  fidelity  &  honor 

in  the  Houfe  of  Reprefentatives, 

and  in  the  Senate  of  the  United  States 

He  was  a  Man  of  approved  Integrity, 

a  cool  difcerning  Judge, 

prudent,  sagacious  Politician, 

a  true  faithful  and  firm  Patriot 

♦"Newtown"  is  an  error  for  Newton. 


CAPT.  JOHN  SHERMAN,  17,50-1802 
Eldest  child  of  Hon.  Roger  Sherman 
From  oil  portrait  at  Stoningrton,  Conn. 


Signature  of  Capt.  John  Shirman  July  23,  1790.     Letter  to  his  father 


REBECCA  (AUSTIN)  SHERMAN 

First  wife  of  Capt.  John  Sherman,  (1753-1830) ,  and  her  son  Charles 

From  oil  portrait  at  Stonington,  Conn.    Tlie  lines  are  cuts  in  the  canvas 


Sherman  Genealogy  185 

He  ever  adorned 
the  profeffion  of  Christianity 

which  he  made  in  Youth 

and  diftinguifhed  thro  Life 

for  public  ufefuinefs 

and  died  in  the  profpect 

of  a  bleffed  ImmortaHty, 

He  passed  away  universally  respected  and  mourned,  a  good 
and  great  man,  a  founder  of  our  Republic  whose  work  still  lives. 
Of  good  stock  in  both  ancestral  lines ;  in  person  tall,  well  pro- 
portioned, of  good  constitution  and  physique,  healthy,  vigorous 
and  active.  Self  taught,  self  reliant,  amiable,  modest,  tolerant, 
unpretentious  and  without  conceit ;  mathematician  and  surveyor ; 
able  lawyer,  counsellor  and  advocate;  prudent  and  safe  adviser, 
agent  and  administrator;  successful  real  estate  dealer  and  mer- 
chant ;  clever  and  popular  politician ;  capable  and  efficient  Mayor, 
Legislator,  Representative  and  Senator;  just  and  sound  Judge; 
of  stern  integrity,  with  strong  religious  convictions,  wise,  inde- 
pendent, courageous,  dignified,  self  possessed,  tactful,  fair  and 
reasonable;  plain,  direct,  concise,  forcible,  logical,  witty  and 
convincing  in  argument  and  debate ;  kind,  generous  and  devoted 
son,  brother,  husband,  parent,  relative  and  friend;  faithful  and 
true  in  every  relation  in  life ;  a  patriot,  financier,  jurist  and  states- 
man of  the  highest  order. 

Former  Ambassador  James  Bryce,  now  Viscount  Bryce,  wrote 
of  him  as  follows : 

"British  Embassy, 

Washington,  March  6,  1913. 
Dear  Mr.  Sherman: 

I  am  just  starting  for  Canada  and  fear  I  have  not  time  to 
answer  your  letter  properly,  but  I  may  say  that  I  am  very  inter- 
ested to  hear  of  what  you  are  doing  about  your  distinguished 
ancestor,  Roger  Sherman.  I  have  always  looked  upon  him  as 
one  of  the  most  remarkable  characters  in  the  great  Convention  of 
1787-8.  He  was  one  of  those  men  who  showed  that  fine  quality 
which  the  New  England  people  of  the  18th  century  had,  strong 
mother  wit,  which  was  able  to  overcome  the  disadvantages  of 
want  of  an  academic  literary  education,  and  a  thorough  familiar- 


186  Sherman  Genealogy 

ity  with  the  principles  and  practice  of  self-government,  as  well  as 
an  active  public  spirit  and  a  powerful  legal  intellect.  Your  an- 
cestor's part  in  the  Convention  was  a  very  useful  and  honourable 
one  and  more  than  once  he  contributed  eminently  opportune  and 
penetrating  observations  which  were  of  great  value  in  the  dis- 
cussions. 

Believe  me, 

Very  truly  yours, 

James  Bryce. 

P.  S.  I  am  very  glad  to  hear  that  you  are  writing  an  account  of 
your  ancestor  and  shall  look  forward  with  great  interest  to  its 
appearance  in  order  that  I  may  extend  my  knowledge  of  his 
character  and  career. 

T.  T.  Sherman,  Esq." 

The  following  are  some  of  his  ideas  and  views  on  public 
questions.  In  a  letter  dated  Apr.  30,  1772,  he  expressed  the 
opinion  that  "It  was  a  fundamental  principle  in  the  British  Con- 
stitution, and  I  think  must  be  in  every  free  State,  that  no  laws 
bind  the  people  but  such  as  they  consent  to  be  governed  by,  there- 
fore so  far  as  the  people  of  the  Colonies  are  bound  by  laws  made 
without  their  consent,  they  must  be  in  a  state  of  slavery  or  abso- 
lute subjection  to  the  will  of  others :  if  this  right  belongs  to  the 
people  of  the  Colonies,  why  should  they  not  claim  it  and  enjoy  it? 
*  *  *  Have  not  each  Colony  distinct  and  complete  powers  of 
legislation  for  all  the  purposes  of  public  government,  and  are  they 
in  any  proper  sense  subordinate  to  the  Legislature  of  Great 
Britain  tho'  subject  to  the  same  King?"  John  Adams,  in  his  diary 
on  Aug.  17,  1774,  records  Mr.  Sherman  as  saying  that  "the  Par- 
liament of  Great  Britain  had  authority  to  make  laws  for  Amer- 
ica in  no  case  whatever"  and  Mr.  Adams,  on  Sept.  8,  1774,  re- 
ports Mr.  Sherman  as  having  said  in  a  speech  in  Congress :  "The 
Colonies  not  bound  to  the  King  or  country  by  the  act  of  settle- 
ment, but  by  their  consent  to  it.  There  is  no  other  legislature 
over  the  Colonies  but  their  respective  assemblies."  He  was  op- 
posed to  appointment  of  a  Bishop  of  the  Church  of  England  for 
America  unless  by  act  of  Parliament  such  Bishop  be  divested  of 
the  judicial  and  other  civil  powers  annexed  to  that  office  by  the 
common  law  of  England,  and  have  no  authority  over  or  power  to 


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affect  the  civil  or  religious  interests  of  other  denominations.  On 
Aug.  1,  1776,  in  Congress,  debating  on  the  Articles  of  Confedera- 
tion, he  stated  that  they  ought  not  to  vote  according  to  numbers, 
that  they  were  representatives  of  States,  not  individuals,  that  the 
votes  should  be  taken  two  ways,  by  Colonies  and  by  individuals, 
and  there  should  be  a  majority  of  both.  This  proposition  was 
similar  to  the  compromise  plan  he  proposed  and  carried  through 
in  the  Constitutional  Convention  eleven  years  later  in  1787.  He 
advocated  a  tariff  or  impost  on  foreign  importations,  saying  in 
1784:  "Raising  money  by  imposts  takes  it  at  the  fountain  and 
the  consumer  pays  it  insensibly  and  without  murmuring."  In  a 
letter  to  Oliver  Wolcott,  dated  May  21,  1777,  he  said:  "I  think 
it  dangerous  to  admit  citizens  not  connected  with  the  army  to  be 
tried  by  a  Court  Martial."  In  Congress  he  opposed  a  proposition 
to  amend  the  Constitution  so  as  to  authorize  the  people  to  in- 
struct their  representatives,  saying:  "I  think,  when  the  people 
have  chosen  a  representative,  it  is  his  duty  to  meet  others  from 
the  different  parts  of  the  union,  and  consult  and  agree  with  them 
to  such  acts  as  are  for  the  general  benefit  of  the  whole  commun- 
ity. If  they  were  to  be  guided  by  instructions,  there  would  be  no 
use  in  deliberation,  all  that  a  man  would  have  to  do  would  be  to 
produce  his  instructions  and  lay  them  on  the  table,  and  let  them 
speak  for  him."  If  his  instructions  "were  contrary  to  the  con- 
viction of  his  own  mind,  he  must  be  bound  by  every  principle  of 
justice  to  disregard  them."  From  its  beginning,  he  had  firm 
confidence  in  the  success  and  durability  of  the  Government.  In 
the  first  Congress,  he  proposed  in  the  House  of  Representatives, 
and  secured  the  insertion  in  the  tenth  proposed  amendment  to 
the  Constitution  of  the  final  words  "or  to  the  people."  This 
amendment  as  adopted  is:  "The  powers  not  delegated  to  the 
United  States  by  the  constitution,  nor  prohibited  by  it  to  the 
states,  are  reserved  to  the  states,  respectively,  or  to  the  people." 
In  this  Congress  he  also  caused  the  cent  to  be  brought  into 
use  in  the  financial  system  in  place  of  ninetieths  of  a  dollar.  He 
proposed  that  in  filling  in  the  blanks  in  the  tariff  bill  which  had 
been  reported,  they  should  begin  with  rum  and  tax  it  fifteen 
cents  a  gallon.  He  said  he  preferred  to  use  the  term  cent  for  its 
convenience,  as  ten  made  a  dime  and  ten  dimes  a  dollar.  (S.  E. 
Baldwin's  New  Milford  Conn,  bi-centennial  address.    Annals  of 


188  Sherman  Genealogy 

Congress  1,  p.  125.)  He  had  deep  religious  convictions  and  liked 
to  discuss  and  write  about  theological  doctrines.  Some  of  his 
correspondence  with  the  Rev.  Justus  Mitchell  and  other  divines 
on  matters  of  religious  belief  is  still  extant.  This  includes  a  long 
carefully  written  letter  dated  at  New  York,  June  28,  1790,  while 
he  was  attending  Congress,  to  the  Rev.  Samuel  Hopkins,  in  which 
Mr.  Sherman  says  he  has  read  a  book  of  Mr.  Hopkins  on  the 
nature  of  true  holiness  and  approves  of  the  sentiments  except  in 
two  points  of  which  he  does  not  approve,  namely :  "the  nature  of 
'self  love'  and  'that  it  is  the  duty  of  a  person  to  be  willing  to  give 
up  his  eternal  interest  for  the  glory  of  God."  He  defines  self  love 
"to  be  a  desire  of  one's  own  happiness  or  a  regard  to  one's  own  in- 
terest" which  may  be  exercised  consistently  with  disinterested 
love  to  others.  As  to  the  other  point,  he  thinks  it  is  not  re- 
quired in  the  Divine  law  or  in  the  Gospel. 

The  most  important  official  services  of  Mr.  Sherman  were: 

1745-1752 — Surveyor  New  Haven  County. 

1752-1758 — Surveyor  Litchfield  County. 

1754,  February — Admitted  to  the  Bar  of  Litchfield  County. 

1755-1759 — Justice  of  the  Peace  Litchfield  County. 

1755-1756;  1758-1761— Deputy  for  New  Milford  to  General  As- 
sembly. 

1759-1761 — Justice  of  Quorum  (County  Court)  for  Litchfield 
County. 

1759 — Commisary  of  Supplies  for  Connecticut  at  Albany,  N.  Y. 

1760-1772 — In  mercantile  business  in  New  Haven. 

1765-1776 — Treasurer  of  Yale  College. 

1764-1766 — Deputy  for  New  Haven  to  General  Assembly. 

1765,  May — Justice  of  the  Peace  New  Haven  County. 

1765,  October — Justice  of  the  Quorum  New  Haven  County. 

1766-1785 — Assistant  of  Connecticut. 

1766-1789 — Judge  of  Superior  Court  of  Connecticut. 

1768 — Received  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  from  Yale  College. 

1774-1781  and  178^1 — Delegate  to  Continental  Congress. 

1774 — Signed  Articles  of  Association, 

1774 — Signed  Address  to  the  King. 

1776 — Signed  Declaration  of  Independence. 


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1777 — Delegate  to  Currency  and  Anti-Monopoly  Conventions  at 
Springfield,  Mass. 

1777-1779  and  1782 — Member  of  Council  of  Safety  of  Connecti- 
cut. 

1778 — Signed  Articles  of  Confederation. 

1778 — Delegate  to  Convention  on  regulation  of  prices,  at  New 
Haven. 

1783 — Revised  the  Connecticut  Laws,  with  Judge  Richard  Law. 

1784-1793— First  Mayor  of  New  Haven. 

1787 — Delegate  to  Constitutional  Convention. 

1787 — Signed  the  Constitution  of  The  United  States. 

1788 — Delegate  from  New  Haven  to  Convention  of  Connecticut 
which  ratified  the  Constitution  of  The  United  States. 

1789-1791 — Representative  for  Connecticut  in  Congress  of  The 
United  States. 

1791 — June  until  death,  July  23,  1793 — United  States  Senator  for 
Connecticut. 

The  State  of  Connecticut  had  two  statues  of  Roger  Sherman 
executed  by  C.  B.  Ives  about  1870.  One  of  them  was  given  to  the 
United  States  and  stands  in  Statuary  Hall  in  the  Capitol,  and 
the  other  is  in  the  State  Capitol  at  Hartford.  An  oil  portrait  of 
him  was  painted  by  Ralph  Earle  in  1775.  It  is  life-size  and 
represents  him  seated  in  a  chair.  This  portrait  is  interesting  and 
valuable  because  it  was  painted  the  year  before  the  signing  of 
The  Declaration  of  Independence,  when  he  was  54  years  old.  It 
is  probably  the  one  listed  in  the  inventory  of  his  estate  at  a 
value  of  il-4  shillings.  During  his  life  and  until  after  the  death 
of  his  son  Roger  in  1856,  it  was  kept  in  the  Sherman  house  on 
Chapel  Street,  New  Haven.  It  became  the  property  of  his 
grand-daughter  Martha,  Mrs.  Henry  White.  About  1868  it  was 
repaired  in  Boston  and  transferred  to  a  new  canvas.  After  this 
it  was  kept  in  Mrs.  White's  residence,  258  Church  Street,  New 
Haven,  until  after  her  death  in  1888.  She  bequeathed  it  to  her 
son  Roger  Sherman  White,  and  it  was  removed  to  Number  87 
Trumbull  Street,  New  Haven,  the  residence  then  of  Charles  A. 
White  and  now  of  Roger  Sherman  White,  where  it  remained  un- 
til in  January,  1918,  he  presented  it  to  Yale  University.  The 
President  and  Fellows  of  Yale   University  on  Jan.  21,   1918, 


190  Sherman  Genealogy 

adopted  a  resolution  as  follows :  "Voted  to  extend  the  thanks  of 
the  University  to  Roger  Sherman  White  for  the  gift  of  a  portrait 
of  his  great-grand- father,  Roger  Sherman,  one  of  the  signers  of 
the  Declaration  of  Independence  in  1776  and  Treasurer  of  Yale 
College  from  1766  to  1776,  painted  by  Ralph  Earle."  In  Apr.- 
May,  1918,  it  was  taken  to  New  York  City  and  restored  and 
renovated  by  Mr.  H.  A.  Hammond  Smith,  expert  restorer,  and 
now  hangs  in  the  Yale  University  Memorial  Dining  Hall.  Sev- 
eral copies  of  it  have  been  painted,  one  of  them  by  William 
Hicks,  for  the  Hon.  William  M.  Evarts,  who  presented  it  to  Inde- 
pendence Hall  in  Philadelphia.  It  has  also  been  etched  and  pho- 
tographed. Col.  John  Trumbull  also  painted  Mr.  Sherman  later 
in  life,  about  1791,  for  his  painting  "The  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence" which  is  in  the  Yale  University  Art  Gallery,  an  en- 
largement of  which  by  Trumbull  is  in  the  rotunda  of  the  Capitol 
at  W^ashington,  and  a  later  replica  is  in  The  Wadsworth  Athe- 
naeum at  Hartford,  Conn.  These  are  the  only  portraits  of  Mr. 
Sherman  now  known  to  have  been  painted  from  life. 

In  the  life  of  John  Trumbull  by  Prof.  John  Ferguson  Weir, 
N.A. ;  M.A.,  Yale,  1871,  for  many  years  Director  of  the  Yale 
School  of  Fine  Arts,  the  author  says  of  the  picture  of  The 
Declaration  of  Independence — "The  small  picture  now  in  Yale 
University  is  a  priceless  possession.  Historically  it  is  a  unique 
pictorial  record  of  that  great  event  in  the  sense  of  its  being  the 
original  picture  from  which  the  larger  reproductions  were  copied, 
and  was  executed  when  Trumbull  was  at  the  height  of  his  powers. 
The  large  picture  in  the  Capitol  at  Washington,  and  the  later 
replica  in  the  Wadsworth  Athenaeum  at  Hartford,  are  as  if 
executed  by  another  hand."  Trumbull  began  studies  for  this  pic- 
ture in  1791,  and  36  of  the  portraits  in  it  were  painted  from  life. 
Trumbull  says  of  it  that  he  "made  the  whole  committee  of  five 
[who  drafted  the  Declaration]  advance  to  the  table  of  the  presi- 
dent to  make  their  report,  instead  of  having  the  chairman  rise  in 
his  place  for  the  purpose."  Prof.  Weir  quotes  John  Durand,  the 
translator  of  Taine's  works  on  art,  as  saying:  "The  portraits  of 
Richard  Henry  Lee,  George  Clinton,  Samuel  Adams,  Robert  Mor- 
ris, George  Clymer  (the  smallest  and  an  inimitable  head)  with 
those  of  the  group  standing  before  Hancock — John  Adams,  Roger 
Sherman,   Robert    R.    Livingston,   Jefferson   and   Franklin — are 


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comparable  to  the  finest  limning  of  Meissonier."  Mrs.  George 
Dupont  Pratt,  of  New  York,  who  was  Helen  Deming  Sherman,  a 
great-great-grand-daughter  of  Hon.  Roger,  has  an  ambrotype  of 
a  painting  or  drawing  of  him  which  may  have  been  the  portrait 
which  belonged  to  her  grand-father  Major  Charles  Sherman  and 
was  bequeathed  by  him  to  his  son  Charles.  It  is  very  like  and 
may  have  been  a  copy  of  his  portrait  in  The  Declaration  of  In- 
dependence picture  or  it  may  have  been  an  original  by  Trumbull. 

A  photograph  of  a  similar  portrait  in  an  oval  frame  belonged 
to  his  grandson,  the  late  Frederick  R.  Sherman.  This  portrait 
may  have  been  the  one  bequeathed  by  the  will  of  Major  Charles 
Sherman. 

In  the  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania  at  Philadelphia,  is 
a  painting  called  "The  Congress  Voting  Independence."  It  is  a 
canvas  26><  x  19  inches,  and  wa*  painted  in  1788  in  part  by  Rob- 
ert Edge  Pine,  an  accomplished  English  artist,  who  died  in  1788 
before  completing  it,  and  was  finished  by  Edward  Savage,  a 
noted  painter  and  engraver.  An  account  of  this  picture  by  the 
late  Charles  Henry  Hart,  the  great  expert  on  paintings,  is  in  Vol. 
29  (1905)  of  "The  Pennsylvania  Magazine  of  History  and  Biog- 
raphy." The  painting  was  in  the  old  Boston  Museum  for  many 
years  until  1892,  when  Mr.  Hart  bought  it.  He  was  of  opinion 
that  the  composition  and  details  of  the  picture  are  by  Pine  "painted 
in  the  very  room  in  which  the  event  sought  to  be  commemorated 
was  enacted  which  in  Pine's  time  had  not  been  changed  or  altered 
from  what  it  was  in  1776,  and  giving  its  lines  with  the  exactness 
of  an  architectural  drawing.  *  *  *  This  painting  was  made 
use  of  in  the  recent  restoration  of  Independence  Hall  to  its  origi- 
nal condition." 

Apparently,  Mr.  Hart  thought  that  the  central  group  includ- 
ing Jefiferson,  Sherman,  John  Adams  and  Franklin  was  the  work 
of  Pine  and  said  "it  is  beautiful  and  most  artistic."  See  also 
an  article  by  Mr.  Hart  on  Edward  Savage  in  "Proceedings  of 
Massachusetts  Historical  Society,"  January,  1905,  2nd  Series, 
Vol.  19.  Mrs.  Timothy  Dwight,  of  New  Haven,  has  an  oil  por- 
trait of  Mr.  Sherman  made  for  her  by  Professor  Weir  from  the 
Trumbull  painting  of  The  Declaration  of  Independence.  It  shows 
him  with  a  quill  pen  in  his  right  hand.  Mr.  Sherman  at  his  death 
had  an  emblazonment  of  Arms  of  the  Sherman  family,  the  same 


192  Sherman  Genealogy 

as  the  Arms  of  the  Yaxley  Shermans.  This  is  now  owned  by  his 
great-grand-son  Thomas  T.  Sherman.  A  reproduction  of  it  with- 
out the  colors  is  the  frontispiece  of  this  book.  His  sword  is  now 
owned  by  his  great-great-grand-daghter,  Mrs.  William  H.  L. 
Edwards,  of  New  York  City. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  will  of  Hon.  Roger  Sherman, 
dated  Augst  6,  1792: 

'T,  Roger  Sherman  of  the  City  and  County  of  New  Haven  in 
the  State  of  Connecticut  being  in  health  of  body  and  of  sound 
mind  and  memory  do  make  this  my  last  will  and  testament  in  the 
following  manner  and  form  viz 

First  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Rebekah  my  well  beloved  wife  three  hun- 
dred pounds  lawful  money  to  be  paid  in  Gold  or  Silver  or  the  value  there- 
of in  any  estate  real  or  personal  that  I  shall  be  possessed  of  in  my  own 
right  at  the  time  of  my  decease  not  herein  otherwise  especially  disposed  of, 
at  her  election.  I  also  give  her  two  good  beds  and  furniture  which  she 
shall  choose,  all  my  silver  plate,  a  walnut  case  of  drawers,  my  largest 
Looking  Glass,  one  cow  and  one  third  part  of  my  other  household  goods. 
I  also  give  her  the  use  of  the  following  parcel  of  real  estate  for  the  term 
of  her  natural  life  viz :  the  Easterly  half  of  the  Mansion  House  wherein  I 
now  dwell  and  the  cellar  under  that  part  and  the  westerly  half  of  my  Gar- 
den rear  and  adjoining  to  said  House  lying  between  Chappel  Street  and 
land  belonging  to  Simeon  Baldwin  and  his  wife  and  bounded  Westerly 
part  by  James  Prescott's  home  lot  and  part  by  High  Street,  Southerly  by 
said  Baldwin's  land  her  part  of  said  garden  to  be  fifty  feet  wide.  Also  the 
Easterly  half  of  the  barn  and  wood  house  adjoining  to  my  said  garden. 
Also  my  lot  of  land  adjoining  to  the  west  side  of  Jonah  Atwater  home  lot 
on  the  north  side  of  the  highway  leading  to  Derby  and  any  other  land 
that  I  may  own  at  the  time  of  my  decease  adjoining  thereto.  Also  four 
acres  of  land  that  I  bought  of  John  Pierrpont  lying  at  the  Mill  Rock 
Swamp,  the  estate  above  bequeathed  to  my  said  wife  is  to  be  in  lieu  and 
satisfaction  of  her  Dower  in  my  Estate  if  she  accepts  of  the  same.  I 
also  give  to  her  the  annual  interest  that  shall  accrue  on  two  hundred 
pounds  stock  in  the  funds  of  the  United  States  on  which  interest  will 
commence  on  the  first  day  of  January  A.  D.  1801  to  continue  so  long  as 
she  remains  my  widow  after  that  time. 

Item  I  give  to  my  son  John  Sherman  in  addition  to  what  I  have  already 
given  him  Ten  Pounds  lawful  money  in  Personal  Estate  at  appraisement 
Item  I  give  to  my  son  Isaac  Sherman  in  addition  to  what  I  have  already 
given  him  one  hundred  and  sixty  pounds  of  my  stock  in  the  Funds  of  the 
United  States  that  shall  draw  an  annual  interest  at  the  time  of  my  decease 
of  six  per  cent 

Item  I  give  and  devise  to  my  son  Roger  Sherman  and  to  his  heirs  and 
assigns  the  Mansion  House  in  which  I  now  dwell  and  the  land  on  which 


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Commissiiin  of  John  Sherman,  son  of  Hon.  Roger  Sherman, 
as  Captain  by  brevet,  U.  S.  A.  1784 


House  at  Canton,  Mass.,  of  Mrs.  John  (Nancy)  Sherman 


Gravestone  hi  Canton,  Mass.,  of  Capt.  John 

Shi'rnian  and  his  second  wife,  Nancy 

(Tuclccr)  Sherman 


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it  stands  and  adjacent  thereto  bounded  Northerly  Chappel  Street,  West- 
erly by  the  land  in  my  garden  the  use  of  which  is  given  to  my  wife  for 
her  life  as  aforesaid,  Southerly  part  by  land  belonging  to  Simeon  Baldwin 
and  his  wife  and  part  by  my  other  lands  and  Easterly  by  a  line  parallel  to 
the  westerly  line  thereof  extending  fourteen  feet  easterly  of  the  said 
Mansion  House  excepting  the  uses  herein  otherwise  given. 
Item  I  give  and  devise  to  my  son  Oliver  Sherman  and  his  heirs  and  as- 
signs the  Mansion  House  and  lot  of  land  thereto  adjoining  that  I  lately 
purchased  of  my  son  John  Sherman  and  his  wife  situate  in  said  New 
Haven  and  the  land  between  that  and  land  above  given  to  my  son  Roger 
together  with  a  shop  or  store  standing  on  the  last  mentioned  land. 
Item  I  give  to  my  daughter  Chloe  a  Cherritree  case  of  Drawers  and  I 
give  all  the  remainder  of  my  household  goods  to  my  six  daughters  in 
equal  proportions  viz :  Chloe,  Rebecca,  Elizabeth,  Mehetabel,  Martha  and 
Sarah. 

Item  I  give  to  my  daughters  Chloe,  Rebecca,  Elizabeth,  Mehetabel, 
Martha  and  Sarah  each  two  hundred  pounds  lawful  money  to  be  paid  in 
Gold  or  Silver  coin  or  stock  in  the  Funds  of  the  United  States  at  the  mar- 
kett  price  for  cash  or  for  want  of  a  sufficient  thereof  in  any  other  of  my 
estate  real  or  personal  at  a  just  appraisement  each  one  to  be  entitled  to  an 
equal  share  in  each  kind  of  property  in  which  the  payment  shall  be  made, 
to  be  in  stock  or  money  as  far  as  may  be 

Item  I  give  to  my  granddaughter  Betsey  Sherman  the  only  child  of  my 
son  William  Sherman  dec.  one  hundred  and  thirty  pounds  lawful  money  in 
Specie  or  Stock  in  the  funds  of  the  United  States  drawing  an  accruing  in- 
terest at  six  p  cent  p  annum  at  the  election  of  my  Executor  which  is  to  be 
to  her  full  portion  of  my  estate  I  having  made  considerable  advancement 
to  her  father  in  his  life  time 

Item  I  give  all  the  residue  of  my  estate  Real  and  Personal  after  payment 
of  all  my  just  debts  and  funeral  expenses  and  the  legacies  aforesaid  to  my 
wife  and  all  my  children  in  equal  portions.  I  do  hereby  authorize  my 
Executor  to  sell  and  dispose  of  any  of  my  real  estate  not  herein  specially 
devised  for  the  payment  of  debts  and  legacies  or  so  much  thereof  as  may 
be  necessary. 

Item  it  is  my  will  that  if  either  of  my  children  shall  die  in  mj'  life  time 
the  share  herein  to  such  deed  child  shall  belong  to  my  surviving  children  in 
equal  portions  and  to  the  representatives  of  any  of  them  that  may  be  deed 
leaving  issue  after  the  date  hereof 

Item  it  is  my  will  that  my  daughters  Chloe  and  Sarah  shall  have  liberty 
to  use  the  chamber  with  a  Fire  Place  in  it  in  the  southwesterly  part  of  the 
house  in  which  I  now  dwell  and  the  cellar  under  that  part  of  the  house  and 
that  my  daughters  Elizabeth,  Mehetabel  and  Martha  shall  have  liberty  to 
use  the  south  chamber  with  a  Fire  Place  in  it  and  the  bed  room  thereto 
adjoining  in  the  southeast  corner  of  the  house  herein  given  to  my  son 
Oliver  and  the  cellar  under  the  kitchen  of  the  last  mentioned  house  while 
they  respectively  continue  single  and  unmarried  provided  they  shall  have 


194  Sherman  Genealogy 

occasion  personally  to  dwell  in  and  occupy  the  same  anything  hereinbefore 
contained  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding 

Item  It  is  my  will  that  any  and  every  person  who  shall  have  any  common 
right  to  use  the  well  and  the  entries  and  passages  into  the  several  parts 
of  the  said  House  and  of  the  land  adjoining  thereto  so  far  as  may  be  nec- 
essary for  using  their  respective  parts  of  said  houses  and  shall  also  have 
a  like  privilege  respecting  the  barn  and  farm  yard  and  may  use  the  neces- 
sary houses  and  shall  have  the  privilege  of  a  passage  into  the  yard  between 
the  Houses  and  to  the  Barn  and  for  laying  fire  wood  in  some  convenient 
places  in  the  said  yard 

Item  it  is  my  will  that  if  my  estate  shall  not  be  sufficient  over  and  above 
the  specific  devises  and  bequests  to  pay  the  pecuniary  legacies  in  full  here- 
in given  that  there  shall  be  a  deduction  from  the  said  specific  devises  and 
bequests  to  supply  such  deficiencies  so  that  the  proportional  value  of  each 
ones  share  may  be  preserved  according  to  the  portion  herein  given  and  I 
do  hereby  appoint  my  son  Roger  Sherman  to  be  the  sole  Executor  of  this 
my  last  will  and  testament 

In  testimony  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  this  sixth 
day  of  August  A.D.  1792 

Roger  Sherman    (Seal) 
Signed  sealed  and 
declared  by  the  testator 
to  be  his  last  will  and 
testament  in  our  presence 
who  subscribed  as 
witnesses  in  the  presence 
of  the  Testator  and  of 
each  other 
Stephen  Ball 
Stephen  Ball  Jr. 
Jeremiah  Atwater  3''d" 

Proved  in  Probate  Court,  District  of  New  Haven  Aug.  5,  1793.  Recorded 
in  Probate  Records  Vol  16  page  637.  The  original  will  in  the  testator's 
handwriting  is  on  file  in  the  Probate  Court. 

The  inventory  of  his  estate  was  exhibited  to  the  Court  and 
accepted  Sept.  16,  1793  and  is  recorded  in  Vol.  16,  Probate 
Records,  page  440.  It  is  not  footed  up.  Among  the  items  are: 
"1  Coat  of  Arms  £1."  and  "1  Portrait  £1—4."  These  are  the 
Sherman  Coat  of  Arms  now  belonging  to  Thomas  T.  Sherman 
and  shown  in  the  frontispiece  and  Earle's  oil  portrait  of  Hon. 
Roger  Sherman  now  belonging  to  Yale  University. 

The  report  of  James  Hillhouse,  Elizur  Goodrich  and  Jere- 
miah Atwater,  distributors  of  the  Estate  is  dated  Nov.  25,  1796, 


Sherman  Genealogy  195 

It  shows  a  distribution  of  certain  real  estate  and  sixty  pounds  of 
six  per  cent,  stock  of  the  United  States  according  to  the  will. 

To  Rebecca  Sherman,  widow,  one  undivided  share  in  that 
part  of  the  Hamden  farm  lying  north  of  the  highway  estimated 
at  45  acres  and  40  rods  with  buildings,  and  a  like  share  in  the 
wood  lot  in  Hamden  estimated  at  8  acres,  such  shares  to  be  in 
proportion  to  the  whole  of  the  lands  as  £83  bears  to  £352. 6s. 
Also  one  undivided  share  in  the  part  of  said  farm  lying  south  of 
the  highway  estimated  at  25  acres  and  118  rods  and  buildings 
thereon,  such  share  to  be  in  proportion  to  the  whole  as  £9  bears 
to  £193,  making  to  said  widow  one  eleventh  part  of  the  prop- 
erty distributed. 

To  John  Sherman,  son  of  deceased,  one  undivided  share  in 
said  farm  north  of  the  highway  and  in  the  wood  lot,  such  share  to 
be  in  proportion  to  the  whole  as  £92.  bears  to  £352-6s.  making 
one  eleventh  part  of  the  estate  distributed. 

To  Chloe  Skinner,  daughter  of  deceased,  a  piece  of  land  on 
High  Street  on  the  south  end  of  the  home  lot  estimated  at  753/2 
rods:  also  one  undivided  share  in  the  part  of  the  Hamden  farm 
north  of  the  highway  and  in  the  wood  lot,  such  share  to  be  in 
proportion  to  the  whole  as  £29-6s.  bears  to  £352-6s.  making 
one  eleventh  part  of  the  property  distributed. 

To  Rebecca,  Ebenezer  and  Roger  Sherman  Baldwin,  chil- 
dren of  Simeon  Baldwin  and  Rebecca,  his  wife,  daughter  of  de- 
ceased, they  being  the  heirs  of  said  Rebecca,  deceased,  the  Mac- 
cumber  lands  and  Wilmot  lots  in  Hamden,  estimated  at  21  acres, 
undivided,  to  each  of  them  in  equal  proportions,  except  the  un- 
divided right  or  share  hereinafter  distributed  therein  to  Isaac 
Sherman,  making  to  said  children  one  eleventh  part  of  the  prop- 
erty distributed. 

To  Elizabeth  Burr,  daughter  of  deceased,  salt  meadow  in 
East  Haven  234  acres,  £20.6  per  cent  stock  of  the  United  States 
and  an  undivided  share  in  the  wood  lot  in  Hamden  and  the  part 
of  the  Hamden  farm  north  of  the  highway,  such  share  in  said 
land  to  be  in  the  proportion  to  the  whole  which  £61.  bears  to 
£352-6s.  making  one  eleventh  of  the  property  distributed. 

To  Roger  Sherman,  son  of  deceased,  land  on  Chapel  Street,  50 
feet  wide  in  front  35  5/10  rods,  between  lands  of  said  Roger  and 
James  Prescott,  also  land  on  the  north  side  of  the  Derby  Road  4 


196  Sherman  Genealogy  ' 

acres,  said  pieces  of  land  are  subject  to  the  use  of  the  widow  dur- 
ing her  Hfe — making  one  eleventh  of  the  estate  distributed. 

To  Mehetibel  Barns,  daughter  of  deceased,  land  on  south  side 
of  Derby  road  4  acres,  and  an  undivided  share  in  the  Wood  lot 
and  in  the  part  of  the  Haniden  farm  north  of  the  highway,  so 
that  her  share  in  said  land  shall  be  in  proportion  to  the  whole  as 
£66  bears  to  £352.  making  one  eleventh  of  the  property  dis- 
tributed. 

To  Oliver  Sherman,  son  of  deceased,  ten  acres  of  land  in 
Hamden  called  Todds  Swamp,  £29-16s.  in  6  per  cent  stock  of 
the  United  States  and  a  piece  of  land  in  New  Haven  estimated 
at  46  rods  in  the  rear  of  the  house  and  garden  of  said  Oliver 
adjoining  Yale  College  land  and  lands  of  said  Roger  Sherman  and 
Rebecca  Sherman,  making  one  eleventh  part  of  the  property  dis- 
tributed. 

To  Isaac  Sherman,  son  of  deceased,  the  Mill  Rock  Swamp  of 
4  acres,  subject  to  the  widow's  dower,  and  £10.  4s.  in  6  per  cent 
stock  of  the  United  States  and  an  undivided  share  in  the  Mac- 
cumber,  Jones  and  Wilmot  lots,  so  that  said  share  shall  be  in 
proportion  to  the  whole  as  i2-10s.  is  to  i94-10s.  and  an  un- 
divided right  in  the  Wood  lot  and  the  part  of  the  Hamden  farm 
north  of  the  highway,  so  that  his  right  in  said  lands  shall  be  in 
proportion  to  the  whole  as  £21  is  to  £352.  A  piece  of  9  rods  of 
land  on  High  Street  adjoining  lands  of  James  Prescott,  Roger 
Sherman  and  Simeon  Baldwin.  Also  land  in  the  home  lot  on 
High  Street  between  the  lands  distributed  to  Chloe  Skinner  and 
Oliver  Sherman,  54  2/10  rods,  making  one  eleventh  of  the  prop- 
erty distributed. 

To  Martha  and  Sarah,  daughters  of  deceased,  the  part  of  the 
Hamden  farm  south  of  the  highway  with  the  buildings,  excepting 
as  is  distributed  to  the  widow,  to  hold  the  same  to  them  undi- 
vided in  equal  parts,  making  to  each  of  them  one  eleventh  of  the 
property  distributed. 

The  account  of  Roger  Sherman  as  executor  of  the  will  of  his 
father,  Hon.  Roger  Sherman,  in  his  ledger  shows  a  total  estate  of 
£4469 — 13 — 1054  niade  up  of  amount  of  inventory  Sept.  26, 
1793  £2224—16—6)4.  Inventory  No.  2,  £2212—11—63/^,  other 
receipts  £32 — 5 — 9. 


Sherman  Genealogy  197 

The  Sherman  family  Bible  before  mentioned  contains  the 
following  entries : 

Elizabeth  Hartwell,  born  August  31,  1726,  O.  S.  September  11, 
N.  S.  Died  October  19,  1760,  married  by  Mr.  Dunbar  November 
17,  1749. 

John  Sherman  bom  July  19,  1750  [N.  S.]. 
WiHiam  bom  November  23,  1751  [N.  S.].    Died  June  26,  1789. 
8  morn. 

Isaac  born  June  28,  1753  [N.  S.]. 

Qoe  I  born  December  26,  1754.  Died  November  13,  1757. 
Oliver  Sherman  born  July  25,  1756.    Died  June  16,  1757. 
Qoe  II  born  May  19,  1758. 

Elizabeth  Sherman  born  September  28,  1760.  Died  December  4, 
1762. 

"Roger  Sherman  of  New  Haven  &  Rebekah,  Daughter  of  Benja- 
min Prescott  Junr.  of  Danvers  were  Joyned  in  Marriage  by  Benja. 
Prescott  Esq'',  at  Danverse  May  12th,  1763.  Said  Rebekah  was 
born  May  20,  1742  O.  Stile  or  May  31,  N.  S.  Rebekah  Sherman 
Daughter  of  Roger  Sherman  &  Rebekah  his  wife  was  Born  Feb. 
22^^  1764  about  5  in  the  morning.  Baptized  26*^^.  Elizabeth  born 
Dec"".  31,  1765  35  min.  past  11  forenoon.  Baptized  Jan  5*"^  1766. 
Roger  born  July  16  1768  9,  morn.  Baptized  by  M*".  Stephen  Haw- 
ley  July  24*1^  Mehetabel  Bom  Feby  20*i^  1772  about  10  morn. 
Baptized  Mar.  1." 

The  words  "Elizabeth  Hartwell  born  August"  and  "Married 
by  Mr.  Dunbar  November"  are  in  cipher.  All  of  these  entries 
are  in  Hon.  Roger  Sherman's  handwriting. 

He  left  very  few  writings  including  some  letters  many  of 
which  have  been  published.  Unfortunately  he  left  nothing  of  an 
autobiographical  nature.  He  was  so  much  absorbed  in  the  af- 
fairs of  the  public  and  of  other  persons  that  he  had  no  thought  of 
himself  or  possible  posthumous  fame.  As  his  grandson  Senator 
George  F.  Hoar  said,  "He  was  content  to  cause  great  things  to 
be  done  for  his  country  and  cared  nothing  for  the  pride  and 
glory  of  hiving  done  them"  (Autobiography  of  Seventy  Years, 
Vol.  1,  p.  8).  It  would  be  interesting  to  learn  from  him  about 
his  early  years  and  education,  his  parents  and  relatives  and  other 


198  Sherman  Genealogy 

details  of  his  active  and  important  life.  It  is  wonderful  how  he 
held  so  many  offices,  attended  to  all  their  duties  and  brought  up 
his  large  family  besides  carrying  on  a  mercantile  business  for 
several  years.  In  one  of  his  ledgers  he  began  "An  account  of  the 
family  of  Sherman."  In  this  he  wrote  briefly  only  about  the 
family  of  Rev.  John  Sherman  of  Watertown  and  his  brother  Sam- 
uel and  Samuel's  children.  Few  of  his  letters  to  his  family  exist. 
The  following  are  copies  of  two  of  them  written  to  his  son 
Roger,  now  in  possession  of  Mr.  Roger  S.  Warner. 

"Philadelphia  December  29,  1791. 
Roger  Sherman,  Jimior, 

New  Haven 
Dear  Son 

I  want  to  be  informed  what  Supplies  of  provisions  you  have 
received  from  the  Farm  and  from  Barnabas  Baldwin,  and  whether 
you  want  any  money  Sent  home  for  family  supplies — Whether 
Mr.  Williams  has  paid  any  or  what  prospect  there  is  of  receiving 
any  money  from  him — Whether  you  have  been  to  Hartford  and 
took  out  the  funded  Securities.  Have  you  paid  any  Money  to 
Deacon  Bishop?  I  expect  to  pay  £40  New  York  money  to  T. 
Pearsall  &  Son  &  24i  to  J.  Glover  Next  week  and  can  Send  a 
bank  bill  home  if  necessary.  I  want  to  know  how  Cloe  and  the 
rest  of  the  family  do,  &  whether  Minot  continued  his  school  & 
how  much  it  yields  him  per  Quarter. 
I  am  in  health. 

Yours  &c 

Roger  Sherman" 

"New  Haven,  Sept.  13th,  1792 
Mr.  Roger  Sherman,  Junior 

Litchfield 
Dear  Son 

I  received  your  letter  of  the  7th  Instant,  and  shall  send  the 
Plorse  and  money  as  you  requested.  Mr.  Edwards  will  set  out 
on  Saturday  or  Monday  Next.  We  had  a  good  season  for  Com- 
mencement and  a  Numerous  Assembly — Young  Mr.  Emerson 
whom  you  saw  at  Concord  was  here.  He  is  now  a  Settled  Min- 
ister at  Harvard  about  14  miles  from  Concord — Chloe  is  come 


< 


Sherman  Genealogy  199 

home  well — I  this  day  received  a  letter  from  Isaac  who  is  also 
well — John  has  taken  a  part  of  the  Farm  and  resides  there,  has 
taken  a  Chamber  &  boards  with  Mr.  Smith — and  they  are  all 
well  suited — Minot  made  a  good  oration  on  the  Stages — He  has 
got  a  good  School  at  Windsor — where  he  can  receive  his  pay 
quarterly — Josiah  Sherman  was  at  Commencement.  He  has  been 
to  New  York  and  is  doing  well  in  trade  at  Northampton. 

Yours  &c 

Roger  Sherman" 

No  comprehensive  or  adequate  biography  of  him  has  been 
written.  "The  life  of  Roger  Sherman,"  by  Hon.  Lewis  Henry 
Boutell,  1896,  is  the  most  complete.  This  incorrectly  states  his 
early  ancestry.  Senator  George  Frisbie  Hoar  gathered  material 
with  the  intention  of  preparing  a  biography,  but  finding  himself 
unable  to  do  so,  induced  Mr.  Boutell  to  write  his  book  largely 
from  Senator  Hoar's  material.  In  Senator  Hoar's  "Autobiog- 
raphy of  Seventy  Years"  is  a  chapter  on  "Roger  Sherman  and 
His  Family"  containing  a  brief  sketch  of  Mr.  Sherman's  charac- 
ter and  services.  In  Sanderson's  "Biography  of  the  Signers  to 
the  Declaration  of  Independence,"  1823,  there  is  a  short  biography 
of  Roger  Sherman  written  by  Robert  Wain,  Jr.,  of  Philadelphia 
aided  by  Gov.  Roger  S.  Baldwin,  Judge  John  Trumbull  and  Jere- 
miah Evarts.  In  the  "New  Haven  Morning  Courier,"  of  July, 
1843,  appeared  a  series  of  articles  on  Roger  Sherman  of  a  bio- 
graphical and  eulogistic  nature.  In  a  letter  written  in  1875,  Mr. 
Henry  White  states  that  these  articles  were  written  by  Henry 
Stevens,  B.A.,  Yale,  1843,  M.A.,  afterwards  of  London,  Eng- 
land, for  many  years  a  bookseller  and  a  Fellow  of  the  London 
Society  of  Antiquaries,  who  died  in  1886.  There  are  also  articles 
on  Roger  Sherman  in  biographical  dictionaries.  On  June  17, 
1907,  at  New  Milford,  Conn.,  at  the  bi-centennial  celebration  of 
the  founding  of  the  town,  his  great-grandson  Hon.  Simeon  E. 
Baldwin,  then  Chief  Justice  of  The  Supreme  Court  of  Errors  of 
Connecticut,  delivered  an  address  on  Roger  Sherman,  most  in- 
teresting, able  and  instructive.  He  said  of  him,  among  other 
things :  "A  plain  country  lad,  a  hard-working  journeyman  at  his 
trade,  a  busy  surveyor,  a  sagacious  selectman,  a  shrewd  store- 
keeper, a  hard-headed  lawyer,  an  industrious  judge,  he  had  quali- 


200  Sherman  Genealogy 

ties  not  of  a  kind  that  shine  in  polite  society,  but  of  a  kind  never- 
theless that  count  in  life,  in  every  position  which  a  man  may  be 
called  to  fill.  *  *  *  *  j^g  stood  for  justice  and  truth ;  he 
stood  for  duty,  quietly,  daily,  untiringly  done,  in  whatever  sta- 
tion, high  or  low,  God  may  see  fit  to  place  us." 

Children  of  Hon.  Roger  Sherman  by  first  wife : 

46  I.  Capt.  John^^  Sherman,  b.  at  New  Milford,  July  8, 

1750. 

47  II.  Lieut.  William"  Sherman,  b.  at  New  Milford,  Nov. 

12,  1751. 
III.  Lieut  Col.  Isaac^^  Sherman,  b.  at  New  Milford,  June 
17,  1753,  O.  S.,  June  28,  1753,  N.  S. ;  bap.  July  1,  1753, 
O.    S.,    by    Rev.    Nathaniel    Taylor    (New    Milford 
Church  Records,  Vol.   I,  p.   17).     Yale  B.A.,   1770 
M.A.     Taught  school  at  Exeter,  N.  H.,  1774.    When 
Lexington  was  attacked  in  1775,  he  immediately  en- 
tered  the   service   in    Massachusetts   Apr.   27,    1775. 
Commissioned  Captain,  served  bravely  and  honorably 
thereafter   until    the   close    of   the   war,   Jan.,    1783. 
Major  in  Mar.,  1776.    In  letter  dated  Oct  9,  1776,  to 
Gov.  Trumbull,  of  Connecticut,  General  Washington 
mentioned  Major  Sherman  for  promotion. 
Connecticut  Council  of  Safety,  Mar.  7,  1777.    "Major 
Isaac  Sherman  is  promoted  to  be  Lieutenant  Colonel  in 
Col.  Charles  Webb's  battalion  in  Continental  Service." 
(Records  of  the  State  of  Connecticut,  Vol.  I,  p.  188.) 

Lieut.  Col  of  Conn.  Line  in  Jan.,  1777.  Was  Lieut.  Col. 
commanding  from  1779  to  end  of  war. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  a  letter  to  his  father  written  by 
him  at  the  beginning  of  the  war: 

"Brookline  Fort  at  Sewalls  Point  Sept.  8,  1775 
Hon^d  Sir 

I  received  your  letter  dated  August  21st,  which  is  the  only 
one  received  since  that  favored  by  Col.  Folsom.  It  gives  me 
great  pleasure  to  hear  that  my  friends  are  in  a  good  state  of 
health.  Mr.  Dagget's  stay  was  so  very  short  that  I  could  not  pos- 
sibly have  wrote — he  told  me  you  would  set  out  for  Philadelphia 


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Signature  of  William  Sherman,  son  of  Hon.  Roger  Sfierman 


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Signature  of  Lieut.  Col.  Isaac  Sherman,  son  of  Hon.  Roger  Sherman, 
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Letter  December  24,  1792.    Oliver  Sherman,  to  his  father,  Hon.  Roger  Sherman 


Signid,  Sealed  and  Delivered, 
in  Prejence  of 

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Perfcnally  appeared     ^y0^ //i^ /(e.^^^^  ■>^^Xi>^'>'>^''^  —    '^    Signer  and  Sealer 
of  the  Joregoing  hjininiml,and  achovUdged  the  fame  to  he  A^-y-fret  Aa  and  Deed,  before  me. 

Signature  of  Rebecca  Sherman,  widow  of  Hon.  Roger  Sherman,  to  deed,  Jan.  8,  1808 

Her  son-in-law,  Hon.  Simeon  Baldwin  and  her  son, 

Roger  Sherman  witnesses 


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Signatures  to  partnership  agreement  of  Prescott  and  Sherman, 
in  handwriting  of  Roger  Sherman,  1794 


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Signatures  to  supplemental  partnership  agreoiiiout  of  Prescott  and  Sherman,  1827 


Sherman  Genealogy  201 

before  his  return.  I  was  appointed  by  the  Mass"^  Province. 
Business  of  almost  every  kind  was  entirely  stagnated  in  this  Prov- 
ince by  reason  of  the  Publick  difficulties  which  rendered  it  al- 
most impossible  to  obtain,  any  employment  sufficient  to  procure 
a  maintenance,  was  an  inducement  for  me  to  enter  the  Army; 
but  far  from  being  the  only  one.  The  goodness  of  the  cause  a 
desire  of  being  an  useful  Member  of  society  and  of  serving  my 
Country — a  thirst  for  Glory,  real  glory,  were  the  grand  incentives. 
I  hope  by  the  assistance  of  the  Deity  I  shall  be  enabled  to  serve 
every  useful  End,  never  to  reflect  dishonor  upon  the  Family  or 
myself.  The  distance  being  so  great  the  necessity  of  being  ex- 
peditious in  recruiting  rendered  it  almost  impossible  to  have  con- 
sulted with  you  on  the  affair.  I  am  so  far  from  thinking  the 
advice  of  the  experienced  disadvantageous  to  youth,  that  I  ap- 
prehend it  to  be  the  incumbent  duty  of  young  Men  to  consult  and 
advise  with  those  who  are  acquainted  with  the  various  manovres 
of  Mankind,  and  especially  with  a  kind  indulgent  Parent,  who 
always  consults  the  good  of  his  Children.  The  Questions  you 
proposed  I  shall  answer  with  Pleasure.  I  am  stationed  at  Brook- 
line  Fort  at  Sewalls  Point,  situated  between  Cambridge  and  Rox- 
bury — on  Charles  River.  We  have  no  great  prospect  of  a  Battle 
at  present.  They  will  never  presume  without  a  very  considerable 
Reinforcement  to  attempt  to  force  our  lines  which  are  very 
strong;  nor  we  theirs.  The  Army  is  very  healthy,  in  fine  spirits, 
resolute  in  the  cause.  We  have  no  certain  News  from  the  British 
Troops — a  few  deserters  now  and  then,  but  their  relations  are  to 
be  but  little  depended  on.  The  people  in  Boston  have  been  and 
are  still  in  a  very  disagreeable  situation.  They  have  liberty  to 
come  out  but  they  come  out  very  slow,  for  a  few  Boats  pass  a 
day  and  those  over  Winipinet  Ferry  only.  The  Generals  are  well. 
We  have  various  accounts  from  England  but  no  Intelligence  to  be 
depended  on.  Nothing  remarkable  has  happened  here  of  late. 
Judges  nor  Justices  are  appointed.  But  the  Assembly  in  their 
next  Session  I  understand  are  a  going  to  appoint  them.  The 
Council  at  present  are  settling  the  Militia  of  the  Province.  I 
should  esteem  it  a  great  favor  to  be  informed  as  soon  as  possible 
of  the  Plan  preferred  by  the  Continental  Congress  for  raising 
troops  for  the  ensuing  Campaign — Whether  I  could  obtain  the 
command  of  a  regiment  if  I  could  raise  one.    There  are  a  Num- 


202  Sherman  Genealogy 

ber  of  things  I  stand  in  great  need  of  which  cannot  easily  be  pro- 
cured here  but  at  a  very  extravagant  price — should  be  glad  you 
v^ould  furnish  me  with  a  genteel  Hanger,  a  yard  an  half  of  super- 
fine scarlet  Broad  cloth,  with  suitable  Trimmings — for  a  Coat  of 
Uniform  &  a  Piece  Holland.  I  am  in  good  health,  very  much 
pleased  with  a  Military  Life,  tho'  attended  with  many  inconveni- 
ences. I  shall  for  the  future  take  every  opportunity  of  writing 
and  when  anything  of  importance  occurs,  shall  endeavour  to  give 
the  earliest  intelligence 

I  am  Sir 
Your  most  dutiful  Son 

Isaac  Sherman 

N.  B.  I  should  be  glad  to  know  what  number  of  Men  a  Regi- 
ment will  consist  of  the  ensuing  Campaign.  Mr.  Seevar  the 
Bearer  of  this  will  tarry  some  days  in  Philadelphia  he  is  after 
Goods.  You  may  if  agreeable  have  an  opportunity  of  sending  the 
Things  I  wrote  for  with  his  and  they  will  be  conveyed  with  safety 
to  me.  Mr.  Sevar  will  purchase  the  quantity  of  Goods  he  pro- 
poses at  N  York,  these  things  may  be  obtained  there  and  sent 
with  his  if  equally  agreeable  to  you. 

To  the  Honble  Roger  Sherman  Esqr. 

at  Philadelphia 

favored  by  Mr.  Sevar" 

Near  the  end  of  his  life  he  wrote  as  follows : 

"I  entered  the  army  immediately  after  the  battle  of  Lex- 
ington, and  continued  therein  till  sometime  after  the  pre- 
liminary articles  of  treaty  were  announced  in  the  United 
States.  I  was  at  the  siege  of  Boston — with  General  Wash- 
ington at  the  taking  of  the  Germans  at  Trenton — com- 
manded the  advance  guard  into  Princeton  on  the  third  of 
January  1777, — at  the  battle  of  Monmouth  with  Gen- 
eral Wayne  in  the  taking  of  Stony  Point, — and  many  other 
actions  and  skirmishes  in  my  power  to  enumerate.  I 
underwent  great  hardships,  privations  and  dangers.  At 
White  Marsh  in  the  close  of  the  year  1777,  I  was  placed  in 
front  of  the  American  Army  for  17  days,  and  was  twice  in 


Sherman  Genealogy  203 

action,  in  which  nearly  120  brave  Americans  lost  their  lives 
under  my  command." 

Took  part  in  many  important  engagements;  commended  to 
"Congress  by  General  Wayne.  An  original  member  of  The  So- 
ciety of  the  Cincinnati  of  Connecticut.  In  1785  elected  by  Con- 
gress Surveyor  of  Western  lands.  July  18,  1785  "Congress  pro- 
ceeded to  the  election  of  a  surveyor  from  Connecticut,  and  the 
ballots  being  taken,  Mr.  Isaac  Sherman  was  elected,  having  been 
previously  nominated  by  the  delegates  of  that  state."  (Proceed- 
ings of  Continental  Congress.)  Resided  in  Philadelphia  in  1795, 
in  New  York  in  1796.  Later  lived  in  New  Jersey.  Never  mar- 
ried.   The  following  are  copies  of  his  letters : 

"New  York  20th  NoV  1788. 
Sir, 

I  have  been  unsuccessful  with  the  commissioners  of  the  treas- 
ury board.  I  have  had  encouragement  of  employment  from  sev- 
eral gentlemen  in  this  city,  in  an  enterprise  to  the  westward ;  but 
the  length  of  time  already  elapsed  and  the  uncertainty  when  their 
object  will  be  matured,  induce  me  to  retire  from  New  York  to 
some  town  in  its  vicinity,  where  I  propose  to  enter  into  a  line  of 
business  sufficient  for  a  support,  till  a  more  favorable  time  shall 
offer,  for  entering  into  public  employ.  The  unfortunate  failure 
of  my  brother  has  been  exceedingly  injurious  to  me;  but  persever- 
ance, I  am  persuaded,  will  enable  me  to  rise  superior  to  the  sur- 
rounding difficulties.  It  is  with  reluctance  that  I  call  upon  you 
for  assistance  to  retire  from  this  city ;  but  I  hope  this  will  be  the 
last  time  that  my  circumstances  shall  render  a  similar  application 
necessary.  To  descend  into  the  vale  of  obscurity,  for  one  who 
has  acted  no  inconsiderable  part  in  effecting  the  great  revolution, 
which  gave  the  United  States  of  America  a  name  among  the  na- 
tions of  the  earth,  is  hard ;  but  when  I  consider,  that  too  great  a 
reliance  on  public  justice  to  be  in  some  measure  the  cause,  and 
not  owing  altogether  to  my  own  misconduct,  the  task  becomes 
more  easy.  After  once  having  taken  the  station,  which  my 
present  circumstances  render  necessary,  my  mind  will  be  more 
composed ;  and  I  shall  have  time  and  leisure  to  make  the  proper 
arrangements  for  a  reintroduction  into  public  employ.  From  the 
consideration  of  the  numerous  family  you  have  to  support,  it  is 


2 

30/90 

3 

60/90 

11 

1 

45/90 

204  Sherman  Genealogy 

painful  to  solicit  any  assistance ;  and  were  this  not  the  case,  a 
man  of  my  years  and  experience  in  life  ought  to  depend  upon 
himself.  I  have  borrowed  eleven  dollars  since  my  being  in  New 
York,  and  have,  engaged  to  pay  them  the  ensuing  week,  I  there- 
fore most  earnestly  request  that  sum,  at  least,  may  be  remited 
me.  The  following  is  a  statement  of  the  money  I  owe. 
To  Colonel  Richard  Piatt,  borrowed  last  Spring  25  Dollars 

Mr.  David  Osborn  for  board  17 

Cap*.  Forbes     East  Haven  1 

Mr.  Wm.  Baldwin — Branford 

Mr.  Jacob  Brown — New  Haven 

Borrowed  in  New  York 

Thomas  &  Samuel  Green 

60  45/90 

1^  I  hope  to  be  able  to  pay  Colonel  Piatt  before  he  will  want  it — 
he  is  willing  to  wait  three  months The  eleven  dollars  bor- 
rowed ;  and  the  17  due  to  Mr.  Osborn  are  necessary  to  enable  me 
to  retire  from  this  city. 

I  am,  Sir,  with  filial  affection, 

Your  obed'.  Serv^     Isaac  Sherman. 
The  Honorable 

Roger  Sherman  Esq*"." 

"New  York  19th  Nov.  1796. 

Sir, 

I  expected  before  this  to  have  heard  from  you ;  and  that  you 
would  have  transmitted  a  certificate  from  the  Secretary  of  the 
Cincinnati  Society  of  Connecticut,  as  I  requested  in  my  former 
letter,  as  it  would  be  of  great  advantage  to  my  family.  I  also  ex- 
pected to  have  seen  you  here  before  this,  though  I  suppose  your 
business  has  prevented  your  coming.  You  are  well  acquainted 
with  my  situation  and  the  circumstances  of  my  family ;  and  there- 
fore if  you  have  any  regard  for  me,  I  should  apprehend  that  you 
would  have  written.  I  told  you  when  here  that  I  did  not  wish  you 
to  involve  yourself  to  extricate  me  from  my  present  difficulties, 
though  I  think  you  and  the  other  parts  of  the  family  might  afford 
me  some  assistance ;  as  I  have  no  doubt,  but  that  we  shall  be  able 


Sherman  Genealogy  205 

in  a  short  time  to  return  the  favor.  If  anything  can  be  done, 
the  urgency  of  the  case  admits  of  no  delay,  or  the  least  possible, 
I  do  not  know  when  I  shall  be  liberated.  It  may  not  be  till  the 
coming  spring.  But  this  is  not  the  present  point.  Provision  for 
my  family  is  the  primary  object,  which  had  I  the  certificate  I 
wrote  for,  might  in  part  answer  the  object.  I  write  in  haste. 
My  respects  to  the  family.  If  you  do  not  come  yourself,  send 
me  some  money,  as  early  as  you  can. 

I  am.  Your  Affectionate  Brother 

Isaac  Sherman. 
Mr.  Roger  Sherman 

P.  S.  I  wish  you  to  come  as  early  as  your  business  will  permit. 
If  you  was  here  three  or  four  days,  I  have  no  doubt,  but  some- 
thing could  be  done  of  utility  to  me,  and  without  any  injury  to 
yourself.    I  want  to  see  you  or  brother  Baldwin  very  much. 

I.  S." 

Addressed  on  the  back — "Mr.  Roger  Sherman, 

New  Haven 

Merchant." 

He  died  at  the  house  of  Zophar  Hetfield  in  Westfield,  Essex 
County,  New  Jersey,  Feb.  16,  1819,  intestate.  Adm.  granted  in 
Essex  County  to  Levi  Hetfield,  Apr.  12,  1819.   Inventory  $110.79. 

IV.  Chloe"  Sherman,  b.  at  New  Milford,  Dec.  26,  1754; 
bap.  Feb.  16,  1755  by  Rev.  Nathaniel  Taylor  (Church 
Records  Vol.  I,  p.  77)  ;  d.  at  New  Milford,  Nov.  13, 
1757.  Her  grave  stone  in  New  Milford  Cemetery  is 
inscribed — 

"Here  Lyes  y^  Body  of 

Chloe  Sherman  Daug^'"" 

of  Roger  Sherman  Esq"". 

&  M''^  Elizabeth  his  wife 

who  Died  Novem'^''  ye  13th 

1757:    Aged  2  Years.    10 

Montis  &  17  Days" 

V.  Oliver"  Sherman,  b.  at  New  Milford,  July  25,  1756; 
bap.   Aug.,   1756  by   Rev.   Daniel   Farrand    (Church 


206  Sherman  Genealogy 

Records,  Vol.  I,  p.  79)  ;  d.  June  16,  1757.  The  in- 
scription on  his  grave  stone  in  New  Milford  Ceme- 
tery is 

"Here  Lyes  y^  Body  of 

Oliver  Sherman  Son  of 

Roger  Sherman  Esq*" 

&  M"  Elizabeth  his 

wife  who  Died  June 

y«  IQth  A.  D.  1752  Aged 

10  Mon'ii  &  22  Days" 

48  VI.  Chloe"  Sherman,  b.  at  New  Milford,  May  19,  1758. 

m.  Dr.  John  Skinner. 
VII.  Elizabeth"   Sherman,  b.  at  New   Milford,   Sept.  28, 
1760;  bap.  Oct.  4,    1761,    by    Rev.    Daniel    Farrand 
(Church  Records,  Vol.  I,  p.  79).     Perhaps  error  for 
1760;  d.  Dec.  4,  1762. 
Children  by  second  wife: 

49  VIII.  Rebecca"  Sherman,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Feb.  22,  1764. 

m.  Simeon  Baldwin. 

50  IX.  Elizabeth"  Sherman,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Dec.  31,  1765 ; 

m.  (1)  Sturges  Burr;  (2)  Simeon  Baldwin. 

51  X.  Roger"  Sherman,  b.  at  New  Haven,  July  16,  1768. 
XL  Mehetabel"    Sherman,   b.   at   New   Haven,   Feb.   20, 

1772;  bap.  Mar.  1,  1772;  d.  Nov.  18,  1772.  Her  grave 
stone  in  Grove  Street  Cemetery  says: 

"Mehetabel 

daughter  of 

Roger  Sherman 

Esq""  &  Rebecca 

his  Wife,  was  born 

Feb.  20'h  1772  & 

died  Novemb'r 

18th  1772  aged 

about  8  Months" 

52  XII.  Mehetabel"   Sherman,  b.  at    New    Haven,    Jan.    28, 

1774,  m.  (1)  Daniel  Barnes;  (2)  Jeremiah  Evarts. 
XIII.  Oliver"  Sherman,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Jan.  19.  1777; 
bap.  May  25,  1777.    B.A.  Yale,  1795.    A  merchant  in 


Sherman  Genealogy  207 

Boston,  Mass.  By  deed  dated  Oct.  6,  1804,  acknowl- 
edged in  Boston  and  recorded  in  New  Haven  Records, 
Vol.  56,  p.  132,  Oliver  Sherman  "of  the  town  of  Bos- 
ton" conveyed  to  his  mother  Rebecca  Sherman,  land 
on  Chapel  Street,  devised  to  him  by  his  father  and 
other  land.    He  d.  at  Havana,  Cuba,  in  1820.    Unm. 

53  XIV.  Martha^^  Sherman,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Sept.  24,  1779; 

bap.  Oct.  31,  1779;  m.  Rev.  Jeremiah  Day. 

54  XV.  Sarah"  Sherman,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Jan.  11,  1783.    m. 

Hon.  Samuel  Hoar. 

43.  REV.  NATHANIEL^"  SHERMAN  (40.  William,^  Joseph,' 
Capt.  John,'^  John,"  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^ 
Thomas^,  b.  at  Stoughton,  Mass.,  Mar.  5,  1726/7.  B.A. 
Princeton,  1753.  Ordained  pastor  of  Church  at  Bedford, 
Mass.,  Feb.  18,  1756.  Afterwards  pastor  of  Church  at 
Mount  Carmel,  Conn.  Later  moved  to  East  Windsor,  Conn, 
m.  at  Bedford,  Mar.  1,  1759,  Lydia  Merriam,  daughter  of 
Deacon  John  and  Abigail  (Hayward)  Merriam,  of  Bedford, 
b.  at  Bedford,  Apr.  6,  1742;  d.  at  East  Windsor,  Feb.  3,  1793. 
He.  d.  there  July  18,  1797.    Children: 

I.  Nathaniel"  Sherman,  b.  at  Bedford,  Oct.  30,  1760;  d. 
Sept.  24,  1790. 

II.  Thaddeus"  Sherman,  b.  at  Bedford,  Mar.  24,  1763; 
d.  there  Aug.  22,  1765. 

III.  Lydia"  Sherman,  b.  at  Bedford,  Sept.  9,  1765.  m. 
General  Roswell  Olcott,  son  of  Peter  Olcott,  First 
Governor  of  Vermont,  b.  1768;  d.  at  Knowlton,  Can- 
ada, June  24,  1841.  She  d.  at  Brome,  Quebec,  Can- 
ada, Apr.  1,  1835.    Children: 

1.  Mary  Ann^^  Olcott,  b.  at  Norwich,  Conn.,  Nov. 
11,  1797;  m.  Richard  Whitwall,  b.  at  Haxby,  Eng- 
land, 1787;  d.  at  Phillipsburg,  Quebec,  Canada, 
1864.  She  d.  there  Sept.  16,  1870.  Children: 
(1)  Mary  Ann"  Whitwall,  b.  1822;  d.  Jan.  25, 
1916,  unm.  (2)  Charlotte  Sarah^^  Whitwall,  b. 
1825;  d.  1903  unm.  (3)  Elizabeth  M.  J."  Whit- 
wall, d.  in  infancy.     (4)   Richard  R.^^  Whitwall, 


208  Sherman  Genealogy 

probably  killed  in  the  Civil  War ;  m.  and  had  a  son 
(a)  Richard  Francis"  Whitwall,  b.  1858;  d.  1875. 
(5)  Thaddeus  Sherman^^  Whitwall,  b.  1833;  d. 
1880,  unm.  (6)  William  Peter  Olcott^^  Whitwall, 
b.  1835 ;  m. ;  d.  1892.  (7)  John  Francis^^  Whit- 
wall, b.  1843;  m. ;  d.  1898;  no  issue. 
2.  Lydia^^  Qlcott,  b.  at  Norwich,  Conn.,  May  7,  1800; 
d.  Jan.  13,  1892,  unm. 

IV.  Thaddeus^^  Sherman,  b.  at  East  Windsor,  Sept.  23, 
1774.  Linen  Merchant,  New  York  City  of  firm  of 
Sherman  &  Norton,  m.  at  New  York  City,  Sept.  20, 
1813,  Eliza  Taylor,  daughter  of  John  and  Margaret 
(Scott)  Taylor  of  Glasgow,  b.  at  New  York  City, 
July  14,  1786;  d.  at  New  Haven,  Oct.  5,  1862.  He  d. 
at  New  Haven  on  his  birthday,  Sept.  23,  1858.  His 
will,  dated  Mar.  11,  1852,  was  proved  at  New  Haven, 
Sept.  27,  1858.  Her  will,  dated  Sept.  5,  1860,  was 
proved  at  New  Haven,  Oct,  14,  1862.    Children : 

1.  John  Taylor^^  Sherman,  b.  at  New  Haven,  June 
13,  1814;  d.  in  England,  Oct.  1,  1844.  Buried  St. 
Sepulchres  Church,  London. 

2.  Rhesa  Howard^^  Sherman,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Sept. 
2,  1815;  d.  May  21,  1821. 

3.  Thaddeus^^  Sherman,  Jr.,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Mar. 
15,  1817;  m.  Pamela  Higgins.  He  d.  at  New 
York  City,  Feb.  20,  1902.    No  issue. 

4.  Margaret  Scott^^  Sherman,  b.  New  York  City, 
June  24,  1820;  m.  at  New  Haven,  Mar.  20,  1843, 
Rev.  Edward  Strong,  B.A.  Yale,  1838.  M.A.; 
D.D.  Hamilton  1864,  son  of  Rev.  William  Light- 
bourne  (Yale,  1802)  and  Harriet  (Deming) 
Strong,  b.  at  Somers,  Conn.,  Oct.  25,  1813;  d.  at 
Pittsfield,  Mass.,  Dec.  13,  1898.  She  d.  there 
June  6,  1873.  He  m.  (2)  Sept.  10,  1874,  Harriet" 
(Sherman)  Wright,  widow  of  Dr.  Clark  Wright, 
daughter  of  Charles"  and  Jennet  (Taylor)  Sher- 
man. She  d.  at  Pittsfield,  Feb.  2,  1899.  Children 
born  at  New  Haven:  (1)  Harriet  Deming^ ^  Strong, 


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Signature  of  Daniel  Barnes,  son-in-law  of  Hon.  Roger  Sherman,  July  30,  Vi'^l 


forever    to  WARR.\NT  and  defend  the  above  granted  and  bargained  Premises  to   A^-»-~  the 

said    P\^yc~^i^    J- U^-^"^-^-^ — ^,     ^L»-* —       —  -. 

Heirs  and  .'Assigns,  against  qll  claims  and  demands  whatsoever.     H  witness  whereof,  /jt-,   have 
hereunto  set  o-i-->.  Hands  and  SeaU  the    '^-^J'^-t^-^StZ^^tn^dt^     day  of  .^lyU^^<-J^  Anno 

Domini  \%I0.  y  J       D  / 

Signatures  of  Jeremiah   and  Mehetabel  (Sherman)  Evarts  to  deed  to 
Roger  Sherman  her  brother  of  land  in  New  Haven 


Sherman  Genealogy  209 

b.  Apr.  25,  1S44;  m.  at  Pittsfield,  June  7,  1871, 
James  Wilson,  son  of  Solomon,  and  Mary  Eliza- 
beth (Dunham)   Wilson,  b.    at    Pittsfield,    Mass., 
Sept.  23,  1848.    She  d.  at  Pittsfield,  Feb.  20,  1915. 
Children  born  at  Pittsfield:  (a)  Edward  Strong^* 
Wilson,  b.  June  9,  1872 ;  m.  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
Jan.  20,  1914,  Katherine  Maude  Hilton,  daughter 
of  John  Warren  and  Caroline  Maria   (Kellogg) 
Hilton,  b.  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  Jan.  21,  1883.     Chil- 
dren: i.  Edward  Strong^^  Wilson,  Jr.,  b.  at  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,   Nov.  9,   1914.     ii.  James  Hilton^'' 
Wilson,  b.  at  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  21,  1916.    iii. 
Patricia  Sherman^ ^  Wilson,   b.    at    Dobbs    Ferry, 
N.  Y.,  Mar.  24,  1917.     (b)  Charles  Hulbert^*  Wil- 
son, b.  Oct.  15,  1877.    B.A.  Yale,  1900;  m.  at  Pitts- 
field, Apr.  4,  1913,  Lena  Edge  (Wyman)  Sampson, 
widow  of  Alden  Sampson  and  daughter  of  Silas 
Waite  and  Mary  Jarvis   (Houdlette)   Wyman,  b. 
at  Augusta,  Me.,  June  22,   1878.     Child:  i.  Vir- 
ginia^^  Wilson,  b.  at  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  Dec.  20,  1916. 
(c)  Henry  Norman^"  Wilson,  b.  May  3,  1886;  d. 
Sept.  26,  1886.     (2)   Edward  Sherman^^'  Strong, 
b.  Oct.  4,  1851 ;  m.  at  Boston,  Mass.,  June  4,  1886, 
Cora  May  Kellogg,  daughter  of  Eusebius  Allan  and 
Ophelia    (Lockwood)    Kellogg,  b.  at  New  York 
City,  d  at  Boston,  Mass.,  Dec.  16,  1899.     Child: 
(a)  Allan  Kellogg"  Strong,  b.  at  Boston, 'Jan.  6, 
1889.    Unm.     (3)  William  Thaddeus^^  Strong,  b. 
at  New  Haven,  Sept.  24,  1854.    B.A.  Yale,  1876. 
M.A.,    1881.      Teacher   in    Boston,    Mass.,    Latin 
School  6  years.     Secretary  of  U.  S.  Legation  at 
Vienna,   1883-1885.     Instructor    in    modern    lan- 
guages at  Yale,  1888-1890.     Instructor  at  English 
High  School,  Boston ;  m.  at  Boston,  Mass.,  July  6, 
1904,  Baroness  Rose  Posse,  widow  of  Baron  Nils 
Posse  of  Stockholm,  Sweden.     She  was  b.  Dec.  1, 
1859,  at  Newburyport,  Mass.,  and  is  dau.  of  Fos- 
ter Waldo  and  Catharine  Moore  (Ballou)  Smith. 
He  d.  at  Brookline,  Mass.,  Apr.  22,  1919.  No  issue. 


210  Sherman  Genealogy 

5.  Howard^-  Sherman,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Apr.  21, 
1821 ;  m.  at  New  York,  Sept.  27,  1842,  Louisa  Jane 
Tamblingson,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
(Dodridge)  TambHngson,  b.  at  Devenport,  Eng- 
land, Sept.  27,  1823 ;  d.  at  New  Haven,  Dec.  3, 
1906.  He  d.  at  Rosebank,  Staten  Island,  N.  Y., 
June  6,  1912.  Children:  (1)  Louisa^^  Sherman,  b. 
at  New  Haven,  Oct.  26,  1843 ;  m.  at  Whitney ville, 
Conn.,  Sept.  1,  1875,  James  Sherwood  Pitkin,  son 
of  Gen.  Samuel  Leonard  and  Mary  Ann  (Lewis) 
Pitkin,  b.  at  East  Hartford,  Conn.,  Nov.  25,  1843; 
d.  at  New  Haven,  Feb.  11,  1914.  She  d.  at  Pine 
Orchard,  Conn.,  July  2,  1887.  Children :  (a)  Wil- 
liam Roger ^*  Pitkin,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Mar.  30, 
1877;  LL.B.  Yale,  1900;  m.  at  Waterbury,  Conn., 
Jan.  14,  1911,  Pauline  Migeon  Hayden,  daughter 
of  Edward  Simeon  and  Elizabeth  Gilder  (Kel- 
logg) Hayden,  b.  at  Waterbury,  Conn.,  May  20, 
1879.  Children  born  at  New  Haven:  i.  William^' 
Pitkin,  b.  Jan.  7,  1913.  ii.  Pauline  Hayden^^  Pit- 
kin, b.  Feb.  7,  1916;  (b)  James  Sherman"  Pitkin, 
b.  at  Ne\y  Haven,  Apr.  9,  1880.  B.A.,  Harvard, 
1903;  B.A.  Mass.  Inst.  Tech.,  1906.  Captain 
U.  S.  A.  m.  at  New  Haven,  June  19,  1915,  Annie 
Lawrence  de  Forest,  daughter  of  Dr.  Louis  Shep- 
ard  and  Annie  Coley  (Everit)  de  Forest,  b.  at  New 
Haven,  Dec.  12,  1892.  No  issue,  (c)  Reginald^* 
Pitkin,  b.  at  Pine  Orchard,  Conn.,  Oct.  12,  1881 ; 
d.  at  Pine  Orchard,  Aug.  10,  1882.  (d)  Lewis 
Sherman^*  Pitkin,  b.  at  Pine  Orchard,  June  22, 
1887;  m.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  July  11,  1908, 
Laura  Ruth  Carlisle,  daughter  of  William  Kinkead 
and  Mary  Ann  (Noonan)  Carlisle,  b.  at  Wichita, 
Kans.,  Sept.  19,  1886.  Children :  i.  Laura  Car- 
lisle^^  Pitkin,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Jan.  1,  1915.  ii. 
Jane  Carlisle^^  Pitkin,  b.  at  Pine  Orchard,  Aug.  4, 
1916.  (2)  John  Howard"  Sherman,  b.  at  Mount 
Morris,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  11,  1849;  for  a  time  a  member 
of  the  Yale  Qass  of  1874 ;  m.  at  New  York  City, 


Sherman  Genealogy  211 

Jan.  23,  1890,  Lily  Buttner,  daughter  of  Bernard 
Theodore  and  Caroline  Barnard  (Way)  Buttner, 
b.  at  Bremen,  Germany,  Nov.  2,  1858.  He  d.  at 
New  York  City,  Jan.  4,  1913,  child:  (a)  Howard 
Roger ^*  Sherman,  b.  at  New  York  City,  May  8, 
1892.  Unm.  (3)  Jessie  Buchanan^^  Sherman,  b. 
at  New  Haven,  Oct.  27,  1866;  m.  on  Staten  Island, 
N.  Y.,  July  29,  1911,  Richard  Garth  Stevens,  son  of 
Joseph  Hilton  and  Mary  Jodrell  (Lowndes) 
Stevens,  b.  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  16,  1864. 
No  issue. 

6.  Eliza  Taylor^^  Sherman,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Oct. 
26,  1824;  d.  at  Stony  Creek,  Conn.,  Oct.  9,  1901. 
Unm. 

7.  Jessie  Buchanan^-  Sherman,  b.  at  New  York  City, 
July  21,  1829;  m.  Nov.  3,  1851,  Lucius  Duncan 
Olmsted,  son  of  Denison  (B.A.  Yale,  1813)  and 
Eliza  (Allyn)  Olmsted,  b.  June  24,  1827;  d.  Mar. 
13,  1862.  She  d.  at  Chicago,  111.,  Feb.  14,  1857. 
Children:  (1)  Francis  Hovvard^^  Olmsted,  b.  at 
Chicago.  Apr.  14,  1853.  B.A.  Yale,  1874;  d.  at 
Denver,  Colo.,  Mar.  26,  1886;  m.  Oct.  13,  1882, 
Gertrude  Meredith  Holley,  daughter  of  Alexander 
Lyman  and  Mary  (Slade)  Holley,  of  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.  She  m.  (2)  Frank  E.  Randall.  Children: 
(a)  Alexander  Holley"  Olmsted,  b.  at  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.,  Nov.  7,  1883.  B.A.  Yale,  1904;  m.  at 
Poissy,  France,  Dec.  9,  1911,  Marie  de  Corinick, 
daughter  of  Georges  de  Corinick ;  d.  at  Bowdon, 
England,  May  9,  1912.  Child :  i.  Francis"  Olm- 
sted, b.  at  Bowdon,  May  9,  1912.  (b)  Jessie  Sher- 
man" Olmsted,  b.  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  28, 
1884;  m.  at  New  York  City,  June  14,  1906,  Edmund 
John  Drummond,  son  of  John  Landells  and  Jemima 
(Dodds)  Drummond,  b.  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Dec. 
25,  1876.  Children:  i.  John  Landells^^  Drum- 
mond, b.  at  New  York  City,  Mar.  5,  1907.  ii.  Ger- 
trude Holley^^  Drummond,  b.  at  New  York  City, 
Mar.  19,  1910.     iii.  Lucy  Holley"  Drummond,  b. 


212  Sherman  Genealogy 

at  Lakeville,  Conn.,  June  2,  1914.  (c)  Francis 
Howard^*  Olmsted,  Jr.,  b.  at  Denver,  Colo.,  Jan. 
12,  1886;  B.A.  Yale,  1909.  m.  at  New  York  City, 
Apr.  29,  1914,  Julia  (Hughes)  Culbert,  daughter 
of  Isaac  Wayne  and  Emily  (Baker)  Hughes,  b.  at 
Philadelphia,  Penn.  Children :  i.  Francis  Culbert^' 
Olmsted,  b.  at  Crawford,  N.  J.,  Nov.  1,  1915.  ii. 
Jessie  Sherman^^  Olmsted,  b.  at  Providence,  R.  I., 
Apr.  28,  1918.  (2)  Jessie  Sherman^^  Qlmsted,  b. 
at  Chicago,  111.,  June  2,  1855.  Unm.  (3)  EHza 
Taylor"  Olmsted,  b.  at  Chicago,  Jan.  27,  1857;  m. 

(1)  at  Geneva,  Switzerland,  Sept.  27,  1877,  Ed- 
mond  Falconnet  de  Palezieux,  son  of  Falconnet  and 
Emilie  (de  Montet)  de  Palezieux.    Divorced,    m. 

(2)  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  June  18,  1906,  Maximilian 
Baird,  son  of  Lyman  and  Elizabeth  (Mather) 
Baird,  b.  at  Chicago,  III,  Jan.  4,  1869.  B.A.  Yale, 
1890.  Lawyer ;  admitted  to  Bar  of  Illinois,  March 
1892.  Child  by  first  husband:  (a)  Rene^*  'de 
Palezieux,  b.  at  Vevey,  Switzerland,  1878;  m.  1905, 
Bertrand  Moreillon,  Missionary  in  South  Africa. 
Children:  i.  Marcelle^^  Moreillon,  b.  June,  1907. 
ii.  Suzanne^''  Moreillon,  b.  1908.  iii.  Jeanne^^ 
Moreillon,  b.  Nov.,  1909. 

V.  Joseph^i   Sherman,  bap.  Mar.  18,  1781;  d.  Oct.  14, 

1788. 
VI.  Anna"  Sherman,  bap.  Dec.  2,  1787;  d.  Oct.  4,  1788. 

44.  REV.  JOSIAH^°  SHERMAN  (40.  William,^  Joseph,^  Capt. 
John,''  John,^  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  b. 
at  Stoughton,  Mass.,  Apr.  1,  1729;  B.A.  Princeton,  1754; 
M.A.;  Harvard  M.A.,  1758;  Yale  M.A.,  1765.  Chaplain  7th 
Reg.,  Conn.  Line,  commissioned  Jan.  1,  1777,  discharged 
Dec.  6,  1777.  This  Regiment  fought  at  Germantown,  Oct.  4, 
1777,  and  wintered  at  Valley  Forge,  1777-8.  m.  at  Concord, 
Mass.,  Jan.  24,  1756,  Martha  Minot,  daughter  of  Col.  James 
and  Elizabeth  (Merrick)  Minot,  of  Concord,  b.  Feb.  1,  1738 
"Rev.  Mr.  Josiah  Sherman  of  Woburn  and  Mrs.  Martha 
Minot  of  Concord,  Marr'^  by  Jst^  Minot  Jehnvory  24,  1756" 


Sherman  Genealogy  213 

(Wobum,  Mass.,  Record,  p.  251).    Lived  at  Wobum  Mass 
many  years.     Moved  to  Milford,  Conn.,  then  to  Goshrn" 
Conn.,  a„d  in  .789  accepted  call  to  Churc'h  at  A™  ty   Conn 

.Wa1,errd:"DecTl^;rt;r\^i^^^^'  "^'-^  '""^ 
bHd.e  (New  Have:,-  ^'ro^;^  L^o^  V  ^757'  l^Tt 
Durham,  Greene  County,  New  York,  1820.    Children 

1.  Minof  Sherman,  b.  at  Woburn,  Dec  9  1756 

II.  Martha-  Sherman,  b.  at  Woburn,  Dec'  8,  1758     m 

(1)   Sept   7,  1780,    Rev.    Justus    Mitchell,    of    New 

^Tu       .""•'  '°"  °^  ^'""^'^  ='"d  Olive  (Root)  Mit- 

8^'    t  '^P'-;- 1754;  d.  at  New  Canaan,  Sept.  24. 

1806.    She  m.  (2)  about  1807,  William  Battel 

Z    12^l74r'.'''''''^*'^'    (S"""-)    Battel,    b.' 
isl    ^U    .     '  t"'  Farringford,   Conn..  Feb.  29, 

Children  by  first  husband : 

1.  Elizabeth-  Mitchell,  b.  at  Woodbury,  Conn.,  Aug. 
28  1781 :  m.  at  New  Canaan,  Nov.  1,  1801,  Charles 
Thompson,  son  of  Hezelciah  and Thompson 

9^,7     ^l  T-  "'''■  ''■  ''«°'  ^-  ^'  —-Dec! 

Ch  Id.  (1)  Charles  Chauncey-  Thompson,  b.  Feb. 

6,  1803,  merchant.  New  York  City;  m.  at  Wood- 
bury, Oct.  11,  1826,  Lydia  Bacon,  daughter  of  Dan- 
jel  Bacon,  b.  Apr.  27,  1805 ;  d.  at  New  York  City 
Dec.  2    1840.    They  had  two  children  and  many 
descendants.  ' 

2.  Sherman-  Mitchell,  b.  at  Woodbury,  July  2  1782- 

A.  M.tchell,  b.  May  23,  1807;  m.  Mar.  14,  1839, 
Joseph  Silhman;  d.  Apr.  5,  1880.  They  had  two 
children  and  other  descendants 

'■    f4"l7r4'^''^"^'-  ^'  ""'^  ^^"^-'  C--'  Sept. 
1806,  Elizabeth  Leeds  SilHman,  daughter  of  Dr 
Joseph  and  Patty   (Leeds)    Silliman,  b.  Oct    22* 
1789.    He  d.  at  White  Plains,  Feb.  20,  1862     She' 


214  Sherman  Genealogy 

d.   Mar.  8,   1865.     They  had  eight  children  and 
other  descendants. 
4.    Chauncey  Root^-  Mitchell,  b.  at  New  Canaan,  June 

25,  1786;  m.  about  1807,  Anna  MacArthur 

Johnston,  daughter  of  Hon.  Robert  and  EHzabeth 
(Ogden)  Johnston,  b.  at  Lake  Mahopac,  N.  Y., 
Nov.  1,  1785;  d.  at  Peekskill,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  21,  1864. 
He  d.  at  Delhi,  N.  Y.,  Feb.,  1811.  Children:  (1) 
Elizabeth  Thompson^^^  Mitchell;  (2)  Martha 
Minott^^  Mitchell,  b.  at  Somers,  N.  Y.,  May  2, 
1810;  m.  at  Peekskill,  Dec.  26,  1832,  Isaac  Depew, 
son  of  Abraham  and  Catherine  (Crankheit)  De- 
pew, b.  at  Peekskill,  Aug.  9,  1800;  d.  at  Peekskill, 
Mar.  15,  1869.  She  d.  at  Peekskill,  Mar.  26,  1885. 
Child:  (a)  Chauncey  MitchelP*  Depew,  b.  at 
Peekskill,  Apr.  23,  1834.  B.A.  Yale,  1856;  LL.D., 
1887.  Admitted  to  New  York  Bar  1858.  Member 
of  New  York  Assembly  1862  and  1863.  Secretary 
of  State  of  New  York  1864-1865.  Appointed  and 
confirmed  U.  S.  Minister  to  Japan,  1866.  Resigned 
1866.  Appointed  by  N.  Y.  Legislature  to  settle 
boundary  dispute  with  Pennsylvania.  Attorney 
for  New  York  &  Harlem  R.  R.  Co.  1866-1875. 
General  Counsel  of  N.  Y.  Central  &  Hudson  River 
R.  R.  Co.  1875-1885.  President  of  that  company 
1885-1898.  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Directors 
of  that  and  other  allied  companies  since  1898.  Re- 
gent of  the  University  of  New  York  1877-1904. 
Fellow  of  Yale  University  1888-1906.  U.  S.  Sena- 
tor 1899-1911.  Delegate  at  large  at  Republican 
National  Conventions  1888,  1892,  1896,  1900,  1904. 
Delegate  at  Republican  National  Conventions 
1908,  1912,  1916.  Orator  at  unveiling  of  Statue  of 
Liberty,  New  York  Harbor ;  at  the  Centennial  cele- 
bration of  the  inauguration  of  George  Washington, 
1899;  at  the  opening  of  the  Chicago  Exposition, 
1893,  and  on  other  important  occasions.  President 
N.  Y.  Yale  Alumni  Association  1883-1892.  Presi- 
dent Union  League  Club  of  New  York  City,  1886- 


Sherman  Genealogy  215 

1892.  m.  (1)  at  New  York  City,  Nov.  9,  1871, 
Elise  Ann  Hegeman,  daughter  of  William  and 
Eliza  Johnson  (Niven)  Hegeman,  b.  Nov.  16, 
1848;  d.  at  New  York  City,  May  7,  1893.  m.  (2) 
at  Nice,  France,  Dec.  28,  1901,  May  Palmer, 
daughter  of  Henry  and  Alice  (Hermon)  Palmer, 
b.  at  New  York  City,  May  3,  1866.  Child  by  f^rst 
wife:  Chauncey  MitchelP^  Depew,  Jr.,  b.  at  New 
York  City,  July  7,  1879.  B.A.  Columbia,  1901. 
Unm.  (3)  William  Ogden^=^  Mitchell.  (4)  Lucia 
Johnston^^  Mitchell. 
HI.  Elizabeth!^  Sherman,  b.  at  Woburn,  Mar.  26,  1761; 

m.  John  Mitchell;  d.  1816.    Child: 

1.    Henry ^2  Mitchell,  b.  at  Woodbury,  Conn.,   1784. 
M.D.  Yale,  1824.     Representative  Conn.  Legisla- 
ture 1827.    Rep.  in  U.  S.  Congress  1833-1835 ;  d. 
at  Norwich,  N.  Y.,   Jan.  12,  1856. 
IV.  Mary"   Sherman,  b.  at  Woburn,  Feb.  3,   1763.     m. 

Joseph  Ives,  b.  about  1750;  d.  about  1840.     She  d.  at 

Albany,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  7,  1834.    Children : 

1.  Joseph^-  Ives. 

2.  Maryi^  Ives,  b.  at  Hartford,  ,  1782;  m.  Apr. 

4,  1802,  Earl  Percy  Pease,  son  of  Nathaniel  and 
Eunice  (Allen)  Pease,  b.  at  Norfolk,  Conn.,  July 
30,  1778;  d.  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  11,  1864. 
She  d.  at  Canaan,  Conn.,  Dec,  1876. 

V.  Susannah"  Sherman,  b.  at  Woburn,  Apr.  7,  1765;  m. 

John  Baldwin.    She  d. ,  1833. 

VI.  Josiah"  Sherman,  b.  at  Woburn,  1769;  m.  at  Lansing- 
burg,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  22,  1797,  Hannah  Jones,  daughter 
of  Col.  Amasa  and  Hope  (Lord)  Jones,  b.  at  Hart- 
ford, Conn.,  Mar.  24,  1777;  d.  at  Naugatuck,  Conn., 
Mar.  24,  1861.    He  d.  at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  July  17.  1832, 
aged  62,  intestate.    Adm.  July  27,  1832.    Children : 
1.    Jane  Maria'^-  Sherman,  b.  at  Lansingburg,  N.  Y., 
Nov.  6,  1798;  m.  at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  July  8,  1821, 
Philip   Schuyler   Van   Ingen,   son   of   James   Van 
Ingen.    She  d.  at  Somerville,  Mass.,  July  10,  1843. 


216  Sherman  Genealogy 

Children:  (1)  James  Wilson^^  Van  Ingen,  b.  1822. 
(2)  Josiah"  Van  Ingen,  b.  1824.  (3)  Hannah^^  Van 
Ingen,  b.  July  1,  1826;  m.  May  3,  1846,  Rev. 
Lorain  Armsby;  d.  Jan.  7,  1848.  (4)  John  Fin- 
ley^2  Van  Ingen,  b.  May  15,  1835;  m.  June  30, 
1860,  Regina  Vergara;  d.  at  Santiago,  Chile,  Sept. 
15,  1905. 

2.  Anna  Eliza^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Lansingburg,  Sept.  15, 
1800;  m.  May  24,  1827,  Rev.  Daniel  Crosby,  who 
d.  Feb.,  1844.  She  d.  at  Waterbury,  Conn.,  July 
10,  1886.  Children:  (1)  Minott  Sherman^^  Crosby, 
b.  June  23,  1829;  m.  Dec.  28,  1854,  Margaretta 
Anna  Loraine  Maltby.  He  d.  Jan.  16,  1897.  (2) 
Edward"  Crosby,  b.  1832;  d.  1838.  (3)  Ann 
Eliza^^  Crosby,  b.  Feb.  5,  1840;  m.  Oct.  25,  1888, 
Alfred  F.  Adams. 

3.  Josiah  Jones^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Lansingburg,  May 
21,  1803;  d.  intestate,  at  Albany,  Aug.  26,  1873. 
Unm.    Adm.  Oct.  23,  1873. 

4.  Roger  Minott^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Albany,  Aug.  4, 
1805 ;  d.  July  2.  1825. 

5.  Henryi2  Sherman,  b.  at  Albany,  Mar.  6,  1808; 
B.A.  Yale,  1829;  M.A.  Trinity,  1850.  Lawyer. 
Author,  m.  at  New  York  City,  Sept.  20,  1843, 
Anna  Amelia  Burnham,  daughter  of  Michael 
and  Elizabeth  (Seymour)  Burnham,  b.  at  New 
York  City,  Dec.  28,  1822;  d.  at  Stratford,  Conn., 
Oct.  15,  1897.  He  d.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Mar. 
24,  1879.  Children:  (1)  Elizabeth  Seymour" 
Sherman,  b.  at  Andover,  Mass.,  Oct.  27,  1844;  d. 
Apr.  29,  1848.  (2)  Anna  Burnham"  Sherman,  b. 
at  Buckland,  Conn.,  Nov.  6,  1848;  d.  at  Hartford, 
Conn.,  Apr.  4,  1913,  unm.  She  published  genea- 
logical notes  on  her  family.  (3)  Ellen  Minott" 
Sherman,  b.  at  Buckland,  Dec.  10,  1850;  d.  at  Law- 
rence, N.  Y.,  Feb.  23,  1901.  (4)  Ada  Elizabeth" 
Sherman,  b.  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  Mar.  16,  1855;  d, 
at  Washington,  Sept.  9,  1875.  (5)  Henry  Roger" 
Sherman,  b.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Aug.  18,  1864; 


HON.  ROGER  MINOTT  SHERMAN 

1773-1844 


DANIEL  BARNES  1772  IT'CI 
Son-in-law  of  Hon.  Royer  Stierman 


HON.  SIMEON  BAI.nWIN   I7(.l  I\S| 

Sciiiin  law  of  Hon.  Roger  Siiernian. 

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m.  Jan.  8,  1898,  Aletta  Smith,  daughter  of  Rich- 
ard H.  and  Harriet  (Hendrickson)  Smith,  b.  July 
31,  1881.  Children:  (a)  Henry  Roger"  Sherman, 
Jr.,  b.  Dec.  22,  1898.  (b)  Ruth  Burnham^*  Sher- 
man, b.  Apr.  5,  1900. 
6.  Rev.  Charles  Selden^-  Sherman,  b.  at  Albany,  Apr. 
26,  1810;  B.A.  Yale,  1835.  Congregational  Min- 
ister and  Missionary,  m.  (1)  at  New  Haven, 
Conn.,  June  11,  1839,  Martha  Esther  Williams, 
daughter  of  Cyrus  and  Martha  (Wheeler)  Wil- 
liams, b.  at  North  Stonington,  Conn.,  Jan.  24,  1816; 
d.  at  New  Britain,  Conn.,  July  9,  1846.  m.  (2)  at 
Manchester,  Conn.,  July  1,  1847,  Esther  Wood- 
bridge  Pitkin,  daughter  of  Horace  and  Emily 
(Woodbridge)  Pitkin,  b.  at  Manchester,  Dec.  25, 
1817;  d.  there  July  10,  1893.  He  d.  there  Jan.  3, 
1899.  Children  by  first  wife  :  (1)  Charles  Edwin^^ 
Sherman,  b.  at  Jerusalem,  Syria,  Jan.  10,  1841 ;  m. 
at  Far  Rockaway,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  23,  1900,  Hannah 
Newbold  Lawrence,  daughter  of  Alfred  Newbold 
and  Elizabeth  (Lawrence)  Lawrence,  b.  at  New 
York  City,  Apr.  9,  1852.  No  issue.  (2)  Sarah 
Williams^^  Sherman,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Apr.  16, 
1843 ;  m.  at  Naugatuck,  Conn.,  Aug.  23,  1866,  Rev. 
George  Addison  Mills,  son  of  Daniel  and  Martha 
(Carroll)  Mills,  b.  Apr.  15,  1839.  She  d.  at  New- 
port, Vermont,  Oct.  21,  1890.  Children:  (a)  Rev. 
George  Sherman^*  Mills,  b.  at  Copake,  N.  Y.,  Feb. 
24,  1868;  m.  at  Calais,  Me.,  Kate  Gage  Vose.  (b) 
Martha  Esther"  Mills,  b.  at  Copake,  Feb.  6,  1870; 
m.  at  Limerick.  Me.,  June  19,  1900,  William 
Abram  Harthorne.  (c)  Emma  CarrolF*  Mills,  b. 
at  Castleton,  N.  Y.,  July  31,  1872;  d.  Aug.  2,  1872. 
(d)  Charles  Elmendorf"  Mills,  b.  at  Castleton, 
Mar.  9,  1874;  m.  Jan.  26,  1914,  Mildred  Dudley. 
(3)  Roger  Minott^^  Sherman,  b.  at  New  Britain, 
Conn.,  June  30,  1846;  d.  there  Aug.  27,  1846. 
Children  of  Charles  Selden^^  Sherman  by  second 
wife:  (4)  Richard^^  Sherman,  b.  at  New  Britain, 


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218  Sherman  Genealogy 

May  15,  1849;  d.  at  Naugatuck,  June  26,  1853. 
(5)  Edward  Crosby^ ^  Sherman,  b.  at  Naugatuck, 
Dec.  14,  1851.  Unm.  (6)  Emily  Pitkin^^^  Sher- 
man, b.  at  Naugatuck,  May  30,  1856.    Unm. 

7.  Mary  Frances^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Albany,  Nov.  15, 
1812;  d.  Feb.  26,  1816. 

8.  Epaphras  Jones^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Albany,  Jan.  23, 
1815;  m.  at  Greenbush,  N.  Y.,  May  8,  1847,  Mary 
Louise  Rothschild,  b.  at  Albany,  N.  Y. ;  d.  at 
Brookilyn,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  30,  1855.  He  d.  at  New 
York  City,  Dec.  31,  1885.  Children:  (1)  Roger 
Minott'=*  Sherman,  b.  at  Albany,  Dec.  9,  1849. 
Lawyer.  For  seven  years  Assistant  United  States 
Attorney,  Southern  District  of  New  York.  m.  (1) 
at  Detroit,  Mich.,  Nov.  19,  1876,  Florence  Bagley, 
daughter  of  John  J.  Bagley,  Divorced.  He  m.  (2) 
at  Washington,  D.  C,  Mar.  4,  1883,  Mary  Inman 
Drake,  daughter  of  John  Robert  and  Sarah  Hill- 
yer  (Inman)  Drake,  b.  at  Louisville,  Ky.,  Sept.  29, 
1863.  He  d.  at  Mt.  Vernon,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  26,  1905. 
Children  by  first  wife:  (a)  Mary  Florence^*  Sher- 
man, b.  at  New  York  City,  Apr.  30,  1879.    Unm. 

(b)   Harold"  Sherman,  b.  June  2,  1881,  d.  . 

Children  by  second  wife:  (c)  Roger^*  Sherman,  b. 
at  New  York  City,  Sept.  17,  1884;  Lawyer;  m.  at 
New  York,  Apr.  16,  1913,  Marjorie  Wellington 
Treat,  daughter  of  Charles  Payson  and  Sarah  Hale 
(Wellington)  Treat,  b.  at  Chicago,  111.,  Aug.  2, 
1887.  Children  b.  at  New  York  City:  i.  Katha- 
rine^^ Sherman,  b.  Jan.  10,  1914.  ii.  Roger  Minott^' 
Sherman,  b.  July  6,  1916.  (d)  Beatrice^*  Sher- 
man, b.  Sept.  5,  1886;  d.  June  8,  1887.  (e) 
Dorothy"  Sherman,  b.  Jan.  20,  1888;  m.  at  Mt. 
Vernon,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  28,  1911,  Ernest  Wilson 
Mecabe,  son  of  Henry  Harry  and  Martha  Helen 
(Felker)  Mecabe,  b.  at  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  Sept.  14, 
1885.  No  issue.  Adopted  child:  Margery  Mecabe, 
b.  Apr.  24,  1917.  (f)  Blatchford"  Sherman,  b.  at 
New  York  City,  Mar.  16,  1889,  2nd  Lieut.  U.  S.  A. 


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Served  in  France;  m.  at  Mt.  Vernon,  N.  Y.,  Dec 

18,  1917,  Martha  Stella  Miles,  daughter  of  Dwilym 
and  Lily  (Haynes)  Miles,  b.  at  New  York  City 
Nov.  9,  1895.  (g)  Marjorie^*  Sherman,  b.  at  Ros- 
lyn,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  9.  1891 ;  m.  at  Boston,  Mass.,  Dec. 

19,  1914,  Lewis  Patrick  Greene,  son  of  William 
Holt  and  Patricia  Louise  (Ward)  Greene,  b.  at 
Spratton,    Northamptonshire,   England,    Mar.   26, 

1891.  Child:  i.  Patricia  Drake"  Greene,  b  at 
Bronxville,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  15,  1916.  (h)  Sylvia^* 
Sherman,  b.  at  Mt.  Vernon,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  15,  1895; 
m.  at  Bronxville,  N.  Y.,  May  18,  1918,  Perle'y  Pea- 
body  Pitkin,  son  of  Frank  Ivan  and  Josephine 
(Roleau)    Pitkin,   b.   at   Montpelier,   Vt.,  Jan.   5 

1892.  Child:  (a)  Martha"  Pitkin,  b.  at  Montpelier! 
Nov.  15,  1919.  (2)  Walter  Rothschild^^  Sher- 
man, b.  at  Albany.  Dec.  24,  1851 ;  m.  (1)  Oct.  10, 
1873,  Katherine  M.  Daly.  She  d.  July  28,  1895* 
m.  (2)  Dec.  15,  1896,  Belle  Magee  Annette.  Di- 
vorced. Child  by  first  wife:  (a)  Walter  Minott^* 
Sherman,  b.  Oct.  18.  1876;  d.  at  Colorado  Springs 
Colo.,  Mar.  19,  1903.  Child  by  second  wife:  (b)' 
Edith  May^*  Sherman,  b.  May  24,  1898. 

9.    Frances  Mary^-'  Sherman,  b.  at  New  York  City 
Sept.  26,  1817.     m  .at  Hartford,  Conn.,  Nov.  29 
1849,   Aaron  Buckland  Jones    (her  first  cousin),' 
She   d.   at   Lake   George,   N.   Y.,   July  29,    1856.' 
Child:   (1)   Herbert  William"  Jones,  b.  at  Buck- 
land,  Conn.,  Jan.  11,  1853;  d.  Jan.  15,  1895.    Unm. 
Vn.  Hon.  Roger  Minott-  Sherman,  b.  at  Woburn,  May  22 
1773.     B.A.  Yale,   1792.     LL.D.  Yale,  1829.     Lived 
with  his  uncle  Hon.  Roger  Sherman,  in  New  Haven 
while  in  College.    His  uncle  wrote  to  him  as  follows:' 

"New  York  April  28,  1790 

Dear  Nephew,— I  would  have  you  continue  your  studies  and 

remain  at  my  house  as  you  have  done  hitherto.     I  hope  you  will 

be  provided  for  so  as  to  complete  your  education  at  College   and 

lay  a  foundation  for  future  usefulness.     When  I  return  "l  'shall 


220  Sherman  Genealogy 

take  such  further  order  respecting  it  as  may  be  proper.  I  shall 
alTord  you  as  much  assistance  as  under  my  circumstances  may  be 
prudent. 

I  am  your  affectionate  uncle 
Roger  Sherman" 

Helped  support  himself  in  College  by  teaching.  Studied  law 
in  -Windsor,  Conn.,  under  Hon.  Oliver  Ellsworth  (afterwards 
Chief  Justice  of  the  United  States)  and  at  the  same  time  taught 
in  the  Academy.  After  two  years,  moved  to  Litchfield,  Conn., 
and  there  studied  law  under  Hon.  Tapping  Reeve  and  taught 
school.  Feb.  5,  1795,  elected  Tutor  of  Yale  College.  Received 
instruction  in  law  from  Hon.  Simeon  Baldwin.  Admitted  to  the 
Bar  in  New  Haven  in  1796.  In  May  1796  settled  in  Norwalk, 
Conn.,  as  Lawyer.  Dec.  13,  1796,  m.  Elizabeth  Gould,  daughter 
of  Dr.  and  Col.  William  and  Mary  (Guy)  Gould,  formerly  of 
Branford,  then  of  New  Haven,  Conn.  They  had  twin  sons:  1. 
William  Gould^^  Sherman  and  2.  James  Minott^^  Sherman,  b.  at 
Norwalk,  Oct.  18,  1799.  They  both  d.  young.  He  was  Deputy 
to  General  Assembly  for  Norwalk  in  May  and  Oct.  sessions  in 
1798.  In  Nov.,  1807,  removed  to  Fairfield,  Conn.,  where  he  re- 
sided for  the  rest  of  his  life,  at  his  death  leaving  (subject  to  his 
wife's  life  estate)  his  homestead  to  the  Congregational  Church  for 
a  parsonage.  It  is  still  used  as  a  parsonage  and  in  it  are  fine  oil 
portraits  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sherman.  Elected  Assistant  of  Con- 
necticut May,  1814,  and  continued  until  May,  1818.  Delegate  to 
the  Hartford  Convention  in  Dec,  1814.  Considered  for  Presi- 
dency of  Yale  College  in  1817.  Representative  to  General  As- 
sembly for  Fairfield  in  1825  and  1838.  In  May,  1839.  appointed 
Associate  Justice  of  Supreme  Court  of  Errors  of  Connecticut. 
Resigned  in  May,  1842,  on  account  of  ill  health,  d.  Dec.  30, 
1844,  at  Fairfield.  A  very  able,  eloquent  and  distinguished  lawyer 
and  advocate  with  large  practice  in  Court  and  before  the  Legis- 
lature. His  widow  d.  at  Fairfield,  Aug.  3.  1848.  in  her  75th  year. 
There  is  a  sketch  of  him  in  "An  Old  New  England  Town,"  by 
Rev.  Frank  S.  Child,  1895,  also  in  Vol.  13,  Conn.  Reports  Appen- 
dix, p.  22. 

VIII.  Harriet"  Sherman,  d.  young. 
IX.  Eliza^^  Sherman,  d.  unm. 


Sherman  Genealogy  221 

45.  DANIEL^"  SHERMAN  (41.  John,"  John,«  Samuel/  Ed- 
mund,"^ Edmund,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at 
Woodbury,  Conn.,  Aug.  14,  1721.  Bap.  Aug.  20,  1721.  m. 
at  Danbury,  Conn.,  Feb.  14,  1744,  Mindwell  Taylor,  daugh- 
ter of  Nathan  and  Hannah  (Benedict)  Taylor,  b.  at  Dan- 
bury,  1720  d.  at  Woodbury,  May  18,  1798  (Ae.  78,  G.  S.) 
He  d.  at  Woodbury,  July  28,  1799  (Ae.  78,  G.  S.),  Deputy 
for  Woodbury  to  General  Court  1754,  1755,  1757-1783,  1785- 
1791.  Member  of  Council  of  Safety  1777-1779.  Judge  of 
Probate  1758-1795.  Justice  of  Quorum  1761-1786.  Mem- 
ber of  Governor's  Council  1777-1781.  Member  of  Conven- 
tion which  ratified  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States  at 
Hartford,  1788.  His  epitaph  at  Woodbury  is  as  follows: 
"In/  memory  of/  Daniel  Sherman,/  Esq.  who  died  July 
28,/  A.D.  1799  aged  78  years/.  Beneath  the  surface  of  this 
ground/  Honor  in  humble  ruin  lies./  Here  earth  contains 
in  narrow  bounds,/  What  Sherman  left  below  the  skies." 
Her  epitaph  is:  "In/  memory  of/  Mindwell/  wife  of  Daniel 
Sherman/  Esq.  who  died  May  18,  1798/  aged  78  years." 
His  will,  dated  Nov.  10,  1795,  was  proved  at  Woodbury, 
Sept.  6,  1799.  Mentions  wife  Mindwell,  sons  Daniel  and 
Taylor,  and  daughters  Sarah,  Hannah  and  Emm.  Chil- 
dren born  at  Woodbury: 

I.  Hannah^^  Sherman,  b.  June  4,  1745.     Bap.  June  30, 
1745.    m.  Feb.  11,  1765,  Daniel  Manvil. 
'      II.  Emm"  Sherman,  b.  Aug.  2,  1747.    Bap.  Aug.  9,  1747; 
d.  Oct.  1,  1749. 

III.  Sarah"  Sherman,  b.  Sept.  14,  1749.     Bap.  Sept.  17, 
1749.    Unm.    d.  Sept.  14,  1798  Ae.  49. 

IV.  Emm"  Sherman,  b.  Mar.  23,  1753.     Bap.  Mar.  25, 
1753.    m.  Feb.  19,  1772,  Robert  Warner. 

V.  Daniel"  Sherman,  b.  Apr.  30,  1756.     Bap.  May  2, 
1756.    m.  Dec.  31.  1782,  Elizabeth  Mitchell. 
55     VI.  Taylor"  SHerman,  b.  Sept.  5,  1758. 

46.  CAPT.  JOHN"  SHERMAN  (42.  Hon.  Roger,^"  William," 
Joseph,®  Capt.  John,^  John,^  Henry,°  Henry,'  Thomas,' 
John,^  ThomasO,  b.  at  New  Milford,  Conn.,  July  8,  1750 


222  Sherman  Genealogy 

(O.  S.),  July  19,  1750  (N.  S.)  ;  bap.  July  15,  1750  (O.  S.), 
by  Rev.  Nathaniel  Taylor  (Church  Records,  Vol.  I,  p.  77'). 
m.  (1)  by  Rev.  Jonathan  Edwards,  at  New  Haven,  Aug.  28, 
1771,  Rebecca  Austin,  daughter  of  Deacon  David  and  Mary 
(Mix)  Austin,  bap.  at  New  Haven,  Dec.  16,  1753.  She 
obtained  a  divorce  from  him  in  Jan.,  1793,  in  the  Superior 
Court,  New  Haven  County.  She  d.  at  Suffolk,  Conn.,  Mar. 
12,  1830,  and  is  buried  in  the  Charles  Sherman  burial  lot 
in  the  Suffield  Cemetery.  Her  tombstone  inscription  is: 
"Mrs.  Rebecca  A.  Sherman  of  New  Haven,  died  March  12, 
1830,  aged  7(i.  Professing  the  religion  of  Christ,  her  life 
evinced  love  to  His  cause."  Her  will,  dated  June  28,  1828, 
was  proved  at  New  Haven,  Apr.  16,  1830.  He  m.  (2)  at 
Stoughton,  Mass.,  Sept.  4,  1794,  by  Rev.  Zacharied  Howard, 
Nancy  Tucker,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Dana) 
Tucker,  b.  at  Milton,  Mass.,  Sept.  27,  1762. 

In  or  about  1784,  he  formed  a  partnership  with  David  Austin, 
Jr.,  and  Ilez  Wetmore,  of  New  Haven.  The  partnership  agree- 
ment still  extant,  is  not  dated.  By  it  they  formed  "themselves 
into  a  company  for  the  prosecution  of  trade  under  the  firm  of 
Austin,  Wetmore  &  Sherman" ;  the  partners  to  be  equal  pro- 
prietors in  the  capital  stock  of  £1800;  the  profits  to  be  equally 
divided  and  the  partnership  to  continue  until  dissolved  by  agree- 
ment of  the  partners.  In  1784  and  1785  the  firm  name  was  Wet- 
more &  Sherman,  and  the  place  of  busines  was  on  Chapel  Street. 
Advertisements  of  the  firm  in  "The  Connecticut  Journal,"  of 
New  Haven,  in  1784,  and  in  1785,  showed  that  they  had  for  sale 
hay,  oxen,  horses,  water  hogsheads,  hides,  rum.  sugar  and  an  as- 
sortment of  dry  goods  and  other  goods  "For  which  they  will  re- 
ceive in  Payment  all  kinds  of  Public  Securities,  Lumber  and  all 
kinds  of  Country  Produce."  He  apparently  gave  up  business 
and  intended  to  go  to  Charleston  or  Savannah,  as  appears  by  the 
following  letter  from  him  to  his  father : 

"New  Haven  Decem  8th,  1788 
Most  respected  Parent, 

My  departure  from'  this  is  absolutely  necessary  on  Account 
of  my  entering  into  business;  the  Trade  of  this  City  at  present  is 
not  an  Object  of  Importance,  &  scarcely  of  Support,  I  am  now 


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in  the  prime  of  life,  I  hope  my  Friends  will  not  think  me  lost,  my 
determinations  are  Just,  that  is  to  pay  all  their  dues  and  owe  no 
one  anything-,  in  consequence  of  which  I  shall  advise  you  &  Esq. 
Austin,  likewise  Mrs.  Sherman  the  place  of  my  residence,  the  Set- 
tlement of  my  Public  Accounts  will  be  attended  to  by  me  as  soon 
as  the  Public  are  ready  to  make  me  Payment  for  my  Services, 
otherwise  I  should  have  left  the  United  States  for  a  few  years,  & 
this  is  only  what  prevents.  I  most  probably  shall  fix  my  resi- 
dence at  Charles  Town,  or  Savannah,  unhappy  it  is  the  past,  I 
did  not  take  your  advice,  it  would  not  have  obliged  me  to  take 
the  present  measure  (I  think  that  the  most  unfeeling  Heart  would 
not  wish  to  distress  Mrs.  Sherman  &  the  Children  in  my  absence) 
(I  leave  them  to  your  care  you  will  please  to  assert  their  rights  & 
be  their  Just  protector,  &  may  the  most  Cordial  Friendship  ever 
subsist  betwixt  you  &  Esq.  Austin.  I  wish  each  of  you  length  of 
days  &  that  your  usefulness  may  be  preserved  to  the  last  &  that 
each  of  your  Families  may  be  happy  (my  own  unhappiness  pro- 
ceeds from  myself  only.     I  am  with  every  respect 

Your  son  John  Sherman 

Roger  Sherman  Esq." 

He  served  as  paymaster  in  the  Revolutionary  War  and  had 
trouble  with  the  settlement  of  his  accounts  with  the  United  States 
Government,  as  shown  by  the  following  letter  to  his  father: 

"New  Etaven  July  23^  1790 
Honer*^  Sir 

I  transmit  to  you  the  ultimate  Statement  of  my  concerns  with 
the  United  States  in  order  to  lay  them  before  Congress  for  their 
consideration.  I  wish  to  compleat  the  whole  as  soon  as  possible 
in  order  to  git  into  business  which  will  support  a  large  Family, 
and  do  that  Justice  to  the  public  which  is  the  best  I  possibly  can, 
four  applications,  one  to  Congress,  three  to  the  General  Assembly 
when  the  Acct^  were  stated  and  the  whole  of  the  Securities  in 
my  hands,  I  found  them  daily  falling  and  no  general  government 
established,  which  Induced  me  to  take  the  measure  I  did,  and  by 
advice  not  from  my  friends  who  always  held  up  an  Idea  of  their 
being  funded,  but  from  other  Gentlemen  which  prompted  me  to 
the  Action  (It  is  done  I  cannot  help  it)   having  no  resources  at 


224  Sherman  Genealogy 

Command,  I  await  the  decision  of  Congress  on  the  Subject,  my 
person  is  subject  to  an  Arrest  tho  they  cannot  command  Gold  nor 
Silver  from  me  having  none  nor  any  property,  I  will  not  attempt 
to  Involve  my  friends  as  I  never  consulted  them — my  Acct^  are 
fully  prepared  for  a  Settlement  I  wish  you  to  advise  with  Doc' 
Johnson  who  knows  the  circumstances  of  my  first  Application  to 
Congress  likewise  Colo.  Wadsworth  as  to  the  State,  and  no  fur- 
their  intefere  on  my  Acc^  than  you  shall  Judge  necessary,  I  have 
stated  plain  facts — &  expect  personally  to  be  answerable — 

I  am  your  Son 

with  every  sentiments  of  respect 

John  Sherman 
Roger  Sherman  Esq." 

(Written  on  back  in  his  father's  handwriting) 
"John  Sherman's  letter 
respecting  his  public  accounts" 

There  are  in  existence  several  letters  from  John  Sherman  to 
his  father,  relating  to  the  divorce  suit  brought  against  him  by  his 
wife,  in  which  he  speaks  of  efforts  to  settle  the  matter  and  com- 
plains of  his  wife  and  his  father-in-law.  In  a  letter  to  his  father, 
dated  January  10,  1793,  he  says  the  divorce  case  has  been  tried 
and  a  decision  is  expected  that  day.  In  another  letter,  dated 
January  16,  1793,  he  says : 

"A  bill  of  divorce  is  granted  to  Mrs.  Sherman  &  all  connec- 
tion on  my  part  with  the  Family  ceases  forever.  *  *  *  *  i 
am  disposed  to  render  them  every  assistance  so  far  as  it  respects 
the  children  that  Humanity  &  reason  can  demand." 

At  this  time  he  was  living  on  his  father's  farm  and  managing 
it. 

The  following  letter  from  his  daughters  to  their  grandfather 
Sherman,  refers  to  the  separation  of  their  parents  and  also  to 
portraits  and  arms  of  the  family : 

"New  Haven,  Jan.  21,  1793. 
Honored,  and  much  respected  Grandfather. 

We  sincerely  lament  the  unhappy  necessity,  which  has  sepe- 
rated  our  Parents.  We  hope  it  will  not  be  the  means  of  depriv- 
ing us  of  your  parental  regard,  and  protection.     We  shall  ever 


MEHETABEL  SHERMAN 

(Marrikli  1st,  Daniel  Barnes:  2nd,  Jkrkmiah  Evarts) 

1774-1851 


JEREMIAH  EVAKTS 

1781-1831 

From  oi!  portrait  by  S.  F.  B.  Morse 


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retain  a  grateful  remembrance  of  your  past  kindness,  and  hope 
you  will  ever  continue  it  to  us.  The  mortifying  and  disagreeable 
situation  we  are  in,  we  hope  will  apologize  for  the  freedom  we 
have  taken  in  addressing  you.  Our  father  not  satisfied  with 
heaping  disgrace  and  sorrow  upon  his  children,  has  stripped  us 
of  all  the  Furniture  he  ever  purchased,  not  even  excepting  our 
Portraits,  and  arms  of  the  Family,  which  we  would  wish  to  re- 
tain, as  a  remembrance  of  the  family  from  which  we  are  de- 
scended. The  Carpet  Mama  thinks  she  ought  to  have,  as  he 
made  a  present  of  it  to  her,  on  his  return  from  the  Army  before 
Evidences,  as  a  reward  for  her  faithfulness  and  Industry.  He 
has  likewise  taken  the  Desk,  Tea  Urn,  Silver  Handled  Knives  & 
Forks,  best  Bed  &  Bedding,  Chairs,  Tables,  &c.,  which  Mama  is 
very  willing  he  should  have.  He  has  been  here,  &  with  Roger 
taken  an  account  of  all  the  Provisions,  &  Stores  we  have  in  the 
House,  which  are  very  considerable,  and  threatened  taking  them 
away,  he  has  also  given  orders  to  Mr.  Baldwin,  to  receive  all  the 
Money  due  to  us  from  our  Boarders,  when  they  return  at  the  close 
of  Vacation.  We  intreat  you  Sir,  to  interpose  in  our  afifair,  & 
not  suffer  him  to  add  affliction,  to  his  already  afflicted  Children. 
We  shall  do  everything  in  our  power,  to  assist  Mama  in  the 
maintenance  of  the  Family,  and  endeavour  to  be  as  little  bur- 
densome to  our  Friends  as  possible.  We  rejoice  dear  Sir,  in  the 
prospect  of  your  speedy  return,  and  hope  tO'  find  in  you  an  indul- 
gent Father,  &  unfailing  Friend.  We  hope  our  future  conduct 
will  be  such  as  to  merit  your  approbation  and  esteem.  With  the 
greatest  respect  Dear  Sir,  we  subscribe  ourselves  your  dutiful  & 
Affectionate  Grandchildren 
Maria  Sherman  Betsey  Sherman  Harriet 
Sherman." 
Addressed 

"Hon^'e  Roger  Sherman 
Philadelphia" 
Endorsed 

"Maria  Sherman's  &c.  letter  Jan.  21" 

Capt.  John^^  Sherman  d.  intestate  at  Canton,  Mass.,  Aug.  8, 
1802.  Adm.  granted  to  his  widow  Anna  [Nancy]  Sherman,  Oct. 
5,  1802.    Bond  $20,000.    Inventory  of  personal  property  $388.17, 


226  Sherman  Genealogy 

filed  Nov.  17,  1802.  She  d.  at  Canton,  intestate,  Dec.  7,  1858,  in 
her  97th  year,  having  survived  her  husband  over  56  years.  Adm. 
to  Charles  G.  Mcintosh,  Feb.  5,  1859.  Bond  $16,000.  Inventory 
filed  Feb.  24,  1859.  Real  estate  $2180.  Personal  $6376.89.  Sec- 
ond account  allowed  Dec.  31,  1859,  and  estate  distributed.  He 
served  in  Revolutionary  War.  Was  Paymaster  of  a  Massa- 
chusetts Regiment  in  1776.  Paymaster  6th  Connecticut  Regi- 
ment of  Line  Jan.  1,  1777.  Commissioned  second  Lieutenant  Oct. 
7,  1778,  first  Lieutenant  May  10,  1780;  served  in  4th  Connecti- 
cut Regiment  and  2nd  Connecticut  Regiment.  Served  to  June, 
1783.  Received  commission  as  Captain  by  brevet  Feb.  23,  1784. 
He  was  an  original  member  of  The  Society  of  the  Cincinnati  of 
Connecticut.  Their  grave  stone  in  Canton  Cemetery,  has  the 
following  inscriptions : 

CAPT.  JOHN  SHERMAN 

eldest  son  of 

Hon.  Roger  Sherman. 

signer  of  the  Declaration 

of  Independence 

born  in  New  Milford  Conn. 

died  at  Canton  Aug.  8.  1802 

in  his  52d  year. 


MRS  NANCY 

widow  of 

Capt.  John  Sherman 

born  at  Milton 

died  at  Canton  Dec  7.  1858 

in  her  97th  year. 

By  deed  dated  Aug.  12,  1793,  in  consideration  of  £45,  he  con- 
veyed to  his  brother  Roger  Sherman  all  his  interest  in  the  real 
and  personal  estate  of  his  father  deceased.  He  taught  school  in 
Canton,  Mass.,  in  1794  and  1795.  In  the  U.  S.  Pension  Office  is 
record  of  application  on  Nov.  7,  1848.  of  Nancy  Tucker  Sher- 
man, of  Canton,  Mass.,  aged  86  years,  widow  of  John  Sherman, 
for  pension.  She  states  that  they  were  married  Sept.  4,  1794, 
and  that  John  died  at  Canton,  Aug.  6,  1802.  On  Nov.  8,  1848. 
Lucinda  Littlefield,  of  Randolph,  Mass.,  aged   52  years,  states 


Sherman  Genealogy  227 

that  she  is  the  daughter  of  John  and  Nancy  Sherman,    The  pen- 
sion was  granted. 

Children  by  first  wife,  born  at  New  Haven,  Conn. : 
56        I.  Rev.  John^2  Sherman,  b.  June  30,  1772. 

II.  Maria^2  Sherman,  b.  Sept.  30,  1774;  bap.  Sept.  29, 
1782;  m.  at  New  Haven,  by  Rev.  Timothy  JDwight^ 
Dec.  3,  1798,  Rev.  Ira  Hart,  B.A.  Yale,  1797,  M.A., 
son  of  Jonathan  and  Mary  (Coe)  Hart;  b.  at  Bristol 
(now  Farmington),  Conn.,  Sept.  18,  1771;  d.  at 
Stonington,  Conn.,  Oct.  29,  1829.  He  was  Pastor  of 
the  church  at  Stonington  for  many  years  and  was 
Chaplain  of  Col.  Randall's  Regiment  at  the  battle  of 
Stonington,  Aug.,  1814.  She  d.  at  Stonington,  Sept. 
21,  1857.    Children: 

1.  Dr.  David  Sherman"  Hart,  b.  at  Middlebury, 
Conn,,  Sept.  26,  1799.  B.A.  East  Tenn.  College, 
1821,  M.A.,  1875.  M.D.  Yale,  1823,  d,  at  Ston- 
ington, Aug.  8,  1885.     Unm. 

2.  Charles  Theodore"  Hart,  b.  at  New  Haven,  June 
14,  1801,  Class  of  1821  at  Yale;  d.  at  Stonington, 
Oct.  13,  1819.    Unm. 

3.  Eliza  Harriet"  Hart,  b.  at  Middlebury,  Mar.  12, 
1803;  m,  at  Stonington,  Dec.  31,  1823,  Benjamin 
Franklin  Palmer,  son  of  Noyes  and  Dorothy 
(Stanton)  Palmer,  b.  at  Stonington,  Oct,  25,  1797; 
d,  there  Nov,  23,  1878.  She  d.  at  Mystic  Bridge, 
Dec.  29,  1842.  He  married  (2)  Susan  M.  Smith. 
Children  of  Eliza,  born  at  Mystic  Bridge,  near 
Stonington:  (1)  Franklin  Alexander^*  Palmer,  b, 
Apr.  23,  1825 ;  mar.  at  Mystic,  June  22,  1848,  Ara- 
bella Stoddard,  daughter  of  Ralph  and  Charlotte 
(Colfax)  Stoddard,  b.  at  New  London,  Conn., 
Aug.  31,  1824;  d,  at  Campbell,  Cal.,  Dec.  15,  1907. 
He  d.  at  Stonington,  Jan.  23,  1864.  Children  born 
at  Stonington:  (a)  Eliza  Arabella"  Palmer,  b. 
Dec.  28,  1849;  d.  Dec.  31,  1849.  (b)  Frank 
Learned"  Palmer,  b.  Mar.  31,  1852;  m.  at  Oakland, 
Cal.,  Dec.  29,  1897,  Martha  Louisa  Belcher,  daugh- 


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228  Sherman  Genealogy 

V  ter  of  Frederick  Parsons  and  Clara  (Smith)  Bel- 
cher, b.  at  San  Francisco,  Oct.  27,  1855.  Chil- 
dren :  i.  Franklin  Charles"  Palmer,  b.  at  Oakland, 
Cal.,  Mar.  6,  1881;  m.  at  Salem,  Oregon,  July  15, 
1905.  Helene  Semke,  daughter  of  Henry  and 
Christina  (Mattise)  Semke,  b.  at  Crystal  Falls, 
Mich.,  Oct.  2,  1887.  Children:  Bertram  Glenn" 
Palmer,  b.  at  Salem,  Ore.,  Aug.  25,  1907.  Edith 
Gertrude^^  Palmer,  b.  at  Pomona,  Cal.,  Oct.  9,  1911, 
Dorothy  Helen^^  Palmer,  b.  at  Terra  Bella,  Cal., 
Feb.  25,  1917.  ii.  Frederick  Belcher^"  Palmer,  b, 
at  Oakland,  May  21,  1883;  m.  at  Walnut,  Cal, 
Nov.  21,  1911,  Hazel  Marie  Williamson,  daughter 
of  Eli  Samuel  and  Maria  Ann  (Keeler)  William- 
son, b.  at  Bradford,  Penn.,  Nov.  26,  1888.  Child: 
Thomas  Williamson^^  Palmer,  b.  at  Pomona,  Cal., 
Oct.  23,  1915.  iii.  Donald  Day"  Palmer,  b.  at -^' 
Oakland,  Aug.  19,  1885 ;  enlisted  but  not  called 
into  service;  m.  at  Pomona,  July  17,  1917,  Kath- 
arine Prewitt  Graham,  daughter  of  William  Har- 
rison and  Frances  (Boswell)  Graham,  b.  at  Lex- 
ington, Ky.,  Oct.  1,  1888.  iv.  Roger  Sherman^® 
Palmer,  b.  at  Oakland,  Oct.  14,  1888.  B.A.  Po- 
mona College,  1910.  Served  in  U.  S.  Medical  Re- 
serve; m.  at  Boston,  Mass.,  May  27,  1918,  Irma 
Frances  MacKenzie,  daughter  of  Angus  G.  and 
Margaret  Jane  (Holmes)  MacKenzie,  b.  July  11, 
1891.  V.  Gertrude"  Palmer,  b.  at  Pomona,  Nov. 
8,  1890.  Served  in  France  as  dietitian  at  U.  S. 
Base  FTospital  46  near  Neuf  Chateau,  1918.  Unm. 
(c)  Arabella  Stoddard"  Palmer,  b.  Jan.  7,  1854; 
m.  at  Oakland,  Jan.  18,  1882,  Charles  Zalmon  Mer- 
ritt,  son  of  William  Chambers  and  Mary  Lock- 
wood  (Carter)  Merritt,  b.  at  Montebello,  111.,  Oct. 
25,  1853.  She  d.  at  Oakland,  July  22,  1906.  Chil- 
dren: i.  Ralph  Palmer"  Merritt,  b.  at  Rio  Vista,  " 
Cal.,  Feb.  26.  1883.  B.S.  University  of  Cal.,  1907. 
Comptroller  of  University  of  California.  U.  S. 
Food  Administrator  for  California ;  m.  at  Oaklat>'^. 


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May  21,  1910,  Varina  Pearl  Morrow,  daughter  of 
Frederick  Brown  and  Mary  Harvey  (Kirkman) 
Morrow,  b.  at  Oakland,  July  17,  1883.  Children 
born  at  Oakland:  Mary  Varina^'^  Merritt,  b.  Mar. 
27,  1911.  Katherine  Stoddard^^  Merritt,  b.  Sept. 
20,  1912.  Ralph  Palmer^^  Merritt,  Junior,  b.  July 
9,  1916.  ii.  Charlotte  HazeF^  Merritt,  b.  at  Oak- 
land, July  6,  1885.  Unm.  (d)  Charlotte  Eliza^^  Pal- 
mer, b.  Apr.  25,  1858.  Unm.  (e)  Harriet  RusselF 
Palmer,  b.  Jan.  3,  1861.  Unm.  (f)  Roger  Sher- 
man^^  Palmer,  b.  Aug.  23,  1863 ;  d.  at  Stonington, 
Aug.  27,  1863.  (2)  Charles  Theodore  Hart^''  Pal- 
mer, b.  Jan.  15,  1827.  B.A.  Yale,  1847.  m.  at 
New  Almaden,  Cal.,  May  21,  1857,  Harriet  King" 
Day,  daughter  of  Sherman^^  and  Elizabeth  Ann 
(King)  Day,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Mar.  6,  1836.  He 
taught  under  a  tree  the  first  school  at  Sacramento, 
Cal.  He  d.  at  Berkeley,  Cal.,  Feb.  18,  1897.  No 
issue.  (See  below  74.)  (3)  Maria  Sherman^* 
Palmer,  b.  Nov.  16,  1829;  m.  at  Mystic  Bridge, 
Nov.,  1860,  Selden  Spencer  Walkley,  son  of 
James  and  Lydia  (Spencer)  Walkley,  b.  at  Had- 
dam.  Conn.,  Jan.  18,  1806;  d.  at  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
Feb.,  1891.  She  d.  at  Mystic,  1862.  Child:  (a) 
Maria  Palmer^^  Walkley,  b.  at  Mystic  Bridge, 
1862;  d.  there  1862,  a  few  weeks  old.  He  m.  (2) 
at  North  Beverly,  Mass.,  Oct.  20,  1864,  Caroline 
Lord,  daughter  of  Thomas  Lord.  They  had  two 
sons,  both  now  dead.  (4)  Harriet  Elizabeth^* 
Palmer,  b.  Dec.  2,  1832 ;  m.  at  Mystic  Bridge,  May, 
1852,  Thomas  Wright  Russell,  son  of  Charles  and 
Adaline  (Nash)  Russell,  b.  at  Greenfield,  Mass., 
May  22,  1824.  She  d.  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  about 
1874.  No  issue.  He  m.  again  and  had  issue.  He 
d.  at  Hartford,  Apr.  23,  1891.  (5)  Ira  Hart^* 
Palmer,  b.  Apr.  18,  1836;  m.  at  Stonington,  Nov.  5, 
1861,  Harriet  Trumbull,  daughter  of  John  Frank- 
lin and  Ann  Eliza  (Smith,  second  wife)  Trumbull, 
b.  at  Stonington,  Mar.  25,  1838.     He  d.  at  Ston- 


230  t  Sherman  Genealogy 

ington,  Aug.  25,  1903.  Children  born  at  Stoning- 
ton:  (a)  Arthur  TrumbulU^  Pahner,  b.  June  12, 
1863;  m.  (1)  at  Pomona,  Cal,  Nov.  10,  1887, 
Emma  Lena  Parsons,  daughter  of  Ephraim  and  /-^ 
Lydia  (Wilcox)  Parsons,  b.  at  Kewanee,  111.,  July 
14,  1867;  d.  at  Pomona,  Sept.  28,  1888;  m.  (2)  at 
Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  14,  1893,  Laura  Crosvvell 
Brown,  daughter  of  Thomas  Jefferson  and  Laura 
Adams  (Crosswell)  Brown,  b.  at  New  York  City, 
Apr.  14,  1858.  He  d.  at  Portland,  Me.,  Dec.  30, 
1901.  Child  by  second  wife:  i.  Laura  Sherman^" 
Palmer,  b.  at  Rockland,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  2,  1897.  (b) 
Charles  Sherman^'^  Palmer,  b.  Feb.  23,  1865 ;  d.  at 
Stonington,  Sept.  14,  1866.  (c)  Henry  Robin- 
son^^  Palmer,  b.  Oct.  15,  1867;  m.  at  Stonington, 
June  14,  1900,  Rieta  Woodruff  Babcock,  daughter 
of  Courtlandt  Guynet  and  Mary  Burnet  (Wood- 
ruff) Babcock,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Feb.  2,  1876. 
Children  born  at  Stonington :  i.  Lewis  Babcock^" 
Palmer,  b.  June  16,  1907.  ii.  Henry  Robinson" 
Palmer,  Jr.,  b.  June  16,  1911.  iii.  Mary  Babcock" 
Palmer,  b.  July  4,  1916.  (d)  Frank  Trumbull" 
Palmer,  b.  May  12,  1870;  d.  at  Stonington, 
Aug.  23,  1910.  Unm.  (6)  Henry  Austin^*  Pal- 
mer, b.  Dec.  23,  1842;  m.  at  Oakland,  Cal.,  Feb.  6, 
1867,  Jane  Olivia^^  Day,  daughter  of  Sherman^' 
and  Elizabeth  Ann  (King)  Day,  b.  at  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.,  Nov.  6,  1844;  d.  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  July 
21,  1910.  He  d.  there  Feb.  4,  1917.  Three  chil- 
dren.   (See  below  125.)  i 

4.  Louisa  Maria^'  Hart,  b.  Apr.  11,  1805;  d.  at  Ston- 
ington, Nov.  15,  1868.    Unm. 

5.  Henry  Austin"  Hart,  b.  Sept.  26,  1809 ;  d.  at  Ston- 
ington, Mar.  5,  1837.    Unm. 

in.  Harriet"  Sherman,  b.  Sept.  30,  1776;  bap.  Sept.  29, 
1782;  d.  May  2,  1795.    Unm. 

IV.  Elizabeth"  Sherman,  b.  Sept.  10,  1778;  bap.  Sept.  29, 
1778;  m.  at  New  Haven  by  Rev.  Timothy  Dwight, 
Rev.  Erastus  Ripley,  B.A.  Yale  1795,  M.A.,  son  of 


Sherman  Genealogy  231 

Joshua  and  Elizabeth  (Lathrop)  Ripley,  b.  at  Wind- 
ham, Conn.,  June  17,  1770;  d.  at  Meriden,  Conn.,  Nov. 
17,  1843.  She  d.  at  Montville,  Conn.,  Nov.  3,  1834. 
No  issue. 
V.  Rev.  David  Austin^-  Sherman,  b.  Dec.  10,  1781 ;  bap. 
Sept.  29,  1782;  B.A.  Yale,  1802,  M.A.;  m.  by  Rev.  Ira 
Hart,  at  Stonington,  Conn.,  Oct.  6,  1813,  Mary  Ann 
Babcock,  daughter  of  Major  Paul  and  Nancy  (Bell) 
Babcock,  b.  Apr.  3,  1792;  d.  at  Stonington,  Aug.  3, 
1815.  He  d.  at  Racine,  Wis.,  Dec.  4,  1843.  Tutor 
at  Yale.  President  of  East  Tennessee  College.  Child : 
1.  David  Babcock^^  Sherman;  d.  young. 
57     VI.  Major  Charles^-  Sherman,  b.  Nov.  28,  1783. 

VII.  Rev.  Henryi2  Sherman,  b.  Oct.  16,  1785 ;  bap.  Dec.  1, 
1785  ;  B.A.  Yale,  1803,  M.A.  Licensed  co  preach  Nov. 
9,  1808.  m.  by  Rev.  Ira  Hart,  at  North  Stonington, 
Conn.,  Oct.  7,  1813,  Martha  Denison,  daughter  of 
Amos  and  Hannah  (Williams)  Denison,  b.  at  Ston- 
ington, Mar.  26,  1796.  He  d.  at  New  Haven,  Feb.  4, 
1817.  She  m.  (2)  May  1,  1826,  Rev.  Stephen  Peet, 
B.A.,  Yale,  1823,  who  d.  Mar.,  1855.  She  d.  Nov.  13, 
1877.    Child: 

1.    Rebecca  Austin^ ^  Sherman,  b.  at  Weston,  Conn,, 
Feb.  16,  1815;  m.  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  24,  1837, 
as  his  second  wife,  James  Wellington  Vail,  son  of 
,  Isaiah  and  Hannah  (Horton)  Vail,  b.  at  Middle- 

town,  N.  Y.,  May  13,  1805 ;  d.  at  Selma,  Ala.,  Aug. 
20,  1882.  He  m.  (1)  May  10,  1832,  Lindamira  Jack- 
son, b.  Mar.  11,  1809;  d.  June  24,  1835.  Rebecca 
d.  at  Madison,  Wis.,  Mar.  6,  1888.  Children:  (1) 
Sarah  Rebecca^*  Vail,  b.  at  Troy,  Wis.,  Sept.  21, 
1838;  m.  at  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  June  9,  1886, 
Josah  Thompson,  Sr.,  b.  at  Rehoboth,  R.  I.,  June 
9,  1816;  d.  at  Minneapolis,  June  8,  1890.  No  issue. 
(2)  Lindamira  Jackson^*  Vail,  b.  at  Troy,  Wis., 
Jan.  1,  1841;  m.  at  Avoca,  Wis.,  Jan.  2,  1872, 
Charles  Burritt  Curtis,  son  of  Rev.  Otis  Freeman 
and  Marilla  (Wright)  Curtis,  b.  at  Milwaukee, 
Wis.,  Feb.  9,  1848 ;  B.A.  Beloit  College.  Wis.,  1870, 


232  Sherman  Genealogy 

M.A. ;  B.D.  Yale,  1873.  She  d.  at  Maltz,  Ala.,  June 
7 ,  1902.  Children  (a)  Henry  Sherman^^  Curtis,  b. 
at  South  Britain,  Conn.,  Aug.  16,  1873;  m.  (1)  at 
Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  30,  1899,  Elzabeth  Teninty, 
daughter  of  Lawrence  and  Katharine  Teninty,  b. 
at  Union  Springs,  N.  Y.,  June  21,  1879;  d.  at  Ashe- 
ville,  N.  C,  June  20,  1909.  He  m.  (2)  at  Selma, 
Ala.,  Apr.  24,  1910,  Eva  Hicks,  daughter  of  Rev. 
T.  Raymond  and  Leonora  Hicks,  b.  at  Mont- 
gomery, Ala.,  Nov.  3,  1887.  Children  by  first 
wife :  i.  Ralph  Vincent^®  Curtis,  b.  at  Chicago,  111., 
Mar.,  1900.  ii.  Joseph  Carleton^^  Curtis,  b.  at 
Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  1,  1904.  (b)  Ralph  Wright" 
Curtis,  b.  at  Burlington,  Wis.,  Dec.  8,  1877. 
B.S.A.  Cornell  University,  1901.  M.S.A.  Cornell, 
1905.  Prof.  Landscape  Dept.  Cornell  Univ.,  m.  at 
Jamaica  Plain,  Mass.,  Sept.  3,  1910,  Allie  Petti- 
grew,  daughter  of  John  and  Anne  M.  (Goode)  Pet- 
tigrew,  b.  at  Chicago,  III,  Sept.  20,  1878.  Child: 
i.  Roger  Sherman^^  Curtis,  b.  at  Boston,  Mass., 
May  23,  1911.  (3)  Martha  Sherman^*  Vail,  b.  at 
Racine,  Wis.,  May  28,  1843;  m.  at  Avoca,  Wis., 
Sept.  5,  1867,  Oliver  Perry  Ashley,  son  of  Elisha 
and  Eliza  (Girard)  Ashley,  b.  at  Auburn,  O.,  Oct. 
29,  1838;  d.  at  Avoca,  Wis.,  Jan.  15,  1906.  Chil- 
dren: (a)  Eloise^^  Ashley,  b.  at  Dodgeville,  Wis., 
Aug.  30,  1869;  m.  at  Lennox,  So.  Dakota,  Aug.  2, 
\  1892,   Marshall  Richard  Brown,  son  of  Thomas 

V  Henderson  and  Mary  (Morse)  Brown,  b.  at  Brod- 

head,  Wis.,  June  1,  1869.  Children  born  at  Sioux 
Falls,  So.  Dak. ;  i.  Roger  Sherman  Henderson^* 
Brown,  b.  Aug.  25,  1893.  Sergeant  U.  S.  A.  ii. 
Doris  Albina^^  Brown,  b.  June  9,  1806.  iii.  Mary 
Ruth^^  Brown,  b.  Jan.  4,  1900;  d.  at  Sioux  Falls, 
Aug.  17,  1902.  iv.  Elinor  Martha^^  Brown,  b. 
Mar.  2,  1902.  v.  Ashley  Morse^"  Brown,  b.  Oct. 
16.  1905.  (b)  Rebecca  Sherman^^  Ashley,  b.  at 
Avoca,  Wis.,  July  3,  1871.  Unm.  (c)  Florence 
Cecelia"  Ashley,  b.  at  Vinton,  Iowa,  Feb.  12,  1874; 


MR.  AND  MRS.  ROGER  SHERMAN.  JR. 
1768-1856.       1778)855 
From  an  ambrotype 


EDWARD  STANDISH  SHERMAN 
1818-1882 


CATHARINE  AUGUSTA  TOWNSEND 

(Mrs.  Edward  S.  Sherman) 

1823-1902 


REV.  JEREMIAH   DAY,  1773-1867 

President  of  Vale  College.    Son  in-law  of  Hon.  Roger  Sherman. 

From  oil  iiurtrait  painted  in   1S2.3  liy  Samuel  F.  B.  Morse  for  Vale  College 


Sherman  Genealogy  2V\ 

d    at  Lennox,  So.  Da.,  May  4,  1897.     (d)   Tosiah 
U.  b.  A.;  b.  at  Lennox,  So.  Dak.,  Mar.  6    1885- 

(Hastmgs)  Welcome,  daughter  of  William  Henry 
and  Bess,e  (Kendal)  Hastings,  b.  at  Minneapolis 
Minn.,  1885.  No  is^ne  i±\  -u  ■  .  "^  "• 
V-,iI  h  „r.  .  °  '"™^-  (+)  Harriet  Louisa" 
184  '  ''■;/,'!?""'■  -^"S:.  2,  1845;  d.  there  Sept.  11, 
1845.     (5)  Henry  Sherman"  Vail,  b.  at  Mt   Zion 

r  ^i:,  ''•  ""'•    ^^'°^  '-"  ^-'-  Adlt.'  G  nl' 

«     Mr^3^1^r7'"^'''r^^°'-"-^'^^'-^°; 
ill.,  Mar.  31    1880,  Jennnie  Corneha  McCulIoch 

daughter  of  Carleton  G.  and  Harriet    (Pettibonel 

McCuNoch  b.  at  Portage,  Wis.,  Nov.  15,  1856    H 

b'  !  S'^m'1  p"''  '"•  ^*-  '^-  '5'9.  Children 
C„n  h  f  v"f  T"*'  '^■'"'^"^  (^)  Carleton  Mc- 
CulIoch" Vail,  b.  Feb.  13,  1881;  m.  at  Chicaro 

Jan  22,  1907.  Winifred  Case,  daughter  of  ^dTd        / 
Beecher  and  Lavonia  (Prentiss)  Case,  b.  at  Chi- 

S  L  K  ;^'-  ^'^"*^"  ^°™  «  Highland 
Park:  ,.  Ed.th  Wmifred"  Vail,  b.  Nov.  7    1908 

..Carleton  McCuiloch"  Vail,  Jr.,  b.  Mar.  22  1912^ 

(b)   Roger  Sherman"  Vail,  b.  Nov.  6,  1883;  m' 

a    Rochester    N.  Y.,  Apr.  23,  1914,  Mary  Glenn 

B  OSS.    daughter   of   Joseph    Blossom   and    Mary 

m^  ("!;°^--")  Bloss,  b.  at  Rochester,  July  1^ 

1890.     Children  born  at  Chicago:  i.  Ro..er  Sher 

-n"  Vail,  Jr.,  b.  July  4.  1915.'  ii.  Hen^^  Bios"; 

Vai    b^Dec.  7  ,916.    (c)  James"  Vail,  1  Ma;  6. 

1885;  d.  at  Highland  Park,  May  7,  1885.     (d) 

Malcolm  Dennison"  Vail.  b.  Oct.  4,  1888;  ma 

Cleveland,  O.,  Mar.  4,   19,6,  Margaret  Fielding 

Nye,  daughter  of  Howard  B.  and  Emily  (Curtis) 

Nye,  b.  at  Cleveland.  O..  Apr.  25,  1890.    Child- 

.  Kathenne  Lewis"  Vail.  b.  at  Highland  Park 

Nov.  30.  1917.    (e)  Cecile"  Vail.  b.  Feb.  9  1891      «^ 

Ito'  F^n'^K  ''''''  ^^^  ^-  '^'5.  Merrill  Mid-' 
dteon  Follansbee,  son  of  Charles  E.  and  Maria 
(Coburn)   Follansbee,  b.  Apr.  10,  ,886.     Child- 


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234       ^  Sherman  Genealogy 

i.  Merrill  Middleton^"  Follansbee,  Jr.,  b.  at  Chi- 
cago, Nov.  26,  1917.  (6)  Cecilia  Maria"  Vail,  b. 
at  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  Aug.  2,  1852;  m.  at  Avoca, 
Wis.,  Oct.  15,  1879,  Josiah  Thompson,  Jr.,  son  of 
Josiah  and  Nancy  (Wood)  Thompson,  b.  at 
'  Lowell,  Mass.,  May  8,  1846.    No  issue.     (7)  Julia 

Frances"  Vail,  b.  at  Milwaukee,  Jan.  2,  1855;  d. 
there  May  29,  1855.  (8)  James  Edward  Holton^* 
Vail,  b.  at  Milwaukee,  Nov.  6,  1857;  d.  there  Aug. 
9,  1858. 

Qiildren  of  Capt.  John^^  Sherman  by  second 
wife,  born  at  Stoughton,  now  Canton,  Mass. 

58  VIII.  Nancyi^  Sherman,  b.  Nov.  28,  1794.    m.  Gideon  Mc- 

intosh. 

59  IX.  Lucinda^^  Sherman,  b.  Aug.   16,   1796.     m.  Thomas 

Littlefield. 

47.  LIEUT.  WILLIAM^i  SHERMAN  (42.  Hon.  Roger,^" 
William,^  Joseph,^  Capt.  John,'^  John,"  Henry,^  Henry,* 
Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at  New  Milford,  Nov.  12, 
1751,  O.  S.,  Nov.  23,  1751,  N.  S.;  bap.  Nov.  17,  1751,  O.  S., 
by  Rev.  Nathaniel  Taylor  (New  Milford  Church  Records, 
Vol.  I,  p.  77)  ;  B.A.  Yale  1770,  M.A.  m.  at  New  Haven, 
Nov.,  1773,  Sarah  Law,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Eunice 
(Andrew)  Law  and  granddaughter  of  Governor  Jonathan 
and  his  second  wife  Abigail  (Arnold)  Law.  Abigail  was 
daughter  of  Captain  Josiah  Arnold,  son  of  Benedict  Arnold, 
first  governor  of  Rhode  Island.  Sarah  Law  was  born  at 
Milford,  Conn.,  about  1753.  Her  father,  Jonathan  Law,  of 
Milford,  was  b.  Dec.  5,  1705;  d.  Sept.  24,  1790.  His  will, 
dated  at  Milford,  Apr.  10,  1780,  was  proved  at  New  Haven, 
Mar.  7,  1791.  In  it  he  mentions  his  only  son  Benedict  Arnold 
Law  and  his  daughters  Eunice,  Mary,  Sarah,  Abigail  and 
Comfort,  and  he  gives  his  daughters  Abigail  and  Comfort 
the  use  of  part  of  the  house  while  they  remain  unmarried. 
His  wife  d.  at  Milford,  May  2,  1762,  and  was  buried  there. 
His  original  will  is  on  file  but  is  not  recorded.  It  was  wit- 
nessed and  proved  by  Richard  Law,  Anna  Law  and  Jonathan 


Sherman  Genealogy  235 

Law,  all  of  New  London,  Conn.  Sarah  (Law)  Sherman 
claimed  that  William  deserted  her  in  Nov.,  1779.  They  were 
divorced  by  the  Legislature  in  Sept.  1781,  and  she  m.  (2) 
at  New  Haven,  Sept.  23,  1781,  Mark  Leavenworth,  son  of 
Rev.  Mark  and  Sarah  (Hull)  Leavenworth,  b.  at  Water- 
bury,  Conn.,  May  26,  1752.  B.A.  Yale,  1771 ;  d.  at  Paris, 
France,  Nov.  2,  1812.  She  died  intestate  at  Paris,  Jan.  22, 
1826.  They  had  a  son  who  d.  in  1825,  aged  about  25.  (Dex- 
ter's  Biographies  of  Yale  Graduates.)  At  the  U.  S.  Con- 
sulate General  in  Paris,  is  record  that  Mr.  James  Thayer, 
formerly  of  Providence,  R.  L,  called  at  the  Consulate,  Sun- 
day, Jan.  22,  1826,  to  inform  the  Consul  Mr.  L  Cox  Barnet, 
of  the  death  of  Madame  Leavenworth.  On  Jan.  23,  1826, 
Charles  Bernet,  son  of  the  Consul,  attended  the  funeral  of 
Mrs.  Leavenworth,  Relict  of  the  late  Mark  Leavenworth. 
Her  body  was  taken  from  the  house  No.  22  Rue  Hauteville 
Faubourg  Poissonniere  and  was  interred  in  the  Cemetery  of 
Montmartre,  where  Mark  Leavenworth  was  buried.  (Reg. 
ister  of  Consulate  Apr.  11,  1825— May  29,  1834,  p.  19.) 

At  a  Surrogates  Court  of  Ontario  County,  New  York,  held  at 
Canandaigua,  June  6,  1832,  an  application  was  made  by  Oliver 
Phelps  to  establish  the  heirship  and  succession  to  the  personal 
property  of  Sarah  Leavenworth,  widow  of  Mark  Leavenworth, 
formerly  of  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  and  later  of  Paris,  France, 
deceased,  intestate. 

In  this  proceeding  evidence  was  given  that  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Leavenworth  after  their  marriage  lived  in  Paris;  that  after  his 
death  his  widow  Sarah  visited  Canandaigua  in  1818  and  returned 
to  Paris  where  she  died  and  that  her  next  of  kin  were  the  six  sur- 
viving children  of  Betsey  L.  (Sherman)  Phelps,  widow  of  Oliver 
Leicester  Phelps,  namely :  Oliver  Phelps,  Leicester  Phelps,  Eliza 
M.  (Phelps)  Hubbell,  wife  of  Walter  Hubbell.  Francis  Mark 
Leavenworth  Phelps,  Seymour  Law  Phelps  and  William  H. 
Phelps,  Jennett  Phelps,  another  child  having  died. 

John  Greig,  a  lawyer,  of  Canandaigua,  testified  that  he  saw 
Mrs.  Leavenworth  in  Paris  on  October  23,  1817,  at  her  house  No. 
16  Rue  du  Mont-Thabor,  and  that  he  was  in  Paris  in  1825  and 
1830,  and  did  not  then  see  her,  but  was  informed  she  was  dead. 


236  Sherman  Genealogy 

It  was  adjudged  that  the  six  persons  above  named  then  living 
were  the  heirs  and  next  of  kin  of  Sarah  Leavenworth,  deceased. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  an  interesting  letter  of  Sarah 
(Law)  (Sherman)  Leavenworth  to  her  grandson,  Oliver  Phelps 
III: 

"Paris  6th  Sepr  1815 
Mr  Oliver  Phelps 
My  Dear  Grandson 

I  wrote  to  you  &  also  to  your  sister  Eliza  your  Brother  Leices- 
ter in  the  Month  of  June  last  &  to  Francis  &  Henry  in  the  Month 
of  July.  I  hope  my  Letters  have  been  received — Before  you  re- 
ceive this  Letter  you  will  have  heard  of  the  several  revolutions 
which  have  taken  place  in  different  parts  of  Europe  within  the 
last  six  months — It  is  wonderful  to  have  so  many  extraordinary 
events  in  a  Century  and  more  particularly  so  in  so  short  a  length 
of  time — the  invasion  of  Napoleon  his  Victories  &  total  defeat — 
the  establishment  of  Louis  eighteenth  on  the  Throne  of  his  an- 
cestors— the  restoration  of  the  king  of  Saxony  on  his  throne — 
Ferdinand  seventh  proclaimed  King  of  Naples  &  the  two  Sicilies 
— all  this  has  taken  place  with  inconceivable  rapidity,  no  preced- 
ing Century  can  compare  with  the  present.  It  will  furnish  his- 
tory with  more  extraordinary  events  than  any  other  period  since 
the  annals  of  time — Peace !  will  be  the  recompence  of  so  much 
bloodshed  &  destruction — The  great  battle  which  took  place  on 
the  eighteenth  of  June  last,  at  Waterloo — ^between  the  French  & 
allied  armies,  &  which  decided  the  contest.  Is  said  to  be  the  great- 
est that  was  ever  known.  The  slaughter  was  so  great  that  they 
could  not  bury  the  dead !  They  were  obliged  to  bum  the  bodies 
of  those  unfortunate  victims  who  fell  a  sacrifice  to  the  obedience 
of  their  sovereign — Alas !  who  can  console  the  bereaved  Parents 
— wives  &  Children ;  Brothers  &  sisters  for  the  loss  of  those  un- 
fortunate Victims ! !  The  allied  sovereigns  are  still  in  Paris  with 
their  troops,  which  are  no  small  expense  to  France.  Nayoleon 
rendered  himself  prisoner  to  the  English  who  in  concert  with  the 
allied  sovereigns,  have  sent  him  to  the  Island  of  St.  Helain  where 
he  is  to  be  guarded,  even,  with  more  precaution,  than  any  other 
prisoner  with  only  the  title  of  General — Thus  has  the  great  Goliah 
fallen!  who  only  three  weeks  before,  at  the  great  fete  de  Champs 


Sherman  Genealogy  237 

de  May — was  drawn  in  his  Imperial  Gold  Coach ;  by  Eight 
Arabian  white  Horses  whose  heads  were  covered  with  elegant 
white  plumes  and  every  other  mark  of  Luxury. 

I  hope  there  will  be  no  new  obstacle  present  to  detain  me  here 
longer,  than  until  next  spring — when  I  hope  to  return  to  our  pro- 
pitious &  happy  Country;  where  I  doubt  not  I  shall  meet  har- 
mony &  affection,  united  in  your  innocent  amusements  &  domestic 
concerns — 

I  beg  you  to  particularly  take  care  of  your  dear  sister  Eliza 
who,  is  burthened  with  many  cares  &  fatigues — a  delicate  young 
Lady  cannot  support  too  great  a  portion  of  trouble. 

I  have  the  satisfaction  to  tell  you  that  I  have  not  suffered 
otherways  by  the  revolution,  than  by  delay  to  return  to  America 
— I  request  you  to  give  my  respects  to  your  Grandmother  Phelps 
&  my  Love  to  your  Brother  &  sisters — I  remain  my  dear  Grand- 
son your  affectionate  Grand  Mother 

Leavenworth" 

William  was  usually  known  as  and  signed  his  name  William 
Sherman,  Junior,  to  distinguish  him  from  another  William  Sher- 
man of  New  Haven.  After  graduation  he  was  employed  in  his 
father's  store  in  New  Haven,  and  in  Dec,  1772,  he  succeeded  his 
father  in  business  but  was  not  successful.  By  instrument  dated 
Aug.  7,  1776,  William.  Sherman,  Jr.,  of  New  Haven,  for  £20. 
made  over  and  conveyed  unto  Abraham  Augur,  all  his  right  and 
title  in  a  shop  that  he  used  to  occupy,  standing  on  land  belonging 
to  Roger  Sherman,  Esq.  One  of  the  witnesses  to  this  was  John 
Sherman,  Jr.  By  endorsement  on  this,  dated  Feb.  9,  1778,  Abra- 
ham Augur,  for  £13/11/10  assigned  "the  within  writing  &  the 
estate  thereby  conveyed  to  me  unto  Roger  Sherman  of  the  town 
of  New  Haven." 

By  instrument  dated  Mar.  23,  1775,  William  Butler,  Thomas 
Pearsall,  Samuel  Delaplaine,  Hallett  &  Hazard,  Frederick  Rhine- 
lander  and  others,  New  York  creditors  of  William  Sherman,  of 
New  Haven,  requested  him  on  receipt  thereof,  to  assign  all  his 
effects  (his  wearing  apparel  and  necessary  household  furniture  ex- 
cepted) under  oath  to  his  father,  Roger  Sherman,  Esq.,  for  the  use 
and  benefit  of  all  his  creditors  in  proportion  to  their  respective  de- 
mands, and  they  requested  said   Roger   Sherman   to  accept  the 


238  Sherman  Genealogy 

assignment  and  effects  and  make  the  best  of  the  same  as  soon  as 
may  be,  for  the  benefit  of  said  creditors,  and  stated  that  they 
hoped  the  sum  would  be  sufficient  to  pay  them  in  full,  but  if  it 
should  fall  short  and  pay  no  more  than  15  shillings  in  the  pound, 
they  nevertheless  agreed  to  receive  the  same  respectively  and  give 
him  full  discharge.  He  served  as  paymaster  with  rank  of  lieu- 
tenant, in  Col.  Seth  Warner's  Connecticut  Regiment  from  Jan., 
1777,  to  Jan.,  1781.  In  Feb.,  1778,  application  was  made  to  the 
General  Assembly  of  Connecticut  to  grant  him  exemption  from 
arrest  after  having  assigned  his  property  for  the  benefit  of  his 
creditors. 

"Saturday,  July  6  1776.  The  Board  of  War  brought  in  a  re- 
port which  was  taken  into  consideration ;  Whereupon,  RE- 
SOLVED *  *  *  That  William  Sherman  Junr  be  ap- 
pointed pay  master  of  Colonel  Warner's  regiment"  (Pro- 
ceedings of  Continental  Congress,  Vol.  V,  p.  523). 
July  16,  1779.  "A  letter  of  the  14,  from  the  Board  of  War 
was  read,  enclosing  a  letter  of  26  June  from  Samuel  Saf- 
ford  lieutenant  Colonel  informing  that  William  Sherman 
pay  master  of  Colonel  Warner's  regiment  had  offered  to 
resign,  which,  as  he  has  not  settled  the  accounts  of  the  regi- 
ment since  raised  and  has  in  his  hands  a  considerable  sum 
of  money  which  is  its  due,  the  said  lieutenant  colonel  thinks 
ought  not  to  be  admitted  until  his  accounts  are  settled." 
(Proceedings  of  Continental  Congress,  Vol.  XIV,  p.  843.) 

In  "The  Connecticut  Journal,"  of  New  Plaven,  of  July  21  and 
July  28,  1784,  is  an  advertisement  of  a  notice  by  David  Austin 
and  James  Hillhouse,  Trustees  appointed  by  act  of  The  General 
Assembly  of  Connecticut,  passed  in  May,  1783,  to  receive  and 
dispose  of  the  estate  and  effects  of  William  Sherman,  Junior,  of 
New  Haven,  for  the  benefit  of  his  creditors,  that,  having  received 
from  him  an  assignment  of  all  his  estate,  all  persons  indebted  to 
him  were  required  to  make  payment  to  the  trustees  and  all  credi- 
tors were  requested  to  exhibit  their  claims  at  the  dwelling  house 
of  the  Hon.  Roger  Sherman  in  New  Haven,  where  constant  at- 
tendance will  be  given.  He  died  intestate  at  New  Haven,  June 
26,  1789.  Adm.  on  his  estate  was  granted  by  the  New  Haven 
Probate  Court,  Sept.  7,  1789,  to  Simeon  Baldwin,  his  brother-in- 


Sherman  Genealogy  239 

law.     Inventory  filed  Jan.  4,  1790.    £12.6.4.     The  estate  was  in- 
solvent. 
Child : 
60        I.  Elizabeth  (Betsey)  Law^^  Sherman,  b.  at  New  Haven, 
July  31,  1775. 

48.  CHLOE^i  SHERMAN  (42.  Hon.  Roger,^"  William,^  Jo- 
seph,* Capt.  John,^  John,°  Henry ,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,- 
ThomasO,  b.  New  Milford,  Conn.,  May  19,  1758;  bap.  May 
21,  1758,  by  Rev.  Daniel  Farrand  (Church  Records,  Vol.  I, 
p.  79).  m.  at  New  Haven,  Feb.  9,  1794,  Dr.  John  Skinner, 
son  of  John  and  Sarah  (Kennedy)  Skinner,  b.  at  Windsor, 
Conn.,  Apr.  29,  1765 ;  d.  at  New  Haven,  June  25,  1850.  She 
died  there  Dec.  6,  1840.    Children: 

I.  Roger  Sherman^-  Skinner,  b.  at  East  Hartford,  Conn., 
Jan.  19,  1795,  B.A.  Yale,  1813,  M.A.    Lawyer,    m.  at 
New  York  City,  Sept.  25,  1817,  Mary  Lockwood  do 
Forest,     daughter     of     Lockwood     and     Mehetable 
(Wheeler)   de  Forest,  b.  at  Easton,  Conn.,  Feb.  17, 
1797;  d.  at  New  Haven,  June  20,  1889.     He  d.  at 
Peru,  111.,  Dec.  6,  1838.    Children : 
1.    John^s  Skinner,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Nov.  30,  1819. 
m.  at  Southport,  Conn.,  Dec.  16,  1844,  Catherine 
Thorp    Perry,    daughter    of    Bradley    and    Julia 
(Thorp)  Perry,  b.  at  Fairfield,  Conn.,  July  6,  1818; 
d.  at  Watertown,  Conn.,  Dec.  23,  1873.    He  d.  at 
Hartford,   Conn.,   June  6,    1886.     Children:    (1) 
Roger  Sherman^'*  Skinner,  b.  at  Fairfield,  Conn., 
Nov.  8,  1845;  d.  at  New  Orleans,  La.,  Sept.  18, 
1866.     (2)  William  Perry ^*  Skinner,  b.  at  Black 
Rock,    Conn.,   July    4,     1849    m.    at    Watertown 
Conn.,  Oct.  15,  1873,  Helen  Corning,  daughter  of 
William    Henry    and    Maria    Augusta    (Walker) 
Corning,  b.  at  Trumbull,   Conn.,  Mar.   11,   1852. 
Child:  (a)  Vera  Corning^^  Skinner,  b.  at  Water- 
town,  Nov.  10,  1881 ;  m.  at  Watertown,  Sept.  8, 
1914,    Frederick    Gleich    (Fisher)    Camp,    son   of 
Frederick  and  Sophia  Fisher,  b.  at  Wurttemburg, 


240  Sherman  Genealogy 

Germany,  Jan.  17,  1879.  He  was  adopted  by  Al- 
bert and  Aurilla  Camp  and  took  the  name  of  Camp, 
Child:  i.  Frederick  de  Forest^^  Camp,  born  at 
Waterbury,  Conn.,  Mar.  7,  1915.  (3)  Frederick 
Downer^*  Skinner,  b.  at  Black  Rock,  Conn.,  Mar. 
18,  1851 ;  m.  at  Rockland,  New  Brunswick,  Can- 
ada, Sept.  8,  1880,  Phebe  Smith,  daughter  of  Ed- 
ward Henry  and  Hannah  (Bettle)  Smith,  b.  at 
Passakeag,  New  Brunswick,  Sept.  1,  1859.  Chil- 
dren: (a)  Mary  Lockwood^^  Skinner,  b.  at  For- 
eston.  New  Brunswick,  July  10,  1881 ;  m.  at  Mon- 
treal, Canada,  Dec.  24,  1915,  David  Johnston  Mal- 
colm, son  of  John  Anderson  and  Maria  (Carr) 
Malcolm,  b.  at  Saint  John,  New  Brunswick,  May 
26,  1886.  B.S.  Harvard,  1913 ;  Superintendent  of 
Public  Schools  at  Granville,  Mass.  Child :  i.  David 
Donald^®  Malcolm,  b.  at  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Dec. 
1,  1916.  (b)  Lena  MabeP^  Skinner,  b.  at  Fores- 
ton,  New  Brunswick,  July  19,  1882 ;  m.  at  Argyle, 
N.  B.,  July  19,  1905,  Olys  Cortwright  Hughes,  son 
of  Charles  and  Catharine  (Scott)  Hughes,  b.  at 
Boston,  Mass.,  July  17,  1875.  Farmer.  Children 
all  b.  at  Argyle,  N.  B. :  i.  William  Thomas" 
Hughes,  b.  Mar.  6,  1907.  ii.  Phoebe  Katherine" 
Hughes,  b.  May  19,  1908.  iii.  Charles  Frederick" 
Hughes,  b.  Mar.  15,  1910.  iv.  George  Cortwright" 
Hughes,  b.  Jan.  27,  1912.  v.  James  Francis^® 
Hughes,  b.  Nov.  8,  1915.  (c)  John  Edward" 
Skinner,  b.  at  Argyle,  N.  B.,  July  27,  1884;  d. 
1887.  (d)  William  Thomas"  Skinner,  b.  at  Ar- 
gyle, Jan.  1,  1886;  m.  at  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  Sept. 
29,  1908,  Nina  Dell  Wilson,  daughter  of  Emery 
John  and  Harriet  (San ford)  Wilson,  b.  at  Ash- 
land, Ore.,  Dec.  3,  1892.  Children:  i.  Fred 
Eniery^**  Skinner,  b.  at  Chico,  Cal.,  Dec.  7,  1909. 
ii.  Lena  Mabel^^  Skinner,  b.  at  New  Westminster, 
B.  C,  Dec.  15,  1912.  iii.  Phoebe  Elizabeth"  Skin- 
ner, b.  at  New  Westminster,  Oct.  11,  1915.  (e) 
Katharine  de  Forest^^  Skinner,  b.  at  Argyle,  June 


HON.  SAMUEL  HOAR 
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1778-1&S6 


SARAH  SHERMAN 

(MRS.  SAMUEL  HOAR) 

1783-1866 


HOUSE  OF  HON.  SAMUEL  He)AR 
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Sherman  Genealogy  241 

26,  1888 ;  m.  at  Bonanza,  Ore.,  Jan.  30, 1908,  James 
Goss,  son  of  William  and  Harriet  (Ferris)  Goss,  b, 
at  Cookville,  Tenn.,  Feb.  16,  I889.  Dairyman.  No 
issue.  (4)  Mary  de  Forest"  Skinner,  b.  at  Fair- 
field, Conn.,  Jan.  8,  1855.  Unm.  (5)  Leonard 
Wales"  Skinner,  b.  at  Fairfield,  Conn.,  Jan.  16, 
1858;  d.  at  Fairfield,  Oct.  6,  1864. 

2.  Eliza  de  Forest^^  Skinner,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Aug. 

27,  1823 ;  d.  at  Fairfield,  Conn.,  Sept.  9,  1849,  unm. 

3.  Mary  Sherman^^  Skinner,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Jan. 
2,  1826;  m.  (1)  at  Fairfield,  Aug.  31,  1847,  Samuel 

^^.^^^^Dexter  Marsh,  son  of  Foster  and  Lucy  (Thomson) 
Marsh,  b.  at  Ware,  Mass.,  Nov.  28,   1817,  B.A. 
Yale  1844;  d.  in  South  Africa,  Dec.  11,  1853;  m. 
V/  (2)    May  22,  1856,  John  William  Fitch,  son  of 

John  and  Patty  (Bradley)  Fitch,  b.  June  8,  1813; 
d.  Sept.  11,  1861 ;  m.  (3)  Oct.  11,  1877,  Rev.  Sam- 
uel Harris,  son  of  Josiah  and  Lucy  (Talbot)  Har- 
ris, b.  at  East  Machias,  Me.,  June  14,  1814.  B.A. 
Bowdoin  1833,  M.A.  Yale  1872.  D.D.  Williams, 
1855.  LL.D.  Bowdoin,  1871.  Professor  Bangor, 
Me.,  Theological  Seminary,  President  Bowdoin 
College.  Professor  of  Theology,  Yale.  He  d.  at 
Litchfield,  Conn.,  June  25,  1899.  She  d.  at  New 
Haven,  Mar.  15,  1913.  Child:  (1)  Helen  Eliza" 
Marsh,  b.  at  Ilafamasi,  South  Africa,  Mar.  11, 
1851 ;  m.  at  New  Haven,  Nov.  25,  1873,  Edward 
Gustin  Coy,  son  of  Edward  Gustin  and  Elizabeth 
(Brown)  Coy,  b.  at  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  24,  1844; 
d.  at  New  Haven,  May  26,  1904.  B.A.  Yale, 
1869.  M.A.,  1873.  Tutor  Yale,  1872-1873.  Head 
Master  of  Hotchkiss  School,  Lakeville,  Conn.  She 
d.  at  New  Haven,  May  13,  1913.  Children:  (a) 
Mary  Dexter^^  Coy,  b.  at  Andover,  Mass.,  Jan.  18, 
1875.  Unm.  (b)  Sherman  Lockwood^^  Coy,  b. 
at  Andover,  Aug.  26,  1879.  B.A.  Yale,  1901 ;  m. 
at  Winona,  Minn.,  June  12,  1906.  Kate  Bosworth 
Rising,  daughter  of  Franklin  Almond  and  Augusta 
Beach  (Camp)  Rising,  b.  at  Winona,  Minn.,  May 


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242  Sherman  Genealogy 

5,  1878.  Children :  i.  Edward  Dwight^^  Coy,  b.  at 
Cloquet,  Minn.,  July  19,  1908.  ii.  Elizabeth  Camp^» 
Coy,  b.  at  Cloquet,  Feb.  2,  1912.  iii.  Mary  Au- 
gusta^*' Coy,  b.  at  Duluth,  Minn.,  Jan.  5,  1916.  (c) 
Edward  Harris^  ^  Coy,  b.  at  Andover,  May  24, 
1888.  B.A.  Yale,  1910;  m.  at  Asheville,  N.  C, 
Aug.  31,  1913,  Sophie  d'Antignac  Meldrim,  daugh- 
ter of  Peter  Wiltberger  and  Frances  Pamela 
(Casey)  Meldrim,  b.  at  Savannah,  Ga.,  Mar.  28, 
1888.  Child:  i.  Edward  Harris"  Coy,  Jr.,  b.  at 
Washington,  D.  C,  Jan.  5,  1915. 

4.  Leonard  Wales^^  Skinner,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Nov. 
12,  1827;  d.  at  Los  Angeles,  Oct.,  6,  1854,  unm. 

5.  William  Wheeler^ ^  Skinner,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Jan. 
15,  1830;  d.  at  Portland,  Ore.,  Mar.,  1895,  unm. 

6.  Jane  Wakeman^^  Skinner,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Apr. 
3,  1832;  m.  at  New  Haven,  Dec.  31,  1866,  Rev. 
Timothy  Dwight.  B.A.  Yale,  1849,  M.A. ;  D.D., 
1886,  and  Chicago  Theological  Seminary,  1869. 
LL.D.  Harvard,  1886,  and  Princeton,  1888.  Tutor, 
Yale,  also  Professor  of  Sacred  Literature.  Presi- 
dent, July  1,  1886— June  28,  1899,  son  of  James 
and  Susan  (Breed)  Dwight,  b.  at  Norwich,  Conn., 
Nov.  16,  1828  d.  at  New  Haven,  May  26,  1916. 
She  d.  there  Nov.  19,  1919  Children:  (1)  Helen 
Rood^*  Dwight,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Dec.  8,  1868;  d. 
at  New  Haven,  Oct.  16,  1909.  Unm.  (2)  Win- 
throp  Edwards"  Dwight,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Dec.  23, 
1872.  B.A.  Yale,  1893.  Ph.D.,  1895 ;  LL.B.,  1896. 
Lawyer  in  New  York  City.  m.  at  New  Haven, 
Oct.  30,  1917,  Mary  Van  Winkle  (Ketcham)  Tal- 
mage,  widow  of  Thomas  Hunt  Talmage,  who  d. 
Nov.  29,  1895,  and  daughter  of  William  Piatt 
Ketcham.  B.A.  Yale,  1862 ;  LL.B.  Columbia,  1864, 
M.A.,  and  Lydia  Coit  (Collins)  Ketcham,  b.  Feb. 
19,  1869,  and  m.  Thomas  Hunt  Talmage,  Dec.  1, 
1890. 

II.  Elizabeth  Chloe^'  Skinner,  b.  at  New  Haven,  1796;  d. 
there  Sept.  20,  1806,  aged  10  years. 


Sherman  Genealogy  243 

III.  John  Winthrop^"  Skinner,  b.  at  New  Haven,  1798;  d. 
there  Aug.  22,  1799,  aged  1  year. 

49.  REBECCA"  SHERMAN  (42.  Hon.  Roger,i«  WilHam,» 
Joseph,*  Capt.  John,^  John,**  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^,  John,^ 
Thomas^,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Feb.  22,  1764;  bap.  Feb.  26, 
1764;  m.  by  Rev.  Jonathan  Edwards  at  New  Haven,  Sunday 
evening,  July  29,  1787,  Hon.  Simeon  Baldwin,  son  of  Eben- 
ezer  and  Bethia  (Barker)  Baldwin,  b.  at  Norwich,  Conn.,  K 
Dec.  14,  1761.  The  record  is  "Simeon  Baldwin  of  Norwich 
&  Rebecca  Sherman  of  New  Haven  were  joined  in  marriage 
July  27:  by  Rev^.  Doct.  Edwards  1787"  She  d.  at  New 
Haven,  Sept.  4,  1795.  He  m.  her  sister,  Elizabeth^ ^  (Sher- 
man) Burr,  at  New  Haven,  Apr.  13,  1800.  He  d.  at  New 
Haven,  May  26,  1851,  in  his  90th  year.  B.A.  Yale,  1781, 
M.A.  Taught  school  at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Aug.,  1782— Sept., 
1783.  Tutor  at  Yale,  Oct.  23,  1783— Sept.  14,  1786.  Ad- 
mitted to  Bar  of  Conn.,  Jan.  9,  1786.  City  Clerk  of  New 
Haven,  1789-1800.  U.  S.  Collector  of  Int.  Rev.,  June— Oct., 
1791.  Representative  in  Congress,  Nov.,  1803 — March, 
1805.  Clerk  of  the  United  States  Courts  for  Connecticut, 
1789-1806.  Judge  of  Superior  Court,  Oct.,  1806— May,  1818, 
and  Justice  of  Supreme  Court  of  Errors,  June,  1808 — May, 
1818.  Alderman  of  New  Haven,  1805,  1825  and  1829. 
Mayor  of  New  Haven,  June,  1826,  to  June,  1827.  First 
President  of  New  Haven  Savings  Bank.  Chairman  of  Com- 
missioners of  Farmington  Canal.  His  grandson,  Hon.  Sim- 
eon E.  Baldwin,  published  in  1919,  "Life  and  Letters  of 
Simeon  Baldwin."     Children : 

I.  Rebecca^2  Baldwin,  b.  at  New  Haven,  May  30,  1788; 
d.  there  Aug.  9,  1861.  Unm. 
II.  Ebenezer^2  Baldwin,  b.  at  New  Haven,  May  20,  1790. 
B.A.  Yale,  1808.,  M.A.  Lawyer.  Master  in  Chan- 
cery of  New  York,  Surrogate  of  Albany  County,  July, 
1819— Feb.,  1821.  Recorder  of  Albany,  New  York, 
to  Feb.,  1826.  Colonel  on  Stafif  of  Governor  DeWitt 
Clinton  of  New  York,  1820.  Author  of  "Annals  of 
Yale  College."    d.  at  New  Haven,  Jan.  26,  1837,  unm. 


244  Sherman  Genealogy 

61  III.  Hon.  Roger  Sherman^-  Baldwin,  b.  at  New  Haven, 

Jan.  4,  1793. 
IV.  Simeon^^  Baldwin,  b.  at  New  Haven,  June  1,  1794;  d. 
there  Sept.  2,  1795. 

The  inscription  on  Mrs.  Baldwin's  tombstone  in  the  Grove 
Street  Cemetery,  New  Haven,  is  as  follows : 

In 

Memory  of 

Rebecca 

the  amiable  wife  of 

Simeon  Baldwin 

and  Daughter  of 

Roger  &  Rebecca  Sherman 

She  was  born  Feb.  22.  A.D.  1764 

&  died  in  the  XXXII  Year  of  her  age 

SepM'i*  AD:  1795 

Moft  lamented  by  thofe  who  knew  her  beft 

And  of  Simeon  the  fon  of 

Simeon  &  Rebecca  Baldwin 

who  died  Sept  2<^  1795 

Aged  XV  Months 

50.  ELIZABETH"  SHERMAN  (42.  Hon  Roger,"  William,* 
Joseph,*  Capt,  John,^  John,^  Henry,'  Henry,*  Thomas,'  John,* 
Thomas^),  b.  at  New  Haven,  Dec.  31,  1765;  bap.  Jan.  5, 
1766;  m.  (1)  Nov.  19,  1794,  at  New  Haven,  Sturges  Burr, 
of  New  York  City,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Isaacs-Hill- 
Kerr)  Burr,  b.  at  Fairfield,  Conn.,  May  20,  1760.  He  was  a 
widower  with  three  children.  She  had  no  child  by  him.  He 
d.  at  Tortola,  West  Indies,  Feb.  11,  1795  or  1796.  She  m. 
(2)  at  New  Haven,  Apr.  13,  1800,  her  brother-in-law,  Hon. 
Simeon  Baldwin.  (See  49  above.)  She  d.  at  New  Haven, 
July  16,  1850.  He  d.  at  New  Haven,  May  26,  1851,  in  his 
90th  year.    Children : 

62  I.  Simeon^^  Baldwin,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Mar.  7,  1801. 
II.  Elizabeth^-  Baldwin,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Mar.  11,  1804; 

d.  July  18,  1822.    Unm. 


Sherman  Genealogy  245 

III.  Charles^^  Baldwin,  b.  at  New  Haven,  June,  1805 ;  d. 
Nov.,  1807. 

IV.  Martha^2  Baldwin,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Oct.  19.  1808;  d. 
Feb.  25,  1809. 

V.  Charles"  Baldwin,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Apr.  17,  1810; 
d.  at  Hartford,  Nov.  1,  1870.    Unm. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  inscription  on  the 
tombstone  in  New  Haven  cemetery  of  the  wives  of 
Simeon  Baldwin: 

Rebecca 

wife  of 

Simeon  Baldwin 

was  born  Feb.  22,  1764 

and  died  Sept.  4,  1795 

Elizabeth  his  second  wife 

was  born  Dec.  31,  1765 

and  died  July  16,  1850 

Daughters  of  Roger  and^Rebecca 

Sherman 

51.  ROGER"  SHERMAN  (42.  Hon.  Roger,"  William,^  Jos- 
eph,' Capt.  John/  John,^  Henry, ^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,' 
ThomasO,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  July  16,  1768.  B.A. 
Yale,  1787,  M.A.  Studied  law.  Representative  for  New 
Haven  in  General  Assembly  of  Connecticut,  May  and  Octo- 
ber, 1810  and  May,  1811,  Merchant.  Began  business  in 
October,  1793.  With  his  uncle  Benjamin  Prescott,  formed 
on  January  31,  1794,  the  firm  of  Prescott  &  Sherman,  to  trade 
in  dry  goods,  groceries,  navigation,  shoemaking  and  tanning. 
This  firm  carried  on  a  very  extensive  mercantile  business  on 
Long  Wharf  in  New  Haven,  owning  and  employing  many 
vessels  and  dealing  extensively  in  real  estate,  until  the  death 
of  Mr.  Prescott,  October  23,  1839,  aged  82  years.  Roger 
Sherman  lived  in  New  Haven,  on  Chapel  Street,  opposite 
the  College,  in  the  house  built  by  his  father  and  still  stand- 
ing, but  altered  and  now  used  for  business  purposes.  Short- 
ly after  the  Revolutionary  War,  he  made  a  visit  of  a  fort- 
night to  Gen.  Washington  at  Mt.  Vernon,     m.  at  Canter- 


246  Sherman  Genealogy 

bury,  Conn.,  Sept.  1,  1801,  Susannah  Staples,  daughter  of 
Rev.  John  and  Susannah  (Perkins)  Staples,  b.  at  Canter- 
bury, Aug.  20,  1778.  The  marriage  ceremony  was  per- 
formed by  her  father.  Rev.  John  Staples,  B.A.  Princeton, 
1765.  He  was  born  Apr.  23,  1742,  died  Feb.  15,  1804,  married 
Aug.  13,  1772,  Susanna  Perkins,  daughter  of  Matthew  and 
Hannah  (Bishop)  Perkins,  born  Jan.  29,  1752/3;  died  Sept. 
10,  1810.  Rev.  John  Staples  was  son  of  Deacon  Seth 
Staples,  born  about  1699;  d.  Mar.  25,  1778;  married  Jan.  14, 
1721/2,  Hannah  Standish.  born  Mar.  6,  1703/4,  died  Apr. 
5,  1774.  Hannah  Standish  was  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Stand- 
ish, born  1672,  died  Mar.  19.  1755 ;  married  about  1697,  Han- 
nah Sturtevant,  daughter  of  Deacon  Samuel  (1654-1736)  and 
Mercy  Sturtevant,  born  Mar.,  1674,  died  Jan.  23,  1754,  in 
her  80th  year.  Ebenezer  Standish  was  son  of  Alexander 
Standish,  born  about  1626,  died  July  6,  1702;  married  1670, 
Sarah  Alden,  daughter  of  John  and  Priscilla  (Mullins) 
Alden,  "Mayflower"  passengers,  born  about  1629,  died  before 
June,  1688.  Alexander  Standish  was  son  of  Captain  Myles 
Standish,  of  Plymouth,  Mass.,  born  about  1584,  in  England, 
and  Barbara,  his  second  wife.  He  came  in  the  "Mayflower" ; 
died  Oct.  3,  1656,  aged  72.  His  wife,  Barbara,  was  born  in 
England,  survived  her  husband  and  died  after  Oct.  16,  1659. 
Susannah  Sherman  died  at  New  Haven,  Nov.  22,  1855. 
Roger"  Sherman  preserved  his  health  and  activity  to  great 
age  and  died  at  New  Haven,  Mar.  5,  1856,  in  his  88th  year. 
His  will  dated  Feb.  18,  1856,  with  codicil  dated  Feb.  24, 
1856,  was  proved  Mar.  13,  1856,  in  New  Haven.  Mentions 
by  name  only  his  son  Frederick  R.  Sherman,  whom  he  ap- 
pointed Executor,  his  daughter  Elizabeth  B.  Sherman  and 
his  granddaughter  Ella  Sherman,  daughter  of  his  son  John. 
Children,  born  at  New  Haven : 

I.  Oliver^"  Sherman,  b.  June  8,  1802,  d.  at  New  Haven, 
July  30,  1821. 
H.  Susani2  Sherman,  b.  Jan.  1,  1804,  d.  Aug.  15,  1805. 
63      HI.  Martha^^^  Sherman,  b.  Feb.  13,  1807 ;  m.  Henry  White. 
IV.  Susannah^2   Sherman,  b.   Jan.   22,   1809;  d.   at   New 
Haven,  Jan.  18,  1821. 


Sherman  Genealogy  247 

64  V.  John  Staples^^  Sherman,  b.  July  5,  1811. 

65  VI.  Sophia^-  Sherman,  b.  Jan.  20,  1813.    m.  Robert  Lenox 

Taylor. 
VII.  Frederick  Roger^^  Sherman,  b.  Mar.  31,  1815.  B.A. 
Yale,  1836,  M.A.  Member  of  the  Bar  of  Connecticut 
and  of  New  York.  Admitted  as  Attorney,  New  York, 
1840,  as  Counsellor,  1844.  Admitted  to  Connecticut 
Bar  1841.  Able  and  learned  lawyer.  Practiced  in 
New  York  City ;  d.  at  New  York  City,  Jan.  10,  1892. 
Unm. 
66VIIL  Edward  Standish^^  Sherman,  b.  Jan.  27,  1818,  at  3 
P.  M. 

67  IX.  George^-  Sherman,  b.  Jan.  27,  1818,  at  4  P.  M. 

68  X.  Benjamin  Prescott^^  Sherman,  b.  Dec.  4,  1820. 

69  XL  Elizabeth  Baldwin^^  Sherman,  b.  October  27,  1823.  m. 

Professor  Thomas  Anthony  Thacher. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  inscription  on  the  tombestone  of 
Roger^^  Sherman  and  his  wife  in  the  New  Haven  Cemetery : 

Roger  Sherman 

son  of 

Roger  Sherman 

Born  July  16.  1768 

Died  Mar.  5.  1856 

Susannah  his  wife 

daughter  of 

Rev  John  Staples 

Born  Aug.  1.   1778 

Died  Nov  22.  1855 

"Thou  hast  guided  them 

in     Thy     strength     into 

Thy     holy     habitation." 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  Family  Record  in  the  family 
Bible  of  Roger  Sherman  the  younger. 

The  book  was  published  in  1793. 
Roger  Sherman  of  New  Haven  &  Susannah  Staples  of  Canter- 
bury were  married  1st  Septr.  1801  by  her  Father  the  Revd.  John 
Staples 


248  Sherman  Genealogy 

Oliver  born  8th  June  1802—10  o'clock  P.  M.  died  30  July  1821  at 
40  Min.  past  noon. 

Susan  born  1st  Jany  1804  9  o'clock  P.  M.  died  15th  Augt.  3 
o'clock  A.  M.  1805. 

Martha  born  13th  Feby  1807  7  o'clock  A.  M. 
Susanah  born  22d  Jany  1809  half  past  7  o'Clock  P.  M.    died  18 
Jany  1821  at  5  o'Clock  in  the  morning. 
John  Staples  born  5th  July  2  o'Clock  AM.  1811 
Sophia  born  20  Jany  1813  4  o'Clock  P.  M. 
Frederick  born  31st  March  1815. 

Edward  &  George  born  January  27th  1818  3  &  4  o'Clock  P.  M. 
Benjamin  Prescott  born  4th  Deer  1820  at  half  after  12  o'Clock  in 
the  morning. 

Elizabeth  Baldwin  Sherman  born  the  27  day  of  Oct.  1823. 
Martha  Sherman  was  married  to  Henry  White  of  New  Haven  on 
the  7th  Day  of  January  1830  by  the  Rev'd  Samuel  Merwin. 
Revd  John  Staples  died  15th  Feby  1804  at  Westminster  aetat  62 
Mrs.  Susannah  Staples  the  widow  of  Revd  John  Staples  died  at 
New  Haven  Septr  10th  1810  in  the  fifty  eighth  year  of  her  age 
at  7  o'clock  in  the  morning. 

Sophia  the  wife  of  Charles  Sherman  &  Daughter  of  John  &  Susan- 
nah Staples,  Married  Septr  [29]  1808  died  April  3d  1813  4 
o'clock  A.  M.  aged  21  y  6  m. 

Sarah  Sherman  married  to  Samuel  Hoar  of  Concord  in  Massa- 
chusetts Tuesday  evening  Octr  12th  1812  by  the  Revd  Samuel 
Merwin 

Rebekah  Sherman  the  widow  of  Roger  Sherman  died  at  New 
Haven  April  19th  1813  about  5  o'clock  in  the  morning  aged  70 
years  10  months  &  19  Days,  born  31st  May  1742. 

Mehitable  Evarts  the  widow  of  Jeremiah  Evarts  5th  March  1851 
about  noon  died  at  her  son's  Wm.  M.  Evarts  in  New  York,  her 
body  was  brought  to  New  Haven  on  the  7th  &  buried  on  the  8th 
March  in  the  family  burying  lot,  aged  77  yrs.  1  m.  10  Days. 

Sophia  Sherman  was  married  to  Robert  Lenox  Taylor  of  New 
York  City  on  the  evening  of  the  21st  March  1838  by  the  Revd 
Doct.  Nathanael  W.  Taylor  of  New  Haven. 


HON.  ROGER  SHERMAN 

From  a  photograph  which  belonged  to  the  late  Frederick  R. 

Sherman,  Esq.,  of  a  portrait  in  an  oval  frame;  perhaps 

by  (-ol.  Trumbull  or  after  one  by  him 


JOHN  SHERMAN  MACKINTOSH 

At  tlie  age  of  >«i.     Born  Nov.  8,  1S27.    Oldest  liviiis,'  dosccndaiU  of 

Hon.  Rogi-r  Sherman 


Sherman  Genealogy  249 

Susan  Sherman  the  Daughter  of  R.  L.  &  Sophia  Taylor  born  at 
New  Haven  December  27th  1838. 

Robert  born  in  New  York  on  the  evening  of  the  ISth  January 
1843,  died  on  Sabbath  day  the  26th  February  1843  at  11  o'Clock  in 
the  forenoon — was  brought  to  New  Haven  in  the  Steam  Boat  on 
Tuesday  &  buried  in  the  afternoon  at  4  o'Clock  in  the  burying  lot 
of  his  Grand  Father  Roger  Sherman. 

George  Sherman  was  married  to  Mary  Jane  Milliken  the  daugh- 
ter of  the  late  John  Milliken  in  Saint  Stephens,  Charlotte  County 
New  Brunswick,  at  her  Mother's  on  the  evening  of  the  22d  of 
June  1846  by  the  Reved  H.  Tippet,  Curate  of  Oak  Bay  in  the 
Province  of  New  Brunswick 

Benjamin  Prescott  Sherman  was  married  to  Maria  Elizabeth 
Stephens  at  the  church  of  St.  Stephens,  in  the  City  of  New  York 
by  the  Revd  Price  at  2>^  o'Clock  P.  M.  12th  October  A.D.  1846. 
She  is  the  daughter  of  Resolvent  Stephens  of  New  York. 
John  S.  Sherman  was  married  to  Eliza  D.  Forrest  of  New  York 
at  the  house  of  her  Father  Forrest  on  the  20th  of  Decem- 

ber 1848  at  11  o'clock  A.  M.  by  the  Revd  Alexander.  John 

&  his  wife  are  both  members  of  the  Church  over  which  Doctr. 
Alexander  is  Pastor. 

John  S.  Sherman  assumed  the  middle  name  "Staples"  many 
years  before  his  marriage.  [These  words  stricken  out  in  rec- 
ord.] "John  Staples"  was  the  name  received  at  his  baptism. 
Edward  S.  Sherman  was  Married  to  Catherine  Augusta  Towns- 
end  the  Daughter  Doctr.  Townsend  of  Boston  July  6th 
1852  the  marriage  took  place  in  the  Church  they  were  married 
by  Revd.  Vinton  the  S.  in  Edward's  name  (Standwish) 
was  assumed  by  Edward. 

Susannah  Sherman  the  wife  of  Roger  Sherman  died  on  the  22d 
day  of  November  1855  at  10  o'Clock  P.  M.  aged  Seventy  seven. 
She  was  born  in  Canterbury  on  20th  Augt  1778  Seventy  eight 

[All  of  the  foregoing  in  handwriting  of  Roger  Sherman] 

In  handwriting  of  Frederick  R.  Sherman: 

Roger  Sherman,  son  of  Roger  Sherman,  died  at  New  Haven,  on 
Wednesday  morning  March  5th  1856  at  half  past  one  o'clock  87 
years  seven  months  and  seventeen  days.     He  was  born  at  New 


250  Sherman  Genealogy 

Haven  July    16th    (Sixteenth)    (1768)    seventeen   hundred  and 
sixty  eight 

52.  MEHETABEL"  SHERMAN  (42.  Hon.  Roger/°  William,' 
Joseph,^  Capt.  John,'^  John,*^  Henry, ^  Henry,*  Thomas,' 
John,2  Thomas^,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Jan.  28,  1774.  "Mehe- 
tabel  y^  Daughter  of  Roger  Sherman  Esq""  &  M"  Rebecca 
Sherman  was  born  Janry  1774"  (New  Haven  Vital  Records), 
m.  (1)  at  New  Haven,  in  March,  1793,  Daniel  Barnes,  son 
of  Daniel  and  Mary  (Tatem)  Barnes,  b.  on  the  island  of  St. 
Croix,  West  Indies,  June  1772;  d.  on  the  island  of  Saint 
Eustacius  near  St.  Croix,  Aug.  3,  1799.  "Daniel  Barnes  and 
Mehitabel  Sherman  (daughter  of  the  hon^'^  Roger  &  Rebecca 
Sherman)  were  joined  in  marriage  in  the  month  of  March 
A.  D.  1793"  (N.H.V.R.).  The  following  is  a  copy  of  a  let- 
ter written  by  her  brother  to  her  father  about  her  intended 
marriage  to  Mr.  Barnes  : 

"New  Haven  Feby  25th  1793 
Dear  Sir — 

I  am  requested  by  Mr.  Daniel  Barnes  to  inform  you  of  his 
wishing  to  form  a  Connection  in  our  Family  which  you  doubtless 
have  long  since  descovered  by  his  Conduct  &  if  he  has  your  Con- 
sent &  approbation  there  can  be  no  obstacle  to  the  Union  which 
both  the  Parties  are  desirous  should  take  place — he  is  anxious 
to  settle  &  proposes  to  marry  soon  after  your  return — His  affairs 
are  so  circumstanced  that  he  is  obliged  to  go  to  St.  Croix  the  en- 
suing Spring,  his  Uncle  who  has  been  his  Guardian  since  the 
Death  of  his  Father  who  is  a  man  upwards  of  Eighty  years  old  is 
anxious  to  have  all  matters  relative  to  the  estate  adjusted  &  set- 
tled while  he  is  living,  he  has  had  the  whole  care  of  the  Educa- 
tion &  property  of  Mr.  Barnes  &  is  therefore  better  able  to  settle 
his  affairs  than  any  other  person — he  told  him  when  at  St.  Croix 
that  his  Estate  was  free  from  every  incumbrance  &  that  he  had 
property  more  than  sufficient  to  sit  him  up  in  Business — he  told 
his  Uncle  &  Brother  of  his  intention  to  enter  into  Trade  &  settle 
in  this  Country  &  they  both  approved  of  the  plan — he  expects  to 
procure  at  least  £2000  before  his  return  &  enter  upon  Business 
in  partnership  with  me  next  fall — he  will  be  21  years  old  in  June 


Sherman  Genealogy  251 

next,  at  which  period  minors  according  to  the  Danish  Law  may 
choose  a  Curator  to  take  care  of  their  Estate  as  according  to  that 
Law  they  do  not  arrive  to  years  of  Legal  discretion  until  25 — he 
expects  to  sell  all  his  property  in  St.  Croix,  tho  he  is  not  certain 
than  he  can  command  the  whole  at  present — he  says  he  has  for  a 
long  time  been  deprived  of  Parents  &  far  distant  from;  any  Rela- 
tions, but  that  he  hopes  soon  to  make  up  for  the  loss  of  Parents  & 
the  absence  of  those  Relations  by  those  Connections  &  those  Par- 
ents who  will  feel  an  affection  for  him  &  aid  him  by  their  assis- 
tance &  advice — Brother  John  continues  steady 
Yours  with  respect  &  affection 

Roger  Sherman  Ju"" 
Honl  Roger  Sherman  Esq*"" 

President  Stiles  in  his  diary  under  date  of  March  9,  1793,  says 
that  Judge  Sherman  returned  that  day.  It  is  therefore  probable 
that  his  daughter  Mehetabel's  marriage  to  Daniel  Barnes  took 
place  later  in  the  month,  m.  (2)  at  New  Haven,  Sept.  10,  1804, 
by  President  Timothy  Dwight,  of  Yale,  Jeremiah  Evarts,  son  of 
James  and  Sarah  (Todd)  Evarts,  b.  at  Sunderland,  Vt.,  Feb.  3, 
1781.  B.A.  Yale,  1802,  M.A.  Lawyer;  admitted  to  the  Bar  of 
New  Haven,  1806.  Editor  of  "The  Panoplist,"  a  Boston  Re- 
ligious Magazine.  Treasurer  of  American  Board  of  Commis- 
sioners for  Foreign  Missions,  1811-1821.  Corresponding  Secre- 
tary 1821,  until  his  death.  Trustee  of  Phillips  Academy,  Andover, 
1829-1831.  "Jeremiah  Evarts  and  Mehittabel  Barnes  (widow  of 
Daniel  Barnes)  were  joined  in  marriage  on  the  tenth  day  of  Sep- 
tember A.D.  1804"  (N.  H.  V.  R.)  He  d.  at  Charleston,  South 
Carolina,  May  10,  1831.  She  d.  at  New  York  City,  Mar.  3,  1851. 
"A  woman  not  only  of  sprightly  wit,  but  of  great  beauty"  (George 
F.  Hoar).  By  deed,  dated  Jan.  8,  1808,  for  $3,000.  Rebecca 
Sherman,  widow  of  Hon.  Roger  Sherman,  conveyed  to  Jeremiah 
Evarts  and  Mehetabel  Evarts,  of  New  Haven,  land  on  Chapel 
Street,  New  Haven,  devised  by  Hon.  Roger  Sherman  to  his  son 
Oliver,  and  by  him  conveyed  to  his  mother  by  deed  dated  Oct.  6, 
1804.  Jeremiah  and  Mehetabel  Evarts  by  deed  dated  Apr.  19, 
1810  (filled  in  by  Mr.  Evarts.  She  signed  "Mehetabel")  for 
$3050.  conveyed  this  and  other  land  to  Roger  Sherman,  brother  of 
Mrs.  Evarts.    Children  by  first  husband,  born  at  New  Haven : 


252  Sherman  Genealogy 

I.  Mary  Tatem^-  Barnes,  b.  Sept.  16,  1795;  d.  Oct.  7, 
1795.  "Mary  Tatem  Barnes,  daughter  of  Daniel  & 
Mehetabel  Barnes  died  October  7th  1795,  aged  3 
weeks."  (Grave  Stone,  Grove  Street  Cemetery,  New 
Haven.) 

70  11.  DanieP^  Barnes,  b.  Mar.  11,  1797. 

Children  by  second  husband : 

71  III.  Mary"  Evarts,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Dec.  2,  1806;  m. 

Rev.  David  Greene. 

72  IV.  Martha  Sherman^-  Evarts,  b.  at  New  Haven,  July  31, 

1809 ;  m.  Rev.  Ebenezer  Carter  Tracy. 
V.  John  Jay^2  Evarts,  b.  at  Boston,  Dec.  6,  1812.     B.A. 
Yale.  1832;  d.  at  New  Haven,  Sept.  1,  1833.    Unm. 
VI.  Sarah"  Evarts,  b.  at  Boston,  Feb.  26,   1815 ;  d.  in 
1826. 
7Z    VII.  Hon.  William  Maxwell"  Evarts,  b.  at  Boston,  Feb. 
6,  1818. 

53.  MARTHA"  SHERMAN  (42.  Hon.  Roger,^°  William," 
Joseph,*  Capt.  John,^  John,^  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,' 
John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at  New  Haven,  Sept.  24,  1779;  bap. 
Oct.  31,  1779.  m.  at  New  Haven,  Jan.  14,  1805.  Rev.  Jere- 
miah Day,  son  of  Rev.  Jeremiah  (B.A.  Yale,  1756,  M.A.)  and 
Abigail  (Noble)  widow  of  Rev.  Sylvanus  Osborn  Day,  b. 
at  New  Preston,  Conn.,  Aug.  3,  1773.  B.A.  Yale,  1795. 
LL.D.  Williams,  1817,  Middlebury  1817;  D.D.  Union,  1818, 
and  Harvard,  1831.  Professor  of  Mathematics  and  Natural 
Philosophy  Yale,  1803.  President  of  Yale,  1817-1846.  She 
d.  at  New  Haven,  Apr.  4.  1806.  He  m.  (2)  at  Hartford, 
Sept.  24,  1811,  Olivia  Jones,  daughter  of  Major  Daniel  and 
Olivia  (Tinker)  Jones,  b.  at  Hartford,  Jan.  3,  1786;  d.  at 
New  Haven,  Jan.  11,  1850.  They  had  five  children,  includ- 
ing Elizabeth  Day,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Dec.  24,  1820,  who  mar- 
ried at  New  Haven,  Sept.  16,  1846,  Professor  Thomas  An- 
thony Thacher,  of  Yale.  President  Day  d.  at  New  Haven, 
Aug.  22,  1867,  in  his  95th  year.    Child: 

74         I.  Sherman"  Day,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Feb.  12,  1806. 


Sherman  Genealogy  253 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  inscription  on  the  monument  of 
President  Day  and  his  wives  in  the  New  Haven  cemetery : 

JEREMIAH   DAY 

PRESIDENT  OF  YALE  COLLEGE  MDCCCXVII XLVI 

BORN  AUGUST  III.  MDCCLXXIII 

DIED   AUGUST   XXII.    MDCCCLXVII 

AGED  NINETY   FOUR  YEARS 


MARTHA   WIFE    OF   JEREMIAH    DAY 

AND  DAUGHTER  OF  ROGER  SHERMAN 

DIED  APRIL   IV.    MDCCCVI   AGED  TWENTY    SIX   YEARS 


OLIVIA  WIFE  OF  JEREMIAH  DAY 

AND  DAUGHTER  OF  DANIEL  JONES 

DIED   JAN.   XI.    MDCCCL  AGED   SIXTY   FOUR  YEARS 

54.  SARAH^i  SHERMAN  (42.  Hon  Roger/"  William,  °  Jos- 
eph,* Capt.  John,"  John,^  Henry,^  Henry,^  Thomas,^  John,' 
Thomas^),  b.  at  New  Haven,  Jan.  11,  1783;  bap.  Feb.  16, 
1783 ;  m.  at  New  Haven,  Tuesday,  Oct.  12,  1812,  Hon.  Sam- 
uel Hoar,  of  Concord,  Mass.,  son  of  Hon.  Samuel  and  Susan- 
nah (Pierce)  Hoar,  b.  at  Lincoln,  Mass.,  May  18,  1778.  B.A. 
Harvard  1802,  LL.D.,  1837.  Lawyer.  Member  of  Consti- 
tutional Convention  of  Massachusetts  1820.  Massachusetts 
State  Senator  1828  and  1832.  Representative  in  Congress 
for  Massachusetts  1835-1836.  Representative  in  Massa- 
chusetts Legislature  1850.  He  d.  at  Concord,  Nov.  2,  1856. 
She  d.  there  Aug.  30,  1866.  Hon.  Samuel  Hoar,  Senior,  was 
of  Lexington,  and  was  son  of  John,  of  Lexington,  son  of 
Daniel,  of  Concord,  son  of  John,  of  Scituate,  the  immigrant 
of  1660.    Children  born  at  Concord : 

L  Elizabeth^2  Hoar,  b.  July  14,  1814,  d.  at  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  Apr.  7,  1878.     Unm. 

75  II.  Hon.  Ebenezer  Rockwood^^  Hoar,  b.  Feb.  21,  1816. 

76  III.  Sarah  Sherman^^  ^oar,  b.  Nov.  9,  1817;  m.  Robert 

Boyd  Storer,  of  Boston. 
IV.  Samuel  Johnson^^  j^oar,  b.  Feb.,  1820,  d.  Jan.  10,  1821. 


254  Sherman  Genealogy 

77  V.  Edward  Sherman^^  Hoar,  b.  Feb.  21,  1823. 

78  VI.  Hon.  George  Frisbie^-  Hoar,  b.  Aug.  27,  1826. 

55.  TAYLOR^^  SHERMAN  (45.  Daniel,^"  John,^  John,«  Sam- 
uel,^ Edmund,*^  Edmund,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,'' 
Thomas^),  b.  at  Woodbury,  Conn.,  Sept.  5,  1758.  Lawyer. 
Practiced  in  Norwalk,  Conn.  Appointed  Nov.,  1813,  United 
States  Collector  of  Internal  Revenue  for  the  Second  District 
of  Connecticut,  m.  at  Woodbury,  1787,  Elizabeth  Stoddard, 
daughter  of  Israel  and  EHzabeth  (Reade)  Stoddard,  b.  at 
Woodbury,  June  1,  1769;  d.  at  Mansfield,  Ohio,  Aug.  21, 
1848.  He  d.  at  Norwalk,  Conn.,  May  4,  1815.  The  house 
on  Main  Street,  Norwalk,  where  he  and  his  son  Charles  Rob- 
ert Sherman  both  lived  is  still  standing.  (Selleck's  "Nor- 
walk," p.  129.)     Children,  born  at  Norwalk: 

79  I.  Charles  Robert^^  Sherman,  b.  Sept.  26,  1788. 

II.  DanieP-  Sherman,  b.  Mar.  26,  1790;  m.  (1)  in  Huron 
Co.,  O.,  July  10,  1813,  Abby  Guthrie,  who  d.  at  Sher- 
man, O.,  Apr.  23,  1820.  m.  (2)  June  3,  1824,  Laura 
Hubbell,  daughter  of  David  and  Elizabeth  (Williams) 
Hubbell,  b.  at  Charlotte,  Vt.,  Jan.  12,  1790;  d.  at 
Monroeville,  O.,  Dec.  31,  1876.  He  d.  there  Sept.  27, 
«  1864,  intestate.  Adm.  to  William  Sherman,  Oct.  24, 
1864.  Estate  settled  July,  1865.  Widow  Laura  H. 
Sherman;  heirs:  Elizabeth  Hall,  Harriet  E.  Fish  and 
William  Sherman. 
Children  by  first  wife,  born  at  Sherman,  O. : 

1.  Elizabeth^^  Sherman,  b.  Nov.  5,  1814;  m.  Caleb  B. 
Hall. 

2.  William"  Sherman,  b.  Jan.  20,  1817;  d.  at  Mans- 
field, O.,  Sept.  24,  1876.    Unm. 

3.  George  E.^^  Sherman,  b.  Mar.  20,  1819;  d.  July  6, 
1831. 

Children  by  second  wife,  bom  at  Ridgefield,  O. : 

4.  Harriet  Eliza^^  Sherman,  b.  Apr.  4,  1825 ;  m.  Sid- 
ney Dole  Fish. 

5.  Charles  William^''  Sherman,  b.  Oct.  10,  1827;  d.  at 
Ridgefield,  Dec.  28.  1836. 


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III.  Elizabeth^-  Sherman,  b.  Dec.  7,  1791 ;  m.  at  Lancaster, 
O.,  July  10,  1820,  Hon.  Jacob  Parker,  of  Mansfield, 
O.,  son  of  Nathan  and  Anna  (Barnes)  Parker,  b.  at 
St.  Johns,  New  Foundland,  Sept.  5,  1791 ;  d.  at  Mans- 
field, Dec.  30,  1857.  B.A.  Ohio  University,  1815.  He 
was  a  lawyer,  then  a  merchant  and  later  for  seven 
years  Presiding  Judge  of  the  Ohio  Court  of  Common 
Pleas  for  Richland  County,  to  which  office  he  was 
elected  by  the  Legislature  in  1841.  She  d.  at  Mans- 
field, Apr.  25,  1851.     Children: 

1.  Charlotte  Boyne^^  Parker,  b.  at  Mansfield,  Sept.  28, 
1823;  m.  at  Mansfield,  Sept.  1,  1847,  John  Wood, 
son  of  Elijah  and  Elizabeth  (Farmer)  Wood,  b.  at 
Concord,  Mass.,  Nov.  22,  1819;  d.  at  Mansfield, 
Nov.  16,  1897.  She  d.  at  Mansfield,  Dec.  2,  1883. 
Children:  (1)  Edward  Parker^*  Wood,  b.  at 
Mansfield,  Aug.  16,  1848.  U.  S.  N.  Academy, 
1867.  Commander  U.  S.  N.,  July  13,  1897.  Com- 
manded U.  S.  S.  Petrel  in  battle  of  Manila  Bay, 
May  1,  1898.  m.  at  Carlisle,  Penn.,  Sept.  21,  1875, 
Annie  Duncan  Mahon.  He  d.  at  Washington, 
D.  C,  Dec.  11,  1899.  Children:  (a)  Duncan  Ma- 
hon^s  Wood,  b.  at  Annapolis,  Md.,  Oct.  27,  1876. 
U.  S.  Naval  Academy,  1896.  Captain  U.  S.  N.  m. 
at  Portsmouth,  Va.,  Dec.  7,  1905,  Margaret  Wil- 
son Reed.  No  issue,  (b)  Julia  Montgomery^' 
Wood,  b.  at  Stroud,  England,  Feb.  17,  1882,  m. 
at  Jamestown,  R.  L,  Nov.  17,  1917,  Andrew  Jones. 
(2)  Elizabeth  Farmer^*  Wood,  b.  at  Mansfield, 
Dec.  21,  1851.  Unm.  (3)  William  Sherman" 
Wood,  b.  at  Mansfield,  Oct.  8,  1855.  m.  at  Mans- 
field, Feb.  23,  1881,  Flavia  Curfman.  He  d.  at 
Laramie,  Wyo.,  May  12,  1914.  Children  born  at 
Mansfield:  (a)  John  William^^  Wood,  b.  July  29, 
1882.  (b)  Flavia  Eliza^^  Wood,  b.  Dec.  17,  1889. 
Unm.  (4)  Frances  Parker"  Wood,  b.  at  Mans- 
field, July  11,  1860;  m.  at  Mansfield,  Sept.  29, 
1886,  Dr.  William  Edward  Loughridge,  son  of 
Dr.  William  and  Mary  Ann    (Mitchell)    Lough- 


256  Sherman  Genealogy 

ridge,  b.  at  Mansfield,  Oct.  4,  1857.  Child: 
(a)  Edward  Wood^^  Loughridge,  b.  at  Mans- 
field, July  22,  1896.    U.  S.  N.  R.  F.    Aviator. 

2.  Charles  William^^  Parker,  b.  at  Mansfield,  Sept. 
11,  1828;  d.  at  Mansfield,  July  4, .    Unm. 

3.  Elizabeth  Sherman"  Parker,  b.  at  Mansfield,  May 
24,  1831 ;  m.  Dr.  Mowry.  She  d.  Apr.,  1855.  No 
issue. 

56.  REV.  JOHN^-  SHERMAN  (46.  Capt.  John,^\  Hon. 
Roger,^°  William,^  Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^  John,^  Henry,' 
Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at  New  Haven,  June 
30,  1772.  Bap.  Sept.  29,  1782.  B.A.  Yale,  1792,  M.A.  m. 
at  Lisbon,  Conn.,  Feb.  13,  1798,  Abigail  Perkins,  daughter  of 
Jacob  and  Abigail  (Thomas)  Perkins,  of  Norwich,  Conn., 
b.  May  15,  1774,  at  Norwich.  She  d.  at  Trenton  Falls,  N.  Y., 
Dec.  8,  1860.  He  d.  there  Aug.  2,  1828.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  Oct.  18,  1796.  Minister  at  Mansfield,  Conn.,  1797- 
1806.  Then  removed  to  Trenton,  Oneida  County,  New  York, 
became  a  Unitarian  and  established  at  Trenton  the  first  Uni- 
tarian Church  in  New  York  State.  He  was  the  author  of 
several  books,  including  a  history  of  Trenton  Falls.  He 
built  a  hotel  there.  His  will  is  dated  July  27,  1818,  and  was 
proved  in  Oneida  County,  New  York,  Aug.  19,  1828.  He  de- 
scribes himself  as  "of  the  Village  of  Oldenbarneveld,  Oneida 
County"  and  mentions  his  wife  Abigail,  son  Gardiner  and 
daughter  Harriet,  who  was  adopted  by  his  Sister  Elizabeth 
Ripley.  Other  children  are  referred  to,  but  not  named.  He 
says  in  his  will:  "I  commit  my  future  destinies,  not  to  a 
Papal  or  Papal  Protestant  Trinity,  there  being  no  such  God 
either  in  the  creed  of  Reason  or  the  Volume  of  the  Chris- 
tian Revelation,  but  to  the  Great  Good  Parent  of  the  universe, 
the  only  true  God,  for  whose  unrivalled  supremacy  in  the 
person  of  'the  Father  of  all,'  I  have  most  sincerely  stood 
forth  as  the  honest  advocate  *  *  *"  The  family  monu- 
ment at  Trenton  Falls  is  thus  inscribed.  "Sacred  to  the 
memory  of  Rev.  John  Sherman  A.  M.,  who  departed  this  life 
Aug.  2,  1828,  aged  56  years.    He  was  born  in  New  Haven, 


DANIEL  BARNES 
1797-1873 


DANIEL  BARNES 
Born  1832 


BENJAMIN  PRESCOTT  SHERMAN 

1820-1'J()9 


Sherman  Genealogy  257 

Conn.     Graduated  with  honors  at  Yale  College.     Emigrated 
to  this  town  in  1806  &  became  the  first  Pastor  of  the  Re- 
formed Ch.  Church.     He  was  an  ardent  admirer  of  Truth. 
Firm  in  his  friendships,  distinguished  for  the  urbanity  of  his 
manners  &  the  ability  with  which  he  discharged  the  duties  of 
all  stations  he  occupied.    Requiescat  in  Pace 
Abigail   Perkins   Sherman 
Born  May  15,  1774. 
Died  Dec.  8,  1860. 


In  memory  of  Julia,  daughter  of  John  &  Abigail  Sherman, 
who  departed  this  life  Sept.  29,  1832.  Beloved  by  all.  Amiable 
in  life.  Peaceful  in  death.  Her  loved  remembrance  lives  in  our 
hearts. 

Harriet  Sherman  Bouton,  born  Apr.  13,  1807.    Died  May  21, 
1828.     (Not  buried  here)." 

Children : 

I.  John  Austin^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Mansfield,  Conn.,  May 
11,  1799;  d.  there  May  6,  1802. 

80  II.  Gardiner^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Mansfield,  Jan.  13,  1801. 

III.  Samuel  Perkins^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Mansfield,  Nov.  3, 
1802;  d.  there  Mar.  15,  1805. 

IV.  CaroHne'^  Sherman,  b.  at  Mansfield,  Sept.  8,  1804.  m. 
(1)  Apr.,  1826,  Scott  Taylor,  son  of  John  and  Mar- 
garet (Scott)  Taylor,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Nov.  15, 
1797;  d.  before  May,  1843.  She  m.  (2)  May  11,  1847, 
Richard  Livesay  Crook.  She  d.  at  San  Remo,  Italy, 
Feb.  1,  1884.    Children  by  first  husband  : 

1.  Elizabeth  M.^*  Taylor,  b.  Oct.  10,  1833;  d.  Apr. 
10,  1839. 

2.  John^*  Taylor. 

3.  Charles"  Taylor. 

81  V.  Harriet^"  Sherman,  b.  at  Trenton  Falls,  Apr.  13,  1807; 

m.  Rev.  Nathaniel  Bouton. 

82  VI.  Maria^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Trenton  Village,  N.  Y.,  Dec. 

17,  1808.    m.  Michael  Moore. 
VII.  Julia^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Trenton  Falls,  June  15,  1810;  d. 
there  Sept.  29,  1832.    Unm. 


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258  Sherman  Genealogy 

VIII.  John"  Sherman,  b.  at  Trenton  Falls,  Apr.  17,  1813. 
Flour  merchant,  New  York  City.  m.  at  New  York 
City,  July  28,  1839,  Mary  Ann  Evans,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Rhees  and  Mary  Ann  (Jones)  Evans,  b.  at 
Vaynor,  South  Wales,  Jan.  15,  1816;  d.  at  Wenham, 
Conn.,  Sept.  17,  1898.  He  d.  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Jan. 
7,  1889.    Children: 

1.  Gardiner^*  Sherman,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Dec. 
29,  1840.  B.A.  University  of  New  York,  1859. 
Member  New  York  Stock  Exchange.  President 
Seventh  National  Bank  of  New  York.  Member 
of  Connecticut  Society  of  Cincinnati,  m.  (1)  at 
Boston,  Mass.,  June  1,  1881,  Jessie  Gordon, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Charles  and  Mary  (Upham)  Gor- 

«  don,  b.  at  Boston,  Aug.  23,   1848;  d.  at  Lenox, 

Mass.,  July  15,  1884.  m.  (2)  at  Paris,  France, 
Mary  Moore  Ogden,  daughter  of  John  Doughty 
and  Mary  Clark  (Moore)  Ogden,  b.  at  New  York 
City,  Oct.  31,  1851.  He  d.  at  New  York  City,  Jan. 
10,  1907.  Child  by  first  wife:  (1)  Jessie  Gordon" 
Sherman,  b.  at  Lenox,  Mass.,  July  6,  1884.    Unm. 

2.  John^*  Sherman,  b.  Oct.  7,  1842 ;  d.  at  New  York 
City,  July  4,  1862.    Unm. 

3.  Mary  Eliza^*  Sherman,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Nov. 
19,  1847;  m.  at  New  York,  Apr.  17,  1877,  David 
B.  Ogden,  son  of  Gouverneur  Morris  and  Harriet 
Verena  Cadwalader  (Evans)  Ogden,  b.  at  New 
York,  Nov.  3,  1849.  B.A.  Columbia,  1869;  LL.B., 
1871.  Lawyer,  New  York  City.  Children:  (1) 
Gouverneur  Morris"  Ogden,  b.  Sept.  28,  1879;  d. 
Apr.  3,  1896.  (2)  Mary  Elizabeth^=  Ogden,  b.  at 
New  York  City,  Nov.  30,  1883 ;  m.  at  New  York, 
Sept.  19,  1911,  Johnston  de  Forest,  son  of  Robert 
Weeks  and  Emily  (Johnston)  de  Forest,  b.  at 
Plainfield  N.  J.,  Sept.  5,  1873.  B.A.  Yale,  1896. 
LL.B,  Columbia,  1899.  Lawyer.  She  served  with 
Am.  Red  Cross  in  France.  Child:  (a)  Priscilla 
Maryi°  de  Forest,  b.  at  New  York,  Oct.  23  ,1919. 
(3)  Harriet  Verena  Cadwalader^^  Ogden,  b.  Jan. 
10,  1888.    Unm. 


Sherman  Genealogy  259 

4.  Caroline"  Sherman,  b.  Nov.  23,  1848;  d.  in  Wales, 
Oct.,  1909.  Unm. 
IX.  Elizabeth  Ripley^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Trenton,  Sept.  28, 
1816.  m.  at  Trenton  Falls,  Mar.  18,  1840,  Mark  El- 
mer  Hubbell,  son  of  Ephraim  and  Luna  (Agard)  Hub- 
bell,  b.  at  Dover,  Conn.,  Jan.  23,  1818;  d.  at  Fayette, 
Iowa,  Jan.  25,  1900.  She  d.  at  Fayette,  July  28,  1894. 
Children : 

1.  Abigail  Caroline^*  Hubbell,  b.  at  Trenton  Falls, 
June  25,  1842;  m.  at  Fayette,  la.,  Apr.  5,  1866, 
Henry  James  Grannis,  son  of  John  and  Rhoda 
(Bennett)  Grannis,  b.  at  North  Liberty,  Ind.,  July 
18,  1841 ;  d.  at  Fayette,  Oct.  13,  1907.  She  d.  at 
Elkader,  la.,  May  20,  1915.  Children:  (1)  John 
Sherman^^  Grannis,  b.  Fayette  Co.,  Aug.  4,  1867 ; 
m.  at  New  Hampton,  la.,  Nov.  14,  1896,  Louise 
Annie  Page,  daughter  of  Arthur  Lester  and  Sophia 
(Hamper)  (Luck)  Page,  b.  at  Hallsham,  Sussex, 
England,  Mar.  16,  1863.  No  issue.  (2)  Harry 
Theodore^^  Grannis,  b.  Fayette  Co.,  June  25, 
1869;  m.  at  Randalia,  la.,  Nov.  14,  1895,  Clara 
Bell  Sherwood,  daughter  of  John  and  Eunice  (Al- 
len) (Miner)  Sherwood,  b.  at  West  Union,  la., 
Oct.  8,  1869.  He  d.  at  Marysville,  Wash.,  Oct. 
13,  1918.  Children:  (a)  Ralph  Guy^°  Grannis,  b. 
at  Maynard,  la.,  Aug.  14,  1896.  (b)  Eunice  Caro- 
line^" Grannis,  b.  at  West  Union,  la.,  Oct.  30,  1898. 
(c)  John  Henry^°  Grannis,  b.  at  Marysville,  Wash., 
Apr.  24,  1902.  (d)  Roy  Sherwood^"  Grannis,  b. 
at  Marysville,  July  21,  1906.  (3)  Bessie  Beulah" 
Grannis,  b.  at  Fayette,  May  30,  1873 ;  d.  July  30, 
1893.  Unm.  (4)  Herbert  Richard^^  Grannis,  b. 
at  Fayette,  Sept.  22,  1877;  m.  at  Westgate,  la., 
Jan.  22,  1903,  Rose  Caroline  Linstrum,  daughter 
of  Louis  and  Martha  (Sylvester)  Linstrum,  b.  at 
Westgate,  la.,  Sept.  25,  1878.  Children  born  at 
Westgate,  la.:  (a)  Russell  Lynn^"  Grannis,  b. 
Mar.  12,  1907.  (b)  Mildred  CaroF«  Grannis,  b. 
Mayi  8,  1909.     (5)  Abbie  Helen^^  Grannis,  b.  at 


260  Sherman  Genealogy 

Fayette,  Dec.  28,  1883;  m.  at  Fayette,  Jan.  1,  1907, 
Harry  Llewellyn  Griffith,  son  of  David  Golden 
and  Mary  Ann  (Carpenter)  Griffith.  Children 
born  at  Elkader,  la.:  (a)  Helen  Katherine^*^  Grif- 
fith, b.  August  16,  1908.  (b)  Mary  Golden^'^  Grif- 
fith, b.  Oct.  20,  1910.  (c)  David  Grannis^^  Grif- 
fith (twin),  b.  June  15,  1912.  (d)  Harold  Sher- 
man^^  Griffith  (twin),  b.  June  15,  1912. 
2.  Mark  Sherman"  Hubbell,  b.  at  Trenton  Falls,  Oct. 
18,  1843;  m.  Aug.  28,  1879,  Jane^^  Sherman, 
daughter  of  John  Roger ^*  and  Jessie  (Williamson) 
Sherman.     (See  above.) 

57.  MAJOR  CHARLES^-  SHERMAN  (46.  Capt.  John,iS  Hon. 
Roger,^°,  William,®  Joseph,®  Capt.  John,''  John,^  Henry,^ 
Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,"  Thomas^),  b.  at  New  Haven,  Conn., 
Nov.  28,  1783;  bap.  Jan.  18,  1784;  m.  (1)  at  Canterbury, 
Conn.,  Sept.  29,  1808,  Sophia  Staples,  daughter  of  John  and 
Susanna  (Perkins)  Staples,  b.  at  Canterbury,  Oct.  12,  1791; 
d.  at  New  Haven.  Apr.  3.  1813.  He  m.  (2)  at  New  York 
City,  May  20,  1814,  Jennet  Taylor,  daughter  of  John  and 
Margaret  (Scott)  Taylor,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Dec.  30, 
1794;  d.  at  Suffield,  Conn.,  Aug.  6,  1843.  He  d.  at  Suffield, 
Mar.  20,  1844.  His  will  dated  Mar.  6,  1844,  with  a  codicil 
of  the  same  date,  was  proved  at  Suffield,  Mar.  26,  1844,  and 
recorded  in  New  York  Surrogate's  office,  Apr.  25,  1844.  In 
it  he  mentions  each  of  his  fourteen  living  children  and  makes 
a  bequest  as  follows :  "Third :  I  give  unto  my  son  Charles 
A.  Sherman  the  portrait  of  my  grandfather  Roger  Sherman 
&  the  pictures  of  the  Signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence." It  is  not  known  where  this  i)ortrait  is  now. 
Mrs.  George  D.  Pratt  (Helen  Deming  Sherman),  daughter 
of  John  Taylor  Sherman  and  grand-daughter  of  Major 
Charles  Sherman,  has  an  ambrotype  which  may  have  been 
taken  from  this  portrait.  It  shows  Mr.  Sherman  as  an  old 
man  with  long  gray  hair  and  is  much  like  the  figure  of  him 
in  Trumbull's  painting  of  "The  Declaration  of  Independence" 
belonging  to  Yale  University.  A  photograph  of  a  similar 
portrait  in  an  oval  frame  belonged  to  the  late  Frederick  R. 


Sherman  Genealogy  261 

Sherman.  He  served  in  the  Connecticut  Militia  in  the  War 
of  1812,  was  Major  in  the  First  Battalion  of  Artillery,  June 
11-13,  1813,  in  Col.  Elihu  Sanford's  Regiment,  Sept.  8  to 
Oct.  21,  1814,  and  in  Major  Noah  S.  Barnum's  Command, 
Nov.  9,  to  Dec.  15,  1814.  Member  of  firm  of  Sherman  & 
Street,  of  New  Haven ;  in  the  Dry  Goods  business  for  several 
years.  Before  1821,  became  a  resident  of  Suffield,  where  he 
was  Deacon  of  the  Congregational  Church. 

Children,  by  first  wife,  born  at  New  Haven:: 

I.  Charles  Austin^^  Sherman,  b.  June  4,  1810;  lawyer  in 
New  York  City;  m.  Oct.  4,  1842,  Caroline  Cornelia 
Hatheway,  daughter  of  Asahel  and  Nancy  (Diggins) 
Hatheway,  b.  at  Suffield,  Conn.,  Apr.  4,  1820;  d.  there 
Sept.  30,  1899.  He  d.  at  New  York  City,  Jan.  13, 
1883.  His  will,  dated  Aug.  26,  1875,  gave  all  his 
property  to  his  wife,  Caroline  Cornelia  Sherman  and 
was  proved  in  New  York  County,  June  16,  1883. 
Children : 

1.  Paul  Hatheway"  Sherman,  b.  Dec.  16,  1844;  d. 
Dec.  18,  1844. 

2.  Ruth  Hatheway^*  Sherman,  b.  Aug.  2,  1850;  d. 
the  same  day. 

n.  Elizabeth  Ripley^=^  Sherman,  b.  Feb.  29,  1812;  d.  July 
27,  1813. 

Children  by  second  wife: 

ni.  Margaret  Scott^^  Sherman,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Feb.  8, 
1815;  m.  at  Suffield.  Conn.,  Jan.  1,  1836,  William 
Watt,  son  of  William  and  Jane  Watt,  b.  at  Belfast, 
Ireland;  d.  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Jvne  18,  1884,  aged 
IZ.  She  d.  at  Elizabeth.  N.  J.,  Feb.  15,  1895.  Chil- 
dren b.  at  New  York  City : 

1.  Helen"  Watt,  d.  in  infancy. 

2.  William"  Watt,  d.  in  infancy. 

3.  Jessie"  Watt,  d.  in  infancy.     All  three  buried  at 
Suffield,  Conn. 

4.  Jessie  Taylor"  Watt,  b.  Apr.  2,  1842.    Unm. 

5.  William"  Watt.  m.  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y..  Oct.  7, 


262  Sherman  Genealogy 

1875,  Louisa  Shirley  Hall,  daughter  of  David  and 
Hannah  Hall,  b.  at  Brooklyn,  May  25,  1848.  He 
d.  at  Morristown,  N.  J.,  Aug.  11,  1917.  Child: 
(1)  Helen  Shirley^^  Watt,  b.  Oct.  30,  1880. 
6.  John  Cunningham^*  Watt,  d.  June  18,  1875,  aged 
about  27  years.    Unm. 

83  IV.  Henryi^  Sherman,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Apr.  16,  1817. 

84  V.  James  Taylor^^  Sherman,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Apr.  17, 

1819. 

85  VI.  Andrew  Taylor^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Sufifield,  Conn.,  Sept. 

1,  1821. 
VII.  Jane  Taylor^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Suffield,  Conn.,  June  18, 
1823;  m.  (1)  at  Suffield,  May  8,  1845,- Dr.  James  Mor- 
ven  Smith,  M.D.,  son  of  Dr.  Nathan  Smith,  b.  at  Corn- 
ish, N.  H.,  Sept.  23,  1805 ;  d.  at  Norwalk,  Conn.,  May, 
1853.  m.  (2)  at  Springfield,  Mass.,  June  3,  1856, 
James  Henry  Osgood,  son  of  Samuel  and  Mary  Os- 
good, b.  at  Springfield,  Mass.,  June  20,  1816;  d.  at 
Chicago,  111.,  Nov.  3,  1914.  She  d.  at  Tarrytown, 
N.  Y.,  Mar.  12,  1896.    Children  by  first  husband : 

1.  Charles  Sherman^*  Smith,  b.  at  Springfield,  Mass., 
Feb.  9,  1846;  d.  at  Newbern,  N.  C,  Jan.  11,  1863. 
Killed  in  Civil  War.  Served  as  Drummer.  Buried 
at  Springfield,  Mass. 

2.  William  Watt^*  Smith,  b.  at  Springfield,  Mar.  20, 
1848;  d.  there  Apr.  20,  1848. 

3.  Alice  Chase^*  Smith,  b.  at  Springfield,  Nov.  3, 
1849;  d.  there  Apr.  22,  1852. 

4.  William  Watt^*  Smith,  b.  at  Springfield,  Aug.  31, 
1852 ;  d.  at  Atlanta,  Ga.,  Dec.  28,  1906.  Unm.  At 
his  death  he  was  President  of  Bank  for  Savings 
of  the  City  of  New  York. 

Children  by  second  husband : : 

5.  Edward  Sherburn"  Osgood,  b.  at  Worcester, 
Mass.,  June  12,  1857;  d.  there  Dec.  12,  1857. 

6.  Henry  Fessenden^*  Osgood,  b.  at  Worcester,  Aug. 
31,  1859;  d.  at  Chicago,  111.,  Dec.  12,  1876.    Unm. 


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7.  Margaret  Sherman^*  Osgood,  b.  at  Worcester, 
Aug.  19,  1861 ;  m.  at  Orange,  N.  J.,  Oct.  6,  1883, 
Harry  Hubbard  Latham,  son  of  Hubbard  and 
Lucy  Ann  (Barnes)  Latham,  b.  at  Sandwich,  111., 
Sept.,  1859.  Divorced  Jan.,  1911.  Children:  (1) 
Ruth  Osgood^^  Latham,  b.  at  Wilmette,  111.,  Mar. 
28,  1887;  d.  there  Apr.  5,  1887.  (2)  Harry  Os- 
good^^  Latham,  b.  at  Wilmette,  111.,  Aug.  19,  1888; 
m.  at  Chicago,  111.,  June  3,  1911,  Marjorie  Luschen 
Schoole,  daughter  of  Henry  Ernst  and  Mary  Eliza- 
beth (Wirts)  Schoole,  b.  at  Chicago,  Dec.  17, 
1887.  Child:  (a)  Mary  Elizabeth"  Latham,  b.  at 
Chicago,  111.,  Feb.  19,  1914.  (3)  Paul  Hubbard^' 
Latham,  b.  at  Wilmette,  111.,  July  30,  1891 ;  m.  at 
Chicago,  Apr.  18,  1914,  Dorothy  Louise  Lindsay, 
daughter  of  Charles  G.  and  Winifred  Louise 
(Wightman)  Lindsay,  b.  at  Des  Moines,  la.,  Oct. 
23,  1891.    No  issue. 

VIII.  Harriet^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Suffield,  Sept.  17,  1825 ;  m. 
(1)  Oct.  30,  1856,  Dr.  Clark  Wright,  son  of  Asahel 
and  Lydia  (Worthington)  Wright,  b.  at  Windsor 
Mass.,  1799;  d.  at  New  York  City,  Mar.  12,  1864, 
M.D.  1824,  Col.  Phys.  and  Sur.  (Columbia)  ;  m.  (2) 
Sept.  10,  1874,  as  his  second  wife.  Rev.  Edward 
Strong.  B.A.  Yale,  1838,  M.A.;  D.D.  Hamilton, 
1864,  son  of  Rev.  William  Lightbourne  (Yale,  1802) 
and  Harriet  (Deming)  Strong,  b.  at  Somers,  Conn., 
Oct.  25,  1813;  d.  at  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  Dec.  13,  1898. 
(See  43  above.)     She  d.  at  Pittsfield,  Feb.  2,  1899. 

Child  by  first  husband: 

1.  Clark"  Wright,  Jr.,  b.  at  New  York  City  June  15, 
1859,  Ph.B.  Yale,  1881.  M.D.  Columbia,  1885;  m. 
at  Boston,  Mass.,  Oct.  29,  1895,  Marion  Adelaide 
Stockman,  daughter  of  Thomas  Moody  and 
Frances  Adelaide  (Leland)  Stockman,  b.  at 
Charlestown,  Mass.,  Mar.  14,  1861.  He  d.  at  New 
York  City,  Mar.  16,  1897.  Child:  (1)  Lucy  Le- 
land^^  Wright,  b.   at  Vienna,   Austria,   June    15, 


264  Sherman  Genealogy 

1896;  d.  at  New  York  City,  Apr.  17,  1911.  No  is- 
sue of  Harriet  by  second  husband. 
IX.  Eliza  Taylor^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Suffield,  June  15,  1827; 
m.  at  New  York  City,  Sept.  7,  1848,  John  Sloane,  son 
of  John  and  Maria  Sloane,  b.  at  Kilmarnock,  Scot- 
land, Mar.  4,  1817;  d.  at  New  York  City,  Mar.  3, 
1891.  She  d.  at  New  York  City,  June  13,  1887.  Chil- 
dren: 

1.  Jessie  Sherman^*  Sloane,  b.  at  New  York  City; 
d.  at  Dundee,  Scotland. 

2.  John  Kenneth^^  Sloane,  b.  at  Stamford,  Conn. ; 
d.  there  1918.    Unm. 

3.  EHzabeth^*  Sloane,  b.  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  1850; 
m.  at  Stamford,  Conn.,  1871,  John  Harkness  Wray, 
son  of  Stephen  and  Mary  A.  (Harkness)  Wray,  b. 
at  New  York  City,  1838.  Children:  (1)  Flor- 
ence Evelyn^^  Wray.  d.  young.  (2)  William 
Sloane^"^  Wray,  d.  young.  (3)  Louise  Sloane^' 
Wray,  d.  young.  (4)  John  Harkness^^  Wray,  Jr., 
d.  young.     (5)  Charles  Sherman^ ^  Wray.    Unm. 

X.  Janet  Taylor^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Suffield,  July  23,  1829; 

d.  Apr.  2,  1903.    Unm. 

86      XI.  John  Taylor^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Suffield.  Nov.  10,  1831. 

XII.  Robert   Taylor^^    Sherman,    b.    at    Suffield,    Mar.    31, 

1834;  mar.  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  15,  1866,  Maria 

Augusta    Hewitt,    daughter   of    Horatio    Nelson    and 

Anna  Maria  (Barrett)  Hewitt,  b.  at  New  York  City, 

June  15,  1840;  d.  at  Stamford,,  Conn.,  Sept.  14,  1894. 

He  d.  at  Elizabeth,  N.  J..  Sept.  14,  1891.    Member  of 

N.  Y.  Stock  Exchange  and  of  firm  of  Sherman.  Cecil 

&  Co.     Children,  born  at  New  York  City : 

1.    Cora  Palliser^*  Sherman,  b.  Oct.  16,  1866;  m.  at 

Orange,  N.  J.,  May  21,  1891,  Clarence  Addison  de 

Goll,  son  of  James  Emile  and  Mary  Curtis  (Addi- 

dison)   de  Goll,  b.  at  New  York  City,  June   12, 

1861.     She  d.  at  Elizabeth.  N.  J.,  Nov.  21,  1915. 

Children  born  at  Elizabeth :   ( 1 )   Marie  Corinne^' 

de  Goll,  b.  Jan.  24,  1892;  m.  at  Elizabeth,  May  22, 


Rev.  John  Sherman,  1772-1828  and  Abigail  (Perkins)  Sherman 
his  wife,  1774-1860 


EDWARD  S.  SHERMAN,  1818-1882 
By  Edouard,  at  Saratoga,  1844 


THOMAS  T.  SHERMAN 

By  Baron  Scotford,  at  Exposition, 

San  Francisco,  September,  I'M.S 


HON.  ROGER  SHERMAN  BALDWIN 


Sherman  Genealogy  265 

1912,  James  Macdonald  Winans,  son  of  Samuel 
Ross  and  Sarah  (Macdonald)  Winans,  b.  at 
Princeton,  N.  J.,  May  17,  1887.  B.A.  Princeton, 
1908.  Children  born;  at  Elizabeth :  (a)  James  de 
GolP«  Winans,  b.  Feb.  7,  1913.  (b)  Jane  Sher- 
man^'' Winans,  b.  Oct.  10,  1917.  (2)  Imogene 
Ethel"  de  Goll,  b.  Nov.  18,  1893 ;  m.  at  Pensacola, 
Fla.,  Sept.  5,  1918,  Douglas  Hillyer,  son  of  Dr. 
Frank  Munson  (M.D.  Bellevue,  N.  Y.)  and  Adele 
(Douglas)  Hillyer,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Aug.  25, 
1892,  Ensign  U.  S.  N.  R.  F.  (Aviation).  (3) 
Dorothy  Addison"  de  Goll,  b.  June  28,  1895. 
Unm.  (4)  Ada  Sherman"  de  Goll,  b.  Jan.  7, 
1901.    Unm. 

Ada"  Sherman,  b.  Apr.  11,  1868;  m.  at  Orange 
N.  J.,  Nov.  17,  1887,  William  English  Ross,  son  of 
William  Halsey  and  Sarah  Ann  Randall  (West) 
Ross,  b.  at  Elizabeth,  N.  J.,  Feb.  16,  1866.  Chil- 
dren :  ( 1 )  Frederick  Randall  West^®  Ross,  b.  at 
St.  George,  Staten  Island,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  15,  1888. 
Unm.  U.  S.  A.  Quartermaster's  Dept.  (2)  Made- 
laine  Sherman^^  Ross,  b.  at  Elizabeth,  N.  J.,  Apr. 
21,  1892;  m.  at  Elizabeth,  Feb.  17,  1917,  William 
Taylor  West,  Jr.,  son  of  William  Taylor  and 
Martha  Hines  (Garthwaite)  West,  b.  at  Roselle, 
N.  J.,  July  28,  1887.  No  issue.  (3)  Robert  Sher- 
man" Ross,  b.  at  Elizabeth,  May  4,  1893.  Unm. 
2nd  Lieut.  U.  S.  A.  Aviation.  (4)  Cora  Bowne" 
Ross,  b.  at  Elizabeth,  June  2,  1894;  m.  at  Eliza- 
beth, July  5,  1917,  John  Langhorne  Vaiden, 
U  S.  N.  Academy,  1914,  Lieut.  U.  S.  Navy,  son 
of  William  Jacob  Vaiden,  Col.  U.  S.  A.  and  Marion 
(Langhorne)  Vaiden,  b.  at  Uniontown,  Ala.,  Feb. 
25,  1893.  Child:  (a)  Dorothy  Langhorne^"  Vai- 
den, b.  at  Elizabeth,  N.  J.,  June  19,  1918.  (5) 
Edith"  Ross,  b.  at  Elizabeth,  Mar.  7,  1898;  d. 
there  Mar.  12,  1898. 

Eugene  King^*  Sherman,  b.  Aug.  25,  1872;  m.  at 
Brooklyn,  Oct.  24,   1900,  Ella  Elizabeth  Pearce, 


266  Sherman  Genealogy 

daughter  of   Henry  Godfrey  and  Hannah   (Wil- 
son)  Pearce,  b.  at  Brooklyn,  Apr.  24,  1878.     No 
issue. 
Xni.  Roger^^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Suffield,  Apr.  5,  1837;  d.  Aug. 

10,  1846. 
XIV.  WilHam  Watt^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Suffield,  Aug.  30,  1839; 
d.  at  Chicago,  111.,  Dec.  3,  1875.    Unm. 
XV.  Walter^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Suffield,  July  9,  1843;  d.  at 
Wilmette,  111.,  Feb.  22,  1880.    Unm. 

58.  NANCY^-  SHERMAN  (46.  Capt.  John,",  Hon  Roger," 
William,^  Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^  John,"  Henry,'^  Henry,* 
Thomas,^  John,"  Thomas^),  b.  at  Stoughton  (now  Canton), 
Mass.,  Nov.  28,  1794  (Stoughton  and  Canton  Vital  Rec- 
ords) ;  m.  at  Canton,  Nov.  5,  1812,  Gideon  Mcintosh  (the 
name  afterwards  written  Mackintosh)  son  of  Gideon  and 
Mehitable  (Dewing)  Mcintosh,  b.  at  Needham,  Mass.,  May 

13,  1789.  Marriage  intention  record:  "Mr.  Gideon  Mc- 
intosh, resident  in  Canton  and  Miss  Nancy  Sherman  of  Can- 
ton 11th  Oct.  1812."  Marriage  record:  "Nov.  5  1802  [1812] 
Mr.  Gideon  Mcintosh  resident  in  Canton  &  Miss  Nancy 
Sherman"  (Canton  Vital  Records).  She  d.  at  Canton,  Sept. 
30,  1836,  "aged  42  years."    He  married  (2)  at  Canton,  Mar. 

14,  1839,  Mrs.  Abigail  Reed  of  Canton.  He  d.  intestate,  at 
Canton,  Sept.  19,  1859.  Adm.  Nov.  5,  1859,  to  his  son 
Charles  G.  Mackintosh,  of  West  Roxbury,  Mass.  Children 
born  at  Canton: 

I.  Nancy  Sherman"  Mackintosh,  b.  July  10,  1813;  m.  at 
Canton,  Oct.  23,  1836,  Capt.  Alonzo  Follansbee,  a 
mariner,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  (Kenney) 
Follansbee,  b.  at  Pittston,  Me.,  Aug.  19,  1809,  and 
drowned  at  sea  when  he  went  down  with  his  ship  St. 
Denis,  an  ocean  liner,  Jan.  8,  1856.  She  was  one  of 
the  first  white  women  to  enter  China.  She  d.  at  Ded- 
ham,  Mass.,  Feb.  26,  1907.    Children : 

1.    Alonzo^*  Follansbee,  Jr.,  b.  at  Whampoa,  China, 
Aug.  2,  1838;  d.  at  Manila,  Philippine  Islands,  Oct. 


Sherman  Genealogy  267 

28,  1838.  He  was  the  first  white  boy  born  in 
China. 

2.  Dr.  EHzabeth  Ann^"*  Follansbee,  b.  at  Pittston,  Me.,      L 
Dec.  9,  1839.     M.D.  Women's  Medical  College  of 
Pennsylvania,  1876.     Practicing  physician  in  Los 
Angleles,  Cal.     She  d.  there  Aug.  22,  1917.    Unm. 

3.  Susan  Emmeline^*  Follansbee,  b.  at  Pittston,  Apr. 

28,  1841 ;  m.  at  Boston,  Mass.,  Nov.  23,  1865,  Jos- 
eph Thomas  Roberts,  son  of  Joshua  and  Eliza  Rob- 
erts, b.  at  Thomaston,  Me.  She  d.  at  Charlestown, 
Mass.,  Sept.  28,  1866.  Child:  (1)  Susan  Marion^= 
Roberts,  b.  at  Charlestown,  Aug.  29,  1866.    Unm. 

4.  Walter  Alonzo^*  Follansbee,  b.  at  Pittston,  Mar. 
18,  1844;  d.  there  July  30,  1845. 

5.  Juliette'*    (Etta)    Follansbee,  b.  at  Pittston,  May 

29,  1846;  m.  at  Dedham,  Mass.,  Sept.  27,  1865, 
Greenwood  Everett  Soule,  son  of  Charles  Starrett 
and  Elizabeth  (Levensaler)  Soule,  b.  at  Waldo- 
boro.  Me.,  Sept.  16,  1841.  She  d.  at  Dedham 
Mass.,  May  23,  1890.  Children:  (1)  Louise 
Greenwood"  Soule,  b.  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  July 
25,  1867,  d.  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  Apr.  23,  1898. 
Unm.  (2)  George  Everett'^  Soule,  b.  at  Lewis- 
ton,  Me.,  Aug.  24,  1869;  d.  at  Manchester,  N.  H., 
Apr.  29,  1872. 

6.  Sherman"  Follansbee,  b.  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Oct. 
9,  1848 ;  m.  at  Dedham,  Oct.  3,  1877,  Juliet  Marsh, 
daughter  of  Francis  and  Eliza  (Hersey)  Marsh, 
b.  at  Dedham,  May  5,  1846.  Children:  (1)  Louis 
Herbert^'  Follansbee,  b.  at  Dedham,  Sept.  1,  1880; 
d.  there  Sept.  3,  1880.  (2)  Horace  Sherman" 
Follansbee,  b.  at  Boston,  Mass.,  Mar.  8,  1883. 
Unm.  (3)  Charles  Marsh'^  Follansbee,  b.  at  Bos- 
ton, Oct.  30,  1884;  d.  there  Nov.  6,  1884. 

7.  Ellen  Thatcher'*  Follansbee  (twin),  b.  at  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.,  Mar.  29,  1851 ;  m.  at  Dedham,  Jan.  22, 
1879,  George  Washington  Humphrey,  son  of 
George  Henry  and  Clarinda  Thompson  (Noyes) 
Humphrey,  b.  at  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Nov.  1,  1848. 


268  Sherman  Genealogy 

Children:  (1)  Ralph  Devereaux"  Humphrey,  b. 
at  Dedham,  Nov.  7,  1882;  d.  at  Bath,  Me.,  July  4, 
1904.  Unni.  (2)  Marion  Louise^^  Humphrey,  b. 
at  Dedham,  Mar.  5,  1886;  m.  at  Tacoma,  Wash., 
Nov.  13,  1914,  Joseph  Knowles,  son  of  Joseph 
Greenlief  and  Mary  (Hitchcock)  Knowles,  b.  at 
Wilton,  Me.,  Aug.  13,  1869.    No  issue. 

8.  Abbie  Howes^*  Follansbee  (twin),  b.  at  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.,  Mar.  29,  1851 ;  d.  there  Oct.  9,  1852. 

9.  Alonzo  Walter^*  Follansbee,  b.  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
Sept.  1,  1853;  m.  at  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Mar.  19, 
1873.  Rachel  Schroeder,  daughter  of  Jean  and 
Barbara  (Guernsey)  Schroeder,  b.  at  New  York 
City.  He  d.  at  San  Francisco,  Mar.  28,  1916. 
Children  born  at  San  Francisco :  ( 1 )  Alonzo  Wal- 
ter^^  Follansbee,  Jr.,  b.  Dec.  10,  1873;  m.  at  San 
Francisco,  June  7,  1909,  Edna  Coleman  Dickens, 
daughter  of  Edmund  Finlay  and  Alice  Ash  (Pier- 
son)  Dickens,  b.  at  San  Francisco.  No  issue.  (2) 
George  Sherman^^  Follansbee,  b.  June  24,  1875 ;  m. 
at  San  Francisco,  Mar.  14,  1900,  Ella  Maud 
Forbes,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Henrietta  Ann 
(Allen)  Forbes,  b.  at  Downieville,  Cal.  Children 
born  at  San  Francisco:  (a)  Ruth^^  Follansbee,  b, 
Sept.  9,  1901.  (b)  George  Sherman^*'  Follansbee, 
Jr.,  b.  Dec.  29.  1902.  (3)  William  Garrick^^  Fol- 
lansbee, b.  Apr.  3,  1877;  m.  at  Fresno,  Cal.,  June 
17,  1916,  Marguerite  Morrell  Lightner,  daughter 
of  Abia  Taylor  and  Tena  (Morrell)  Lightner,  b. 
at  Bakersfield,  Cal.  Child:  (a)  Margaret"  Fol- 
lansbee, b.  Feb.  9,  1918.  (4)  Ada^=  Follansbee,  b. 
Feb.  22,  1879 ;  m.  at  San  Francisco,  Harry  Flood 
Dott.     Divorced.     No  issue. 

10.  George^*  B'ollansbee,  b.  at  Brooklyn.  N.  Y.,  Aug. 
26,  1855;  Sergeant  Co.  A.  1st  R.  I.  Infantry;  d. 
at  Providence,  R.  I.,  Feb.  18,  1880.    Unm. 

II.  Susan  Tucker"  Mackintosh,  b.  May  15,  1815;  d.  at 
Boston,  Mass.,  Sept.  10,  1848.    Unm. 


Sherman  Genealogy  269 

III.  Lucinda  Sherman^^  Mackintosh,  b.  Feb.  4,  1817;  m.  at 
West  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Mar.  27,  1842,  Abel  Allen,  son 
of  Gideon  Allen,  b.  at  Surry,  N.  H.,  Oct.  6,  1816;  d. 
near  Kidder,  Mo.,  May  20,  1894.  She  d.  at  East 
Westmoreland,  N.  H.,  Mar.  2,  1850.  He  m.  (2)  at 
Acton,  Mass.,  Dec.  24,  1851,  Miss  Harriet  Robbins. 
Children  by  second  wife :  George  W.  Allen,  who  died 
in  infancy,  and  Moses  Grant  Allen.     Children: 

1.  Abel"  Allen,  Jr.,  b.  at  East  Westmoreland,  Feb. 
11,  1843;  m.  at  Kidder,  Mo.,  Feb.  5,  1896,  Cora 
Bell  Flesher,  daughter  of  Green  B.  and  Seynthia 
A.  (King)  Flesher,  b.  at  Casby,  Mo.,  May  30, 
1873.  He  d.  at  Bagwell,  Texas,  Nov.  3,  1915. 
Children:  (1)  Mary  Lucinda^^  Allen,  b.  near  Kid- 
der, Mo.,  Mar.  21,  1897;  m.  at  Fort  Towson, 
Okla.,  Jan.  17,  1912,  William  Patrick  Brown,  son 
of  Patrick  Wilson  and  Sallie  (Gaston)  Brown,  b. 
at  Ardmore,  Okla.,  Sept.  22,  1891.  Children:  (a) 
Delana  Violet  Pauline^"  Brown,  b.  at  Bagwell, 
Texas,  June  12,  1913.     (b)  J.  W.  Gordon"  Brown, 

'  b.  at  Detroit,  Texas,  June  20,  1917.  (2)  Abel" 
Allen,  b.  at  Kidder,  Mo.,  June  4,  1899;  d.  there 
Mar.  28,  1903.  (3)  Delana  Maud"  Allen,  b.  at 
Kidder,  Mo.,  Dec.  31,  1901.    Unm. 

2.  Theodore  Parker"  Allen,  b.  at  Canton,  Mass.,  Apr. 
29,  1845;  m.  at  Chillicothe,  Mo.,  Nov.  1,  1876, 
Margaret  Ann  Fitzpatrick,  daughter  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  (Carlow)  Fitzpatrick,  b.  near  Peterboro, 
Ontario,  Canada,  Aug.  17,  1854.  He  d.  at  Kidder, 
July  12,  1899.  Children  born  at  Kidder,  Mo.:  (1) 
Lucinda"  Allen,  b.  Sept.  12,  1877;  d.  at  Kidder, 
July  29,  1878.  (2)  Charles  Lee"  Allen,  b.  May  3, 
1879;  m.  at  Belleville,  111.,  Sept.  8,  1903,  Orah 
Sarah  Knapp,  daughter  of  DeWitt  and  Adelphia 
Knapp,  b.  at  Creighton,  Neb.,  Jan.  22,  1878.  No 
issue.  (3)  Clifton  Royal"  Allen,  b.  May  10,  1881. 
LL.B.  Univ.  So.  Cal.,  1911.  Admitted  to  Bar  of 
California,  Jan.  18,  1911.  Lawyer  in  Fullerton, 
Cal.    m.  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  Nov.  27,  1909,  Elsie 


270  Sherman  Genealogy 

May  Winsor,  daughter  of  Amos  K.  and  Ellen 
(McGuire)  Winsor,  b.  at  Washington,  Iowa,  Aug. 
30,  1883.  Children :  (a)  Marjorie  Aileen^°  Allen,  b. 
at  Los  Angeles,  Feb.  6,  1911.  (b)  Virginia  May^° 
Allen,  b.  at  Fullerton,  July  17,  1915.  (4)  Arthur 
Arnold^^  Allen,  b.  Apr.  3,  1884;  m.  at  Los  Angeles, 
Aug.  31,  1913,  Frances  May  Browning,  daughter 
of  Robert  Franklin  and  Mary  Jane  (Parks) 
Browning,  b.  at  Vinita,  Okla.,  June  1,  1882.  Child: 
(a)  Elizabeth  Louise^''  Allen,  b.  at  Los  Angeles, 
Sept.  1,  1915.  (5)  Ethelyn  Elizabeth^^  Allen,  b. 
May  3,  1886;  m.  at  Los  Angeles,  May  10,  1911, 
Richard  Peters,  son  of  George  and  Annie  (Smith) 
Peters,  b.  at  Dublin,  Ireland,  June  9,  1879.  Child: 
(a)  Margaret  Ann^'^  Peters,  b.  at  Fullerton,  Cal., 
Jan.  21,  1913.  (6)  John  Warren^=  Allen,  b.  Oct. 
10,  1890.  LL.B.  Univ.  So.  Cal.,  1911.  Name 
changed  to  John  Sherman  Allen,  Lawyer.  U.  S.  A. 
Private  Co.  A,  13th  M.P.,  May  29,  1918— Mar.  12, 
1919.  Unm.  (7)  Eleanor  Winifred^=  Allen,  b.  June 
27,  1893 ;  m.  at  Los  Angeles,  Mar.  20,  1916,  James 
Wallace  Brown,  son  of  James  and  Elizabeth  (An- 
derson) Brown,  b.  at  Knightsville,  Ind.,  May  17, 
1892.  Child :  (a)  Elizabeth  Ann^"  Brown,  b.  at  Los 
Angeles,  May  1,  1917.  (8)  Gordon  Alonzo^^  Al- 
len, b.  Oct.  27,  1898.  Served  Oct.  4,  1918— Jan. 
22,  1919,  Camp  Taylor,  Ky.,  in  F.  Art.  Officers' 
Training  School.  Unm. 
3.  Delana^*  Allen,  b.  at  East  Westmoreland,  N.  H., 
Sept.  14,  1847;  m.  at  Kidder,  Mo.,  May  13,  1873, 
Stephen  Chase  Coult,  son  of  Amherst  and  Anna 
(Chase)  Coult,  b.  at  Auburn,  N.  H.,  July  24,  1835. 
Served  three  years  in  Civil  War  in  14th  Regiment 
N.  H.  Volunteers.  She  d.  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
Nov.  11,  1918.  Children  b.  at  Kidder,  Mo.:  (1) 
Abel  Amherst^^  Coult,  b.  Feb.  18,  1875;  m.  at  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  Nov.  5,  1907,  Edith  McDow,  daughter 
of  James  and  America  Ann  (Sumner)  McDow,  b. 
at  bow,  111.,  Sept.   12,  1882;  d.  at  Los  Angeles, 


Sherman  Genealogy  271 

Mar.  8,  1915.  No  issue.  (2)  Frank  Herbert" 
Coult,  b.  Sept.  28,  1877;  m.  at  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
Sept.  28,  1907,  Hattie  Merrell,  daughter  of  Hubert 
Spencer  and  Georgia  (Crenshaw)  Merrell,  b.  at 
Nameoki,  III,  Jan.  17,  1883.  Child:  (a)  Georgia 
McrrelP"  Coult,  b.  at  St.  Louis,  May  10,  1915. 
(3)  Sherman  Chase^^  Coult,  b.  Sept.  29,  1880;  d. 
at  Kidder,  Jan.  16,  1881.  (4)  Anna  Lucinda" 
Coult,  b.  Jan.  7,  1883 ;  m.  at  Kidder,  Mo.,  Mar.  14, 
1906,  James  Rea  McNary,  son  of  James  Alexander 
and  Sarah  Catharine  (Crane)  McNary,  b.  at 
EHzabethtown,  Ky.,  July  13,  1878.  Child:  (a) 
Mabel  Eleanor"  McNary,  b.  at  Hamilton,  Mo., 
Dec.  5,  1908.  (5)  George  Benjamin"  Coult,  b. 
Feb.  13,  1889;  m.  at  Hamilton,  Mo.,  June  15,  1910, 
Rena  Mae  Anderson,  daughter  of  John  Finley  and 
Iva  Maple  (Van  No'^e)  Anderson,  b.  at  Hamilton, 
Mo.,  July  25,  1890.  Children:  (a).  Lorna  Maur- 
ine^«  Coult,  b.  at  Hamilton,  Mo.,  Mar.  12,  1912. 
(b)  Herbert  Anderson^*^  Coult,  b.  at  Kidder,  Mo., 
Aug.  2,  1916.  (c)  Doris  Lucile"  Coult,  b.  at  Kid- 
der, Oct.  2,  1918. 

Lucinda  Sherman"  Allen,  b.  at  East  Westmore- 
land, N.  H.,  Mar.  2,  1850;  m.  at  Kidder,  Mo.,  Feb. 
27,  1872,  Charles  Le  Forest  Shaw,  son  of  John 
Adams  and  Sophia  Ann  (Tinkham)  Shaw,  b.  at 
Middleboro,  Mass.,  Feb.  29,  1848.  She  d.  at  Kid- 
der, Mo.,  Mar.  1,  1877.  Children:  (1)  Edith 
Sophia"  Shaw,  b.  at  Kidder,  Mo.,  Dec.  23,  1872 ; 
m.  at  Okayama,  Japan,  at  midnight,  Dec.  31,  1900 
and  Jan.  1,  1901,  Herbert  Spencer  Wheeler,  son 
of  WilHam  and  Margaret  Jane  (McKeag)  Wheel- 
er, b.  at  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  July  23,  1872.  Chil- 
dren: (a)  Sherman  Shaw^^  Wheeler,  b.  at  Kobe, 
Japan,  Nov.  3,  1901.  (b)  Carson  McKeag" 
Wheeler,  b.  at  Kobe,  Feb.  14,  1903.  (c)  Warren" 
Wheeler,  b.  at  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  Sept.  20,  1905. 
(d)  John  William^*^  Wheeler,  b.  at  San  Jose,  Cal., 
Dec.  26,  1915.     (2)  Charles  Theodore"  Shaw,  b. 


272  Sherman  Genealogy 

at  Kidder,  Mo.,  Mar.  1,  1877;  m.  at  Kidder,  May 

10,    1899,   Mary   Beulah    Whitelaw,   daughter   of 

John  and  Mary   (Neill)   Whitelaw,  b.  at  Kidder, 

Apr.  16,  1877.     He  d.  at  Cameron,  Mo.,  Feb.  13, 

1915.  Children  born  at  Kidder:  (a)  Mabel  Susan^^ 

Shaw,  b.  Nov.  25,  1900.     (b)  Ralph  Theodore" 

Shaw,    b.    Sept.    5,    1903.      (c)    Mary   Lucinda" 

Shaw,   b.    Sept.  26,    1906.      (d)    Charles   Russell 

Whitelaw^°  Shaw,  b.  Feb.  4,   1909.     (e)   Esther 

Beulah^*^  Shaw,  b.  Aug.  13,  1911.     (f)  Margaret 

Ruth"  Shaw,  b.  Feb.  9,  1914. 

IV.  William"  Mackintosh,  b.  Mar.  19,  1819;  m.   (1)   at 

West  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Mar.  30,  1841,  Adeline  Arnold, 

daughter  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  (Holden)  Arnold, 

b.  at  West  Roxbury,  June  7,  1822;  d.  there  Feb.  4, 

1850.     Her  infant   daughter  born  just  before,  died 

few  hours  later.    He  m.  (2)  at  Lexington,  Mass.,  Dec. 

25,  1851,  Eliza  Jane  Tuttle,  daughter  of  David  and 

his  third  wife  Patty  (Smith)  Tuttle,  b.  at  Lexington, 

Mass.,  Apr.   17,   1830;  d.  at  Lincoln,  Mass.,  Jan.  3, 

1880.     He  d.  at  Lincoln,  Dec.  9,  1900.     Children  by 

first  wife  b.  at  West  Roxbury: 

1.  Maria  Louisa"  Mackintosh,  b.  Apr.  1,  1842;  m.  at 
Wolfeboro,  N.  H.,  May  9,  1865,  Samuel  Arnold 
Meader,  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Lyon)  Meader, 
b.  at  Wolfeboro,  Feb".  8,  1838;  d.  there  Dec.  23, 
1916:  Children  born  at  Wolfeboro:  (1)  Frederick 
Everett"  Meader,  b.  Aug.  25,  1872.  D.M.D.  Har- 
vard, 1895 ;  m.  at  Wolfeboro.  Oct.  19,  1898.  Sara 
Morse  Whitton,  daughter  of  Oscar  Frederick  and 
Clara  (Blake)  Whitton.  b.  at  Wolfeboro,  Aug.  31, 
1875.  Child:  (a)  Robert  Whitton"  Meader,  b.  at 
Brookline.  Mass..  Jan.  12,  1908.  (2)  Henry  Hud- 
son" Meader,  b.  May  9.  1875.  m.  (1)  at  Tufton- 
boro,  N.  H.,  Oct.  31.  1901,  May  Flora  Holmes, 
daughter  of  Henry  Hollis  and  Flora  (Wiggin) 
Holmes,  b.  at  Wolfeboro.  N.  H.,  Oct.  8,  1882.  Di- 
vorced 1909.  Child:  (a)  George  Henry"  Meader, 
b.  at  Wolfeboro,  July  19,  1905 ;  d.  at  Boston,  Mass., 


HON.  SIMEON  EBEN  BALDWIN 


Sherman  Genealogy  273 

Nov.  21,  1906.  m.  (2)  at  Wolfeboro,  Sept.  6, 
1910,  Mattie  May  Bennett,  daughter  of  Amos' 
Northen  and  Sarah  Maria  (Sanborn)  Bennett,  b 
at  Sandwich,  N.  H.,  Oct.  7,  1873.  Child:  (b) 
Helen  Hudson^«  Meader,  b.  at  Wolfeboro,  June 
25,  1911.  (3)  Eleanor  Rogers^^  Meader,  b  Oct 
5,  1884.    Unm. 

2.  Nancy  Sherman^*  Mackintosh,  b.  Nov.  19,  1843. 
Unm. 

3.  Frances  Adaline^*  Mackintosh,  b.  Mar.  28,  1846- 
m.  at  Boston,  Mass.,  Sept.  1,  1869,  Leland  Fred- 
erick Bridgham,  son  of  Sulhvan  and  Eliza  (Wil- 
ley)   Bridgham,  b.  at  Charleston,  Maine,  Feb.  4, 
1843.     Children:   (1)  Arthur  Leland^^  Bridgham' 
b.  at  Somerville,  Mass.,  July  9,  1870;  m.  at  New 
York  City,  Apr.  28,  1904,  Marguerita  Florentina 
Rosa  Berger,  daughter  of  Robert  Franz  and  Rosa 
Charlotte  (Schreiber)   Berger,  b.  at  Stettin,  Ger- 
many, June  20,  1868.    Children:  (a)  Hilde  Marga 
Louisa^«  Bridgham,  b.  at  Roxbury,  Mass.,  July  2, 
1905.      (b)    Elisabeth    Lois    Frances^«   Bridgham' 
(twin),  b.  at  Roxbury,  Feb.  3,  1907.     (c)  Rudolph 
Leland  Berger^"  Bridgham  (twin),  b.  at  Roxbury 
Feb.    3,    1907.       (d)     Minot    Robert    Sherman^« 
Bridgham,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Apr.  27,  1910 
(2)  Minot  Austin^-^  Bridgham,  b.  at  Boston, 'Mass.* 
Oct.  17,  1871 ;  m.  at  Bristol,  N.  H.,  Jan.  1,  1914,' 
Grace  Agnes  Swain,  daughter  of  Josiah  Sanborn 
and  Frances  Pauline  (Gordon)  Swain,  b.  at  Lake- 
port,  N.  H.,  Feb.  20,   1883.     Child:    (a)    Minot 
Austin^«  Bridgham,  Jr.,  b.  at  Jamaica  Plain,  Mass 
May  29,  1915.     (3)  Maria  Louise^^  Bridgham   b' 
at  Boston,  Mass.,  July  22,  1873.    Unm.     (4)  Elna 
Sherman!^  Bridgham,  b.  at  Boston,  Mass.,  March 
3,  1878;  m.  at  Arlington  Heights,  Mass.,  June  5, 
1906,  Charles  Clark  Stover,  son  of  Charles  Moody 
and  Josephine  E.  (Clark)  Stover,  b.  at  Amesbury 
Mass.,  Dec.  12,  1877.    Children  born  at  Arlington 
Heights:  (a)  Charles  Clark^«    Stover,  Jr.,  b  Jan 


274  Sherman  Genealogy 

10,  1912.  (b)  Roger  Mackintosh^"  Stover,  b.  Aug. 
21,  1917.  (5)  Helen  Morton^=^  Bridgham,  b.  at 
Arlington  Heights,  March  24,  1884;  m.  at  Arl- 
ington Heights,  Oct.  23,  1906,  Plumer  Wheeler, 
son  of  Morris  Plumer  and  Rosina  Baldwin 
(Crane)  Wheeler,  b.  at  Dorchester,  Mass.,  July 
18,  1878.  Children:  (a)  William  Morris^" 
Wheeler,  b.  at  Arlington  Heights,  Mar.  19,  1913. 
(b)  Helen  Frances^"  Wheeler,  b.  at  Newark,  N.  J,, 
June  25,  1916. 

4.  A  daughter^*  born  and  died  Feb.  4,  1850. 

Children  of   William^^   Mackintosh  by  second  wife, 
born  at  Lincoln,  Mass. : 

5.  William  Henry^*  Mackintosh,  b.  Jan.  13,  1853;  d. 
at  Lincoln,  Jan.  6,  1880.    Unm. 

6.  George  Tuttle^*  Mackintosh,  b.  Jan.  29,  1855;  d. 
at  Lincoln,  May  29,  1875.    Unm. 

7.  Sarah  Lizzie^*  Mackintosh,  b.  Jan.  15,  1857;  d,  at 
Lincoln,  Nov.  30,  1878.    Unm. 

8.  Harriet  Abbie"  Mackintosh,  b.  June  22,  1858 ;  d.  at 
Lincoln,  Sept.  22,  1876.    Unm. 

9.  Linette  Tucker^*  Mackintosh,  b.  Feb.  18,  1860;  d. 
at  Langdon,  Minn.,  Nov.  17,  1881.    Unm. 

10.  John  Quincy'*  Mackintosh,  b.  Oct.  14,  1861;  m. 
at  Rich  Valley,  Minn.,  June  26,  1889,  Agnes  Hastie 
Strathern,  daughter  of  William  and  Margaret 
(Hastie)  Strathern,  b.  at  Pine  Bend,  Minn.,  Jan. 
12,  1860.  Children:  (1)  Edna  Louise^^  Mackin- 
tosh, b.  at  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  April  21,  1895;  m.  at 
St.  Paul  Aug.  9,  1918,  Burton  Francis  Hood. 
(2)  William  Strathern"  Mackintosh,  b.  at  Cottage 
Grove,  Minn.,  Sept.  28,  1897.    Unm. 

11.  Joseph  Hooker^*  Mackintosh,  b.  May  27,  1863;  d. 
at  Langdon,  Minn.,  Dec.  31,  1885.    Unm. 

12.  Roger  Sherman^*  Mackintosh,  b.  Feb.  18,  1872;  m. 
at  Cottage  Grove,  Minn.,  Sept.  18,  1901,  Laura 
Belle  Wright,  daughter  of  James  and  Orlesta  Me- 
lissa (Stotesbery)  Wright,  b.  at  Denmark,  Minn., 


Sherman  Genealogy  275 

May  27,  1872.  Child:  (1)  Orlesta  May"  Mackin- 
tosh, b.  at  Auburn,  Ala.,  June  11,  1905. 
Roger  Sherman^^  Mackintosh,  b.  June  24,  1821 ;  m. 
at  West  Roxbury,  June  8,  1845,  Mary  Jane  Lyon, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  Davis  and  Mary  (Arnold^. 
Lyon,  born  at  West  Roxbury,  Mar.  27,  1827;  d.  at 
Maiden,  Mass.,  June  27,  1894.  He  d.  at  Arlington 
Heights,  Mass.,  Aug.  8,  1895.    Children : 

1.  Roger  Sherman^*  Mackintosh,  b.  at  West  Rox- 
bury, Sept.  6,  1846;  m.  at  Boston,  Mass.,  Dec.  2, 
1868,  Adelaide  Lucinda  Jepson,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel and  Harriet  (Walker)  Jepson,  b.  at  Boston, 
Jan.  9,  1843.  Children:  (1)  Gertrude  Marian" 
Mackintosh,  b.  at  Roxbury,  May  16,  1871.  Unm. 
(2)  Stewart  W^bster^^  Mackintosh,  b,  at  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.,  Feb.  2,  1877 ;  d.  at  Boston,  July  22, 
1877. 

2.  William  Davis^*  Mackintosh,  b.  at  West  Roxbury, 
Feb.  7,  1848;  m.  at  Jericho,  Vt.,  Oct.  18,  1880, 
Annie  Lavinia  Jones,  daughter  of  Rev.  Ahira  and 
Lucy  Hapgood  (McGregor)  Jones,  b.  at  Burling- 
ton, Vt,  Oct.  18,  1853.  Child:  (1)  Roger" 
Mackintosh,  b.  at  Amesbury,  Mass.,  Aug.  8,  1881. 
Unm, 

3.  Walter"  Mackintosh,  b.  at  East  Cambridge,  Mass., 
Jan.  29,  1851 ;  d.  there  Feb.  22,  1851. 

4.  Walter"  Mackintosh,  b.  at  Charlestown,  Mass., 
May  28,  1852;  m.  at  Springfield,  Mass.,  Oct.  19, 
1900,  Sarah  Anita  Roberts  Warner,  daughter  of 
Amaziah  Sanderson  and  Jerusha  Mann  (Roberts) 
Warner,  b.  at  Springfield,  Mass.,  Oct,  5,  1863. 
Children  born  at  Springfield:  (1)  Marion  Edna" 
Mackintosh,  b.  July  22,  1901.  (2)  Roger  War- 
ner^=  Mackintosh,  b.  June  19,  1904. 

5.  Marion^*  Mackintosh,  b.  at  Charlestown,  Sept.  25, 
1853 ;  d.  there  Aug.  11,  1854. 

6.  Edmund"  Mackintosh,  b.  at  Charlestown,  Feb.  8, 
1855;  m.  at  Maiden,  Mass.,  June  10,  1885,  Lydia 
Ann  Simpson,  daughter  of  James  Munroe  and  Ly- 


276  Sherman  Genealogy 

dia  Ann  (Whittle)  Simpson,  b.  at  Charlestown, 
Apr.  29,  1853;  d.  at  Newton  Highlands,  Mass., 
Feb.  6,  1902.  Children:  (1)  Theodore  Osgood^' 
Mackintosh,  b.  at  Chicago,  111.,  Apr.  1,  1888;  d.  at 
Maiden,  Mass.,  Jan.  5,  1890.  (2)  Louis  Ed- 
mund^^  Mackintosh,  b.  at  Maiden,  July  24,  1891. 
Private  U.  S.  A.  Unm.  (3)  Arnold^^  Mackin- 
tosh, b.  at  Newton  Highlands,  Mass.,  Oct.  29, 
1894.  Unm.  Assistant  Treasurer  of  the  Newton 
Trust  Company. 

VI.  Charles  Gideon^^^  Mackintosh,  b.  July  25,  1823 ;  m.  at 
Dedham,  Mass.,  Oct.  27,  1852,  Harriet  Ann  Richards, 
daughter  of  Martin  and  Harriet  (Angier)  Richards, 
b.  at  Dedham,  Mass.,  Sept.  11,  1826;  d.  at  Peabody, 
Mass.,  Aug.  1,  1897.  He  d.  at  Dedham,  Mass., 
July  3,  1908.     Children : 

1.  Charles  Austin^*  Mackintosh,  b.  at  West  Roxbury, 
Aug.  25,  1853.  Lawyer,  d.  at  Dedham,  June  9, 
1889.    Unm. 

2.  Joseph  Billings^*  Mackintosh,  b.  at  West  Rox- 
bury, Mar.  16,  1860;  d.  there  June  26,  1862. 

3.  Richards  Bryant^*  Mackintosh,  b.  at  West  Rox- 
bury, Nov.  17,  1865;  m.  at  Peabody,  Mass.,  Oct. 
14,  1896,  Mary  Lizzie  Lord,  daughter  of  David 
Bolles  and  Elizabeth  Davis  (Crane)  Lord,  b.  at 
Danvers,  Mass.,  Sept.  7,  1866.  Children  born  at 
Peabody:  (1)  Charles  Gideon^^  Mackintosh,  b. 
Dec.  22,  1898.  (2)  Elizabeth  Lord^^  Mackintosh, 
b.  May  17,  1903. 

VII.  Adam^^  Mackintosh,  b.  Sept.  27,  1825;  m.  at  Canton, 
Aug.  27,  1849,  Ann  Lucinda"  Littlefield,  his  first 
cousin,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Lucinda^^  (Sherman) 
Littlefield,  b.  at  Randolph,  Mass.,  Mar.  17,  1830;  d. 
at  Canton,  Apr.  19,  1901.  He  d.  at  Canton.  Nov.  5, 
1881.     Children  born  at  Canton: 

1.  Seth^*  Mackintosh,  b.  July  8,  1850;  d.  there  July 
9,  1851. 

2.  Lucy  Adaliza"  Mackintosh,  b.  Jan.  6,  1852.    Unm. 


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3.  George'*  Mackintosh,  b.  May  17,  1855;  m.  at  Cen- 
tre Buxton,  Me.,  Dec.  18,  1879,  Marilla  Donnell, 
daughter  of  WilHam  Henry  and  Hannah  Dean 
(Moulton)  Donnell,  b.  at  Buxton,  Me.,  Nov.  18, 
1855.  Children:  (1)  Alice  Hannah"  Mackintosh, 
b.  Oct.  23,  1880;  m.  at  Canton,  Mass.,  Oct.  5,  1910, 
John  Charles  Raynes,  son  of  John  Johnson  and 

■-/  Martha   Ann    (Hammond)    Raynes,   b.   at   Hyde 

Park,  Mass.,  Nov.  4,  1873.  Children:  (a)  Bar- 
bara'^  Raynes,  b.  at  Hyde  Park,  Sept.  8,  1913.  (b) 
Harriet'*'  Raynes,  b.  at  Franklin,  Mass.,  May  23, 
1915.  (c)  John  Charles'*'  Raynes,  Jr.,  b.  at  Hyde 
Park,  Feb.  10,  1917.  (d)  Paul  Mackintosh" 
Raynes,  b.  at  Hyde  Park,  Dec.  7,  1918.  (2)  Ed- 
gar Adam'^  Mackintosh,  b.  at  Canton,  July  18, 
1882;  m.  at  Haverhill,  Mass.,  July  21,  1906,  Mary 
Healey.  No  issue.  (3)  Rachel  Ann'^  Mackin- 
tosh, b.  at  Peabody,  Mass.,  Apr.  2,  1886.     Unm. 

(4)  Lillian  Sherman'^  Mackintosh,  b.  at  Chester, 
N.  H.,  Oct.  12,  1888.    Unm.    U.  S.  Naval  Nurse. 

(5)  Ethel'^  Mackintosh,  b.  at  Chester,  N.  H.,  July 
12,  1891.  Unm.  (6)  Helen  Dorothy  '^  Mackin- 
tosh, b.  at  Chester,  N.  H.,  Apr.  16,  1897.    Unm. 

4.  John  Sherman'*  Mackintosh,  b.  Oct.  22,  1858;  d. 
at  Canton,  Dec.  2,  1861. 

5.  Annie  Sherman'*  Mackintosh,  b.  Apr.  14,  1863; 
m.  at  Canton,  Mass.,  Sept.  30,  1885,  Henry  Bil- 
lings Hev^ett,  son  of  Billings  and  Harriet  (Ather- 
ton)  Hewett,  b.  at  Canton,  Jan.  21,  1860;  children 
born  at  Canton:  (1)  Grace  Liscom'^  Hewett,  b. 
Nov.  20,  1887;  m.  at  Baltimore,  Md.,  Sept.  11, 
1915,  Henry  Allen  Watkins,  son  of  George  Ran- 
dall and  Sarah  Catherine  (Barnes)  Watkins,  b.  at 
Sigourney,  Iowa,  Jan.  1,  1875.  Children:  (a)  Ann 
Mackintosh'*'  Watkins,  b.  at  Washington,  D.  C, 
Dec.  19,  1916.  (b)  Ruth  Randall'^  Watkins,  b. 
at  Dorchester,  Mass.,  July  27,  1918.  (2)  Charles 
Mackintosh'^  Hewett,  b.  May  15.  1890;  m.  at 
Somerville,  Mass.,  June  19,  1915,  Margaret  Adams 


278  Sherman  Genealogy 

Sargent,  daughter  of  Aaron  Eugene  and  Mabel 

Gay  (Fulton)  Sargent,  b.  at  Somerville,  Oct.  11, 

1888.     Child:   (a)  Roger  Sargent^^  Hewett,  b.  at 

Cambridge,    Mass.,    Mar.    19,    1917.      (3)    Roger 

^  Sherman^^   Hewett,  b.   Feb.  29,   1896,   1st   Lieut. 

r  U.   S.   A.   Engineers.      (4)    Hobart^'^   Hewett,  b. 

/  '     ■  Mar.  20,   1900.     U.   S.   Military  Academy.     2nd 

p  Lieut.  U.  S.  A.,  Nov.  1,  1918.    (5)  Philip  Crane" 

Hewett,  b.  Mar.  2,  1902. 

6.  John  Sherman^*  Mackintosh,  b.  May  12,  1865; 
m.  at  Moultonboro,  N.  H.  Sept.  10,  1895,  Etta 
Maria  Robinson,  daughter  of  George  and  Abby 
(Farrington)  Robinson,  b.  at  Moulton  Bow,  N.  H., 
July  19,  1870.  Child:  (1)  Adam^=^  Mackintosh,  b. 
at  Canton,  Aug.  7,  1898. 

7.  Hattie"  Mackintosh,  b.  Mar.  27,  1867;  d.  at  Can- 
ton, Apr.  14,  1867. 

Vin.  John  Sherman^^  Mackintosh,  b.  Nov.  8,  1827;  m.  at 
Boston,  Sept.  29,  1853,  Josephine  Mcintosh,  daughter 
of  Samuel  and  Priscilla  (Smith)  Mcintosh,  b.  at 
Newton  Upper  Falls,  Mass.,  Dec.  11,  1833;  d.  at  Dor- 
chester, Mass.,  Nov.  23,  1912,  He  is  still  living  in 
good  health  in  his  92nd  year.    Child: 

1.  Effie  Josephine^*  Mackintosh,  b.  at  Charlestown, 
Mass.,  Aug.  11,  1862;  m.  at  Milton,  Mass.,  Apr.  3, 
1890,  Frederick  Haynes  Newell,  son  of  Augustus 
William  and  Ann  (Haynes)  Newell,  b.  at  Brad- 
ford, Penn.,  Mar.  5,  1862.  S.B.  Mass.  Inst.  Tech., 
1885;  D.  Eng.  Case,  1912.  Chief  Hydrographer 
U.  S.  Geol.  Survey,  1888-1902.  Ch.  Eng'r  U.  S. 
Reclamation  Service,  1902-1907.  Dir.  U.  S.  Reel. 
Sen,  1907-1914.  Head  Depart.  Civ.  Eng.  Univ. 
111.,  since  1915.  Ch.  Eng'r  construction  of  Roose- 
velt and  Shoshone  dams,  Gunnison  Tunnel,  etc. 
Pres.  Am.  Ass'n  of  Eng'rs.  Member  various  En- 
gineering Societies.  Author.  Theodore  Roose- 
velt said  of  him :  "By  his  services  he  has  made  all 
good  American  citizens  his  debtors."     Children: 


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(1)  Josephine^-^  Newell,  b.  at  Milton,  Mass,  Sept 
11,  1891.  Unm.  (2)  Constance'^  Newell'  b  at 
Washington,  D.  C,  Oct.  21,  1896.  Unm.  (3) 
Roger  Sherman^^  Newell,  b.  at  Washington  D  C 
Feb.  24,  1898.  Unm.  (4)  John  Mackintosh- 
Newell,  b.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Apr.  20,  1904 

IX.  Lucy  Bathsheba-  Mackintosh,  b.  Aug.  5,  1829-  m   at 
Boston,  Mass.,  Aug.  5,  1862,  as  his  third  wife    Cap- 
tarn  William  Brega  Davis,  a  mariner,  b.  at  Salem 
Mass.,  May  24,  1814;  d.  at  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Jan' 
10,  1878.     She  d.  at  Dedham,  Mass.,  Apr.  13,  1913 
No  issue. 

X.  Anna  Mehitable^^  Mackintosh,  b.  Oct.  18    1831  •  d   at 
Boston,  Apr.  27,  1851.    Unm. 

XI.  Royal  Augustine"  Mackintosh,  b.  Mar  13  1834-  m 
at  Ossining,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  3,  1866.  Ellen  Bohler,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Jacob  and  Francesca  (Trexler)  Bohler 
b.  at  Philadelphia,  Penn.,  Sept.  14,  1841  He  d  at 
Newark,  N.  J.,  Feb.  8,  1897.  Children  born  at  Bos- 
ton,  Mass. : 

1.    Francesca  Louise^*  Mackintosh,  b.  Jan.  13    1868- 
m.  at  Port  Chester,  N.  Y.,  June  28,  1899,  John 
Schick,  son  of  Ludwig  and  Anna  (Dold)  Schick  b 
at  Greenfield,  Mass.,  Aug.  14,  1863.     Member 'of 
firm  of   Steiger  &   Schick,   Port   Chester,   N    Y 
Children    born    at    Port    Chester:    (1)     Dorothy 
Mackintosh^^  Schick,  b.  June  8,  1900.     (2)  Cath- 
erine Mackintosh^^  Schick,  b.  July  27,  1903. 
2.    Frederick  Royal"  Mackintosh,  b.  Aug.  9,   1872; 
d.  at  Westfield,  Mass.,  Nov.  19,  1875. 

^^'  ^An?'^?^"  S^E^M^N  (46.  Capt.  John,"  Hon.  Roger," 
Wilham,  Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^  John,«  Henry.=  Henry,* 
Thomas,3  John,^  Thomas^,  b.  at  Stoughton,  now  Canton, 
Aug.  16,  1796;  m.  at  Canton,  Apr.  12,  1818.  Thomas  Little- 
field  son  of  Aaron  Littlefield,  b.  at  Randolph,  Mass.,  Feb. 
i\llr.  '  ""*  ^^"dolph.  June  8,  1877.  His  will,  dated  Dec. 
«,  1870,  was  proved  July  25,  1877.    In  it  he  described  himself 


280  Sherman  Genealogy 

as  "Yeoman."  He  bequeaths  to  each  of  his  children,  John 
S.,  George  T.,  Joseph  D.,  Ann  Lucinda,  Roger  S.  and  Alonzo 
F.  Littlefield,  ten  dollars  and  gives  the  residue  of  his  prop- 
erty to  his  wife  Lucinda,  and  appoints  George  Thomas  Little- 
field,  Executor,  who  qualified.  Lucinda,  his  widow,  d.  at 
Randolph,  May  14,  1880,  intestate.  Adm.  June  23,  1880,  to 
George  Thomas  Littlefield.    Children : 

I.  John  Sherman^^  Littlefield,  b.  at  Randolph,  Mass., 
Sept.  23,  1820;  bap.  Oct.  4,  1821 ;  m.  at  East  Stough- 
ton,  Mass.,  Ruea  Bisbee,  daughter  of  Ezekiel  and 
Ruea  Bisbee,  b.  at  Stoughton,  Sept.,  1821 ;  d.  at  Ran- 
dolph, Mar.  20,  1868,  aged  46  years,  6  mos.  He  d.  at 
Randolph,  Mar.  3,  1907,  aged  86  years,  5  mos.,  8 
days.  No  issue. 
IL  George  Thomas^ ^  Littlefield,  b.  at  Randolph,  Feb.  11, 
1823 ;  m.  at  Athol,  Mass.,  Nov.  28,  1849,  Ann  Thorpe, 
daughter  of  Eliphalet  and  Ruth  (Fenno)  Thorpe,  b. 
at  Athol.  Mass.,  Mar.  31,  1826.     Children: 

1.  George  Sherman"  Littlefield.  b.  at  Watertown, 
Mass.,  Apr.  27,  1851 ;  m.  at  Somer\ille.  Mass., 
June  29,  1874,  Georgiana  Stevens,  daughter  of 
George  Cook  and  Mary  (Ayer)  Stevens,  b.  at 
Charlestown,  Mass.,  Aug.  25,  1853.  Children: 
(1)  Anna  Sherman^^  Littlefield,  b.  at  Winchester, 
Mass.,  Sept.  19,  1876;  m.  at  Winchester,  Sept.  16, 
1903,  Samuel  Franklin  Perry,  son  of  Eugene  and 
Flora  (Quimby)  Perry,  b.  at  Winchester.  July  2, 
1881.  No.  issue.  An  adopted  child,  Gertrude 
Perry,  b.  Nov.  2,  1912.  (2)  Arthur  Stevens^^  Lit- 
tlefield, b.  at  Winchester.  Sept.  19.  1880.    Unm. 

2.  Willie  Arthur"  Littlefield,  b.  at  Somerville,  Mass., 
Aug.  13.  1858;  d.  there  Nov.  28,  1862. 

UL  Seth^3  Littlefield.  b.  at  Randolph.  Mar.  30.  1825;  d. 

at  Boston,  July  29,  1849.    Unm. 
IV.  Dr.  Joseph  Dana^^  Littlefield.  b.  at  Randolph ;  bap. 

June   1,    1828.      M.D.   Univ.    Penn.,    1876.     m.    (1) 

Mary  Belden.     No  issue.     Divorced,     m.   (2)  Craig. 

Divorced.    He  d.  at  Jamestown.  N.  Y..  Mar.  10,  1899. 

No  issue. 


Sherman  House,  Norwalk,  Conn.,  residence  of  Taylor  Sherman  and 

his  son  Judge  Charles  R.  Sherman,  grandfather  and  father 

of  General  William  Tecumseii  Sherman 


1820-1891 


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V.  Ann  Lucinda^''  Littlefield,  b.  at  Randolph,  Mar.  17, 
1830;  d.  Apr.  19,  1901.  m.  at  Canton,  Sept.  27,  1849, 
Adam  Mackintosh.  (See  above.) 
VI.  Roger  Sherman^'^  Littlefield,  b.  at  Randolph,  Nov.  14, 
1834;  m.  (1)  at  Boston,  July,  1858,  Harriet  Isabella 
Reynolds,  daughter  of  Eliphalet  and  Hannah  (Hall) 
Reynolds,  b.  Mar.  15,  1837;  d.  Apr.  12,  1861.  m.  (2) 
at  Boston,  Aug.  16,  1864,  Harriette  Reynolds,  daugh- 
ter of  Stephen  and  Susan  (Jackson)  Reynolds,  first 
cousin  of  his  first  wife,  b.  at  Honolulu,  Hawaiian 
Islands,  Aug.  27,  1835;  d.  at  Boxford,  Mass.,  Nov. 
19,  18 .  m.  (3)  at  Chicago,  111.,  Susan  Annie  Hen- 
nessey, daughter  of  John  and  Margaret  (Borden) 
Hennessey,  b.  at  Watertown,  Wis.,  Aug.  1,  1859;  d. 
at  Salem,  Ore.,  Jan.  24,  1899.  He  d.  at  Bandon,  Ore., 
Apr.  1,  1896.  He  enlisted  as  private  and  became  Cap- 
tain Co.  L.,  1st  Mass.  Heavy  Art'y  in  Civil  War,  and 
was  twice  wounded.  Afterwards  a  civil  engineer  em- 
ployed by  U.  S.  Government  on  harbor  improvements. 
Children  by  first  wife : 

1.  Clara  Isabella^*  Littlefield,  b.  at  Charlestown, 
Mass.,  Apr.  8,  1859;  d.  at  Boston,  May  17,  1904; 
m.  at  Boston,  1878,  Charles  Alfred  Coombs,  son 
of  Samuel  G.  B.  and  Lydia  Jane  Coombs,  b.  at 
Rockland,  Me.,  Jan.  16,  1858.  Child:  (1)  Isabel 
HalP^  Coombs,  b.  at  Stoneham,  Oct.  19,  1879;  m. 
at  Chelsea,  Mass.,  Oct.  9,  1908,  Warren  Robert 
Healey,  son  of  George  Henr}.'  and  Nellie  (Mc- 
Carthy) Healey,  b.  at  Woburn,  Mass.,  July  30, 
1879.  Children:  (a),  Eleanor  Eaton"  Healey,  b. 
at  Winchester  Mass.,  Nov.  7,  1909.  (b)  Roberta^** 
Healey  (twin),  b.  at  Boston,  Feb.  8,  1915.  (c) 
Isabel"  Healey  (twin),  b.  at  Boston,  Feb.  8,  1915. 

2.  Walter^"  Littlefield,  b.  and  d.  Jan.,  1861. 
By  second  wife: 

3.  Evelyn^*  Littlefield,  d.  in  infancy. 
By  third  wife : 

4.  Harry  Sherman^*  Littlefield,  b.  at  Chicago,  111., 
Mar.  30,  1878.     Engineer;  m.  at  Pendleton,  Ore., 


282  Sherman  Genealogy 

Dec.  24,  1899,  Nellie  Belle  Hardesty,  daughter  of 
Kinzia  Francis  and  Louisa  Frances  (Banta)  Hard- 
esty, b.  in  Elco  Co.,  Nev.,  Sept.  13,  1880.  Chil- 
dren: (1)  Violet  Annie  "  Littlefield,  b.  at  Union, 
Ore.,  Jan.  21,  1901.  (2)  Mabel  Winifred^=  Little- 
field,  b.  at  Baker,  Ore.,  Mar.  31,  1903.  (3)  Ray 
Warren^^  Littlefield  (twin),  b.  at  La  Guarde,  Ore,, 
Jan.  7,  1905;  d.  there  Dec.  8,  1905.  (4)  Ralph 
Sherman^^  Littlefield  (twin),  b.  at  La  Guarde, 
Ore.,  Jan.  7,  1905;  d.  at  Portland,  Ore.,  Apr.  15, 
1914.  (5)  Thelma  Beatrice^^  Littlefield,  b.  at 
Portland,  Sept.  15,  1908.  (6)  Ethel  Lorene^' 
Littlefield,  b.  at  Portland,  June  30,  1912. 

5.  Warren  Roger^^  Littlefield,  b.  at  Rocky  Point, 
Ore.  Mar.  30,  1882.  Engineer,  m.  July  16,  1907, 
Estelle  Manciet.     Children  born  at  Bandon,  Ore. : 

(1)  Elizabeth  Theresa^=  Littlefield,  b.  Oct.  2,  1910. 

(2)  John  Warren^s  Littlefield,  b.  Apr.  14,  1912. 

(3)  Ada  Katherine^^  Littlefield,  b.  Dec.  24,  1915. 

6.  Winfield  Scott^'^  Littlefield,  b.  at  Bandon,  Aug.  1, 
1887.    Unm. 

7.  Thomas  Francis^*  Littlefield,  b.  at  Bandon,  Feb. 
22,  1892.    U.  S.  A.    Unm. 

8.  Elizabeth  Katherine^*  Littlefield,  b.  at  Bandon, 
Mar.  25,  1894;  m.  at  Bandon,  July  24,  1914, 
Thomas  Murray  Hunt,  son  of  James  Riley  and 
Ruth  Alma  (Hadley)  Hunt,  b.  at  Springbrook, 
Ore.,  Jan.  13,  1888.  Children  b.  at  Lents,  Ore.: 
(1)  Ruth^^  Hunt,  b.  Jan.  10.  1916.  (2)  Esther 
Matilda"  Hunt,  b.  Nov.  12,  1917. 

VH.  Alonzo  Follansbee^^  Littlefield,  b.  at  Randolph,  Apr, 
25,  1837;  m.  at  Norwalk,  Iowa,  Aug.  2,  1868,  Sarah 
Edwards,  daughter  of  Francis  and  Margaret  Ed- 
wards, b.  at  Church  Stretton,  Shropshire,  England, 
July  13,  1850.  Hhe  d.  near  Exira,  Iowa,  May  9.  1902, 
Children : 

1,  Thomas^*  Littlefield,  b.  at  Winterset,  Iowa,  June 
20,  1869.    Unm. 


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2.  Margaret  Lucinda^^  Littlefield,  b.  at  Winterset, 
Feb.  26,  1871 ;  m.  at  Exira,  Jan.  3,  1893,  Nelson 
Noah  Rumelhart,  son  of  John  and  Christina 
(Rogers)  Rumelhart,  b.  in  Audobon  Co.,  Iowa, 
Feb.  17,  1869.  Children  b.  at  Exira:  (1)  Floyd 
Leroy^^  Rumelhart,  b.  Jan.  21,  1895.  Private 
U.  S.  A.  Served  in  France.  Unm.  (2)  Ross 
Charles"  Rumelhart,  b.  Mar.  10,  1901.  (3)  Troy 
William"  Rumelhart,  b.  Mar.  22,  1905. 

3.  Minnie  Maria"  Lttlefield,  b.  at  Winterset,  Mar. 

23,  1873;  m.  at  Exira,  Mar.  12,  1901,  John  William 
Martin,  son  of  James  Henry  and  Elizabeth  Jane 
(Goforth)  Martin,  b.  in  Johnson  Co.,  Iowa,  Nov. 
9,  1863.  Children  b.  at  Exira:  (1)  Sarah  Eliza- 
beth" Martin,  b.  Apr.  4,  1903.  (2)  Cecil  Glad- 
wyn"  Martin,  b.  July  12,  1905.  (3)  Basil  Will- 
iam" Martin,  b.  Nov.  4,  1906.  (4)  Kermit"  Mar- 
tin, b.  Apr.  9,  1911.  (5)  Cassius  Clement"  Mar- 
tin, b.  Feb.  21,  1915. 

4.  Annie  Sherman^*  Littlefield,  b.  at  Winterset,  Nov. 
15,  1874;  m.  at  Exira,  Feb.  17,  1897,  John  Mollis 
Kil worth,  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Anne  (Healy) 
Kil worth,  b.  in  Audobon  Co.,  Iowa,  Aug.  28,  1871. 
Children  b.  at  Exira: 

(1)  Alonzo  Mollis"  Kilworth,  b.  May  18,  1900. 

(2)  Ella  Eugenia"  Kilworth,  b.  Mar.  13,  1902. 

5.  Charles  Audobon"  Littlefield,  b.  at  Exira,  Oct.  4, 
1876.    Unm. 

6.  John  Sherman^*  Littlefield,  b.  at  Exira,  Nov.  28, 
1878;  m.  at  Exira,  Feb.  19,  1903,  Nettie  Emma 
Baylor,  daughter  of  William  and  Dora  (Dutler) 
Baylor,  b.  at  Exira,  Dec.  25,  1881.  Children  b.  at 
Exira:  (1)  Lee  William"  Littlefield,  b.  Nov.  24, 
1904.     (2)  Ina  lola"  Littlefield,  b.  Dec.  31,  1905. 

(3)  Alonzo  Oliver"  Littlefield,  b.  Feb.  20,  1907. 

(4)  Glen  Earl"  Littlefield,  b.  June  19,  1912. 

7.  Wiliam  Augustus"  Littlefield,  b.  at  Exira,  Aug. 

24,  1881.    Unm. 


284  Sherman  Genealogy 

8.  Alonzo  Follansbee^*  Littlefield,  b.  at  Exira,  May 
11,  1884;  m.  at  Exira,  Sept.  26,  1906,  Sarah  Caro- 
line Whalert,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Ernestine 
(Trizche)  Whalert,  b.  at  Exira,  Dec.  2,  1883. 
Children  born  at  Exira:  (1)  Gladys  Lola^^  Little- 
field,  b.  July  9,  1908.  (2)  Kenneth  RoyaP^  Lit- 
tlefield, b.  Mar.  8,  1910.  (3)  Zola  Sarahs'"  Lit- 
tlefield, b.  Apr.  2,  1914.  (4)  Lois  Ernestine^^  Lit- 
tlefield, b.  May  30,  1916. 

9.  Alice  Florence^*  Littlefield,  b.  at  Exira,  Mar.  2, 
1886 ;  d.  there  Nov.  22,  1886. 

10.  Ena  Sarah"  Littlefield,  b.  at  Exira,  Jan.  20,  1889. 
Unm. 

11.  Royal  Seth^*  Littlefield,  b.  at  Exira,  Oct.  24,  1890. 
Private  U.  S.  A.    Unm. 

12.  Nellie  Francis"  Littlefield,  b.  at  Exira,  Apr.   11, 
1892.    Unm. 

60.  ELIZABETH  (BETSEY)  LAW^^  SHERMAN  (47.  Lieut. 
William,^^  Hon.  Roger,^°  William,^  Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^ 
John,^  Henry, ^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at 
New  Haven,  Conn.,  July  31,  1775.  m.  at  New  Haven,  June 
23,  1795,  Oliver  Leicester  Phelps,  son  of  Hon.  Oliver  Phelps 
I,  owner  of  a  large  tract  of  land  in  New  York,  County  Judge 
of  Ontario  County,  New  York,  Representative  in  Congress 
1803-1805,  and  Mary  (Seymour)  Phelps,  b.  at  Granville, 
Mass.,  Sept.  22,  1775.  B.A.  Yale.  1794,  M.A.  He  d.  at 
Canandaigua,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  11,  1813.  His  will,  dated  Mar.  2. 
1813,  was  proved  in  Ontario  Count}^  May  17,  1814.  She  d. 
at  Canandaigua,  Oct.  9,  1813.  Their  tombstones  at  Canan- 
daigua are  inscribed  as  follows  : 

"This  monument  erected  by  filial  aflfection  is  dedicated  to  the 
memory  of  OLI\^ER  LEICESTER  PHELPS,  the  son  of 
OLIVER  PHELPS  ESQR.  who  was  born  at  Granville  Massa- 
chusetts on  the  22nd  day  of  September  A.  D.  1775,  and  died  at 
Canandaigua  the  11th  day  of  March  1813,  aged  V?  years,  6  months 
and  9  days.  He  was  a  husband  ardent  in  his  aflfections,  a  father 
indulgent   to  his   children,  a    friend  glowing  and   sincere   in   his 


Sherman  Genealogy  285 

attachments,  and  from  principle  he  was  allied  to  the  spirits,  in- 
stitutions and  interests  of  our  Republic. 

In  the  meridian  of  his  days  he  was  suddenly  removed  from 
his  afflicted  family  and  the  land  of  the  living,  and  the  history  of 
his  life  affords  a  striking  illustration  of  the  truth  that  earthly 
prospects  and  the  smiles  of  fortune  do  often  deceive,  and  that 
wealth,  talents  and  distinction,  afford  no  protection  against  the 
approach  of  death" 

"Erected  to  the  memory  of  BETSEY  LAW  PHELPS,  Con- 
sort of  the  late  OLIVER  LEICESTER  PHELPS,  who  was  born 
at  New  Haven  Connecticut  on  the  31  of  July  1775  and  died  at 
Canandaigua  on  the  9th  day  of  October  1813,  aged  38  years,  2 
months  and  9  days. 

This  monument  is  the  last  poor  tribute  of  affection  to  a  mother 
deeply  lamented  and  much  beloved. 

Her  virtues  need  no  tabular  inscription  to  perpetuate  their 
memory ;  Hope  and  Faith  behold  them  transplanted  to  the  skies, 
there  to  flourish  in  a  blissful  immortality." 

Children : 
1.  Oliver^^^  Phelps,  III,  b.  at  Paris,  France,  May  15,  1796; 
m.  at  Canandaigua,  Nov.  21,  1821,  Laura  Chapin, 
daughter  of  Thaddeus  and  Elizabeth  (Morse)  Chapin, 
b.  at  Canandaigua.  June  18,  1797;  d.  at  Canandaigua, 
Aug.  2,  1892.  He  was  a  lawyer  and  d.  at  Canan- 
daigua, Aug.  13,  1872. 

Children  bom  at  Canandaigua : 

1.  Jeannette^*  Phelps,  b.  Sept.  12,  1822;  m.  at  Canan- 
daigua, Oct.  9,  1851,  Charles  Davis  Norton,  son  of 
Joseph  Gaston  and  Lucretia  (Huntington)  Nor- 
ton, b.  at  Hebron,  Conn.,  Nov.  29,  1829;  d.  at  Buf- 
falo, N.  Y.,  Apr.  11,  1867.  B.A.  Union  College, 
1839.  She  d.  there  Sept.  10,  1889.  He  was  a  law- 
yer in  Buffalo.  Children  born  at  Buffalo:  (1) 
Porter^^  Norton,  b.  July  9,  1853.  Lawyer  of  abil- 
ity and  prominence;  member  of  firm  of  Norton, 
Perry  &  Nye,  of  Buffalo;  m.  at  Buffalo,  July  9, 
1879,  Jeanie  Hill  Watson,  daughter  of  Stephen 
Van  Rensselaer  and  Charlotte  Amelia  Watson,  b. 


286  Sherman  Genealogy 

at  Buffalo,  1855.  He  d.  at  Buffalo,  Feb.  2,  1918. 
Children  b.  at  Buffalo:  (a)  Porter  Huntington^" 
Norton,  b.  May  26,  1880  B.A.  Harvard,  1903;  m. 
at  Buffalo,  Apr.  2,  1907,  Gilbertine  Coakley,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Brownlow  and  Sarah  (Tew)  Coakley, 
b.  at  Buffalo,  Feb.  9,  1885.  Children  born  at  Buf- 
falo: i.  Jane^'  Norton,  b.  Jan.  21,  1909.  ii.  Sarah^* 
Norton,  b.  Feb.  7,  1911.  (b)  Gertrude  Van  Dolf- 
sen"  Norton,  b.  June  2,  1883 ;  m.  at  Buffalo,  May 
30,  1908,  Daniel  Willard  Streeter,  son  of  Henry 
Benjamin  and  Fannie  Demarest  (Chamberlain) 
Streeter,  b.  at  Highland  Park,  111.,  Nov.  2,  1883. 
Children:  i.  Daniel  Willard^^  Streeter,  Jr.,  b.  at 
Buffalo,  June  21,  1909.  ii.  Porter  Norton" 
Streeter,  b.  at  Buffalo,  Apr.  25,  1910.  (2)  Charles 
Phelps"  Norton,  b.  May  15,  1858.  B.A.  cum  laude 
Harvard,  1880.  Professor  of  Law  and  Chancellor 
of  University  of  Buffalo.  Lawyer  in  Buffalo. 
Unm. 

2.  Oliver^*  Phelps  IV,  b.  Oct.  11,  1824;  m.  at  Lan- 
caster, Penn.,  Feb.  22,  1859,  Sarah  Louise  Porter, 
daughter  of  George  Bryan  and  Sarah  (Humes) 
Porter,  b.  at  Lancaster,  June  16,  1827;  d.  there 
Dec.  2,  1865.  He  was  a  lawyer  in  Canandaigua 
and  Washington,  D.  C,  and  d.  at  Canandaigua 
Jan.  26,  1877.  Child:  (1)  Oliver"  Phelps  V,  b.  at 
Canandaigua,  Dec.  12,  1859;  m.  at  Dubuque,  Iowa, 
Dec.  15,  1881,  Sarah  Humes  Porter  Shissler, 
daughter  of  Louis  and  Rose  (Porter)  Shissler,  b. 
at  Galena,  111.,  Mar.  31,  1863.  He  is  a  manufac- 
turer at  Detroit,  Mich.  Children:  (a)  Oliver" 
Phelps  VI,  b.  at  Wyandotte,  Mich.,  Sept.  9,  1882. 
Unm.  (b)  Louis  Shissler"  Phelps,  b.  at  Detroit, 
Mich.,  Feb.  14,  1885.    Unm. 

3.  James  Hillhouse^*  Phelps,  b.  Nov.  23,  1826;  d. 
Sept.  19,  1827. 

4.  Walter  HubbelP*  Phelps,  b.  Sept.  16,  1835;  d. 
May  8,  1897.    Unm. 

5.  Elizabeth  Chapin"  Phelps,  b.  Mar.  22,  1837.    Unm. 


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6.    Julia  Granger^*  Phelps,  b.  Nov.  22,  1841;  m.  at 
Canandaigua,  Feb.  11,  1878,  John  B.  Scholcy,  b. 
m  England;  d.  at  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  Dec,  1891. 
She  d.  at  Rochester,  Mar.  2,  1881.     Child:    (1) 
Julia  Phelps^^  Scholey,  b.  at  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y., 
Aug.  25,  1879;  m.  at  New  York  City,  June  30, 
1906,  Enos  Stuyvesant  Booth,  son  of  John  West- 
ley  and   Hannah    (Rush)    Booth,  b.  at  Warsaw, 
N.  Y.,  Jan.  31,  1877.     Child:  (a)  John  Scholey^" 
Booth,  b.  May  29,  1907. 
11.  Leicester^^  Phelps,  b.  on  the  Atlantic  Ocean,  July  30, 
1797;   m.    at    Canandaigua,   Jan.    11,    1823,    Eveline 
Chapin,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Cynthia   (Moseley) 
Chapin,  b.  at  Canandaigua,  Sept.  11,  1804;  d.  at  West- 
field,  Mass.,  July  19,  1885.    He  was  a  merchant  and  d. 
at   Canandaigua,   June   15,    1836.     Children  born   at 
Canandaigua : 

1.  Caroline  Jackson^*  Phelps,  b.  May  19,  1824;  m.  at 
Canandaigua,  Leonard  Van  Der  Kar,  son  of 
Thomas  and  Maria  (Vanderwerken)  Van  Der 
Kar,  b.  at  Waterford,  N.  Y.,  1819;  d.  at  Water- 
ford,  1889;  she  d.  July  25,  1848.  Children  born 
at  Waterford,  N.  Y. :  (1)  Leicester  Phelps^=  Van 
Derkar,  b.  June  7,  1846;  m.  at  New  York  City, 
May  2,  1866,  Elizabeth  Murray,  daughter  of  John 
Rix  and  Cora  Jennette  Murray,  b.  at  Port  Gibson, 
Miss.,  Mar.  7,  1847.  He  d.  at  New  York  City, 
Jan.  29,  1919.  Children:  (a)  Caroline  Phelps" 
Van  Derkar,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Feb.  27,  1867 ; 
m.  at  Hanover,  N.  H.,  Aug.  5,  1893,  Sydney  La 
Ware,  son  of  Sydney  and  Jeannette  (Dupey)  La 
Ware,  b.  at  Dorchester,  Mass.,  July  7,  1856;  d. 
Nov.  17,  1901.  Child:  i.  Harold^^  La  Ware,  b.  at 
Hanover,  N.  H.,  Aug.  20,  1894.  Unm.  (b) 
Charles  Phelps^"  Van  Derkar,  b.  at  Westfield, 
Mass.,  Aug.  27,  1868;  m.  at  New  York  City,  July 
16,  1903,  Ethel  Harriman,  daughter  of  Ira  and 
Elizabeth  (Eaton)  Harriman,  b.  at  Bucksport, 
Me.,  Jan.  5,  1881.    Children :  i.  Ethel  Phelps"  Van 


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288  Sherman  Genealogy 

Derkar,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Apr.  23,  1904. 
ii.  Mildred  Elizabeth^^  Van  Derkar,  b.  at  New 
York  City,  Feb.  11,  1906.  iii.  Arthur  Lei- 
cester^^ Van  Derkar,  b.  at  Newport,  Me.,  Oct. 
31,  1915.  (c)  Angelina  Darling^ ^  Van  Derkar, 
b.  at  Williamsburg,  N.  Y.,  May  28,  1871;  m.  at 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  28,  1898,  George  Bar- 
nabas Waterman,  son  of  Joshua  and  Jeannette  (Ten 
Eyck)  Waterman,  b.  at  Hudson,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  6, 
1853.  No  issue,  (d)  Wessell  Smith^^  Van  Der- 
kar, b.  at  New  York  City,  Oct.  18,  1873;  m.  at 
New  York  City,  Mar.  9,  1893,  Eliza  Scott  Jerman, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Margaret  (Scott)  Jer- 
man, b.  at  New  York  City,  Oct.  26,  1874.  Chil- 
dren :  i.  Dorothy  Rae^^  Van  Derkar,  b.  at  New 
York  City,  Dec.  21,  1893;  m.  at  New  York  City, 
Dec.  5,  1916,  Robert  Pearson  Bowles,  son  of  Alvin 
Sanders  and  Maude  Hunter  (Hamilton)  Bowles, 
b.  at  Louisana,  Mo.,  July  13,  1893.  No  issue,  ii. 
Eleanor^^  V^an  Derkar,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Dec. 
5,  1904.  (2)  Theodore^'  Van  DerKar,  b.  at  Water- 
ford,  N.  Y.,  July  25,  1848;  m.  (1)  at  Albany, 
N.  Y.,  Sept.  1,  1870,  Caroline  Adele  Fish,  daugh- 
ter of  Rev.  Nathan  Austin  and  Harriet  (Mead) 
Fish,  b.  at  Albany,  Dec.  5,  1849,  and  d.  at  Troy, 
N.  Y.,  Jan.  30,  1894.  m.  (2)  at  Albany,  July  28, 
■'  1899,  Ida  Chrisler,  of  Albany.     No  issue  by  her. 

He  d.  at  Albany,  Apr.  8,  1916.  Children  by  first 
wife:  (a)  Theodora^*^  Van  DerKar,  b.  at  Albany, 
N.  Y.,  June  18,  1871 ;  m.  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  Oct.  31, 
1905,  Dr.  George  Edwards  Fay,  son  of  Benjamin 
Bates  and  Susan  (Robinson)  Fay,  b.  at  Chicago, 
111.  B.S.  University  of  Michigan,  1899;  M.D., 
1901.  No  issue,  (b)  Franklin  Olcott^^  Van  Der 
Kar,  b.  at  Cohoes,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  11,  1873;  m.  at 
Waterford,  N.  Y.  Sept.  3,  1902,  Lucy  Winifred 
Chase,  daughter  of  Orlando  and  Mary  (Whitwell) 
Chase,  b.  at  Lansingburgh,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  3,  1876. 
Child:  i.  Paul  Chase"  Van  DerKar,  b.  at  Bing- 


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Sherman  Genealogy  289 

hamton,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  11,  1907.  (c)  Maria  Good- 
rich^'^  Van  Der  Kar,  b.  at  Waterford,  N.  Y.,  Apr. 
13,  1875;  m.  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  June  15,  1901,  Ed- 
mund Southvvick  Sickles,  son  of  Amos  and  Mary 
Frances  (Sherman)  Sickles,  b.  at  New  Baltimore, 
N.  Y.,  July  16,  1875.  Child:  i.  Marian  Scott^^ 
Sickles,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Sept.  10,  1903.  (d) 
Theodore  Garrison^ ^  Van  Der  Kar,  b.  at  Water- 
ford,  Mar.  26,  1877;  d.  there  Aug.  6,  1878.  (e) 
Leonard^"  Van  Der  Kar,  b.  at  Waterford,  Oct.  4, 
1879;  d.  there  Nov.  23,  1879.  (f)  Paul  Nathan^^ 
Van  Der  Kar,  b.  at  Waterford,  Sept.  3,  1885 ;  m. 
at  Kelsey,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  11,  1911,  Mary  Ruth  Davis, 
daughter  of  Jacob  Samuel  and  Adelia  (Hanford) 
Davis,  b.  at  Kelsey,  Mar.  21,  1887.  He  d.  at  Pay- 
ette, Idaho,  Oct.  20,  1916.  Children  b.  at  Payette: 
i.  Jean  Davis^^  Van  Der  Kar,  b.  Oct.  4,  1912.  ii. 
Franklin  Olcott"  Van  Der  Kar,  b.  Feb.  28,  1914. 
iii.  Roger  Sherman^^  Van  Der  Kar,  b.  June  21, 
1916.  (g)  Philip  Fish^''  Van  Der  Kar,  b.  at  Troy, 
N.  Y.,  Feb.  7,  1888.    Unm. 

Leicester^^  Phelps,  Jr.,  b.  Mar.  13,  1825 ;  d.  Aug. 
23,  1862.    Unm. 

Seymour  Henry^*  Phelps,  b.  Aug.  19,  1829;  d. 
July  15,  1852.    Unm. 

Charles  Sherman^*  Phelps,  b.  May  5,  1831 ;  m.  at 
East  Bloomfield,  N.  Y.,  Harriet  Kingsbury.  He 
d.  at  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  27,  1892.  No 
issue. 

Eliza  HubbelP*  Phelps,  b.  Apr.  15,  1833;  m.  at 
Westfield,  Mass.,  June  6,  1867,  Frederick  Fowler, 
son  of  Daniel  and  Miranda  (Jones)  Fowler,  b.  at 
Westfield,  Apr.  12,  1843;  d.  at  Oneonta,  N.  Y., 
June,  1910.  Lawyer.  She  d.  at  Westfield,  May  4, 
1891.  Children  born  at  Westfield,  Mass.:  (1) 
Lena^^  Fowler,  b.  Sept.  20,  1871 ;  d.  at  Westfield, 
August,  1872.  (2)  Daniel  Frederick^^  Fowler,  b. 
Dec.  3,  1873 ;  d.  at  Oneonta,  Aug.  27,  1896.    Unm. 


290  Sherman  Genealogy 

6.  George  Sherman"  Phelps,  b.  Sept.  7,  1835 ;  m.  at 
Hopewell,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  13,  1859,  Henrietta  Knapp, 
daughter  of  Jared  and  Marietta  (Warner)  Knapp, 
b.  at  Hopewell,  Sept.  7,  1837;  d.  there  July  16, 
1895.  He  d.  at  Hopewell,  Jan.,  1863.  Child:  (1) 
Ellsworth  Hart^^  Phelps,  b.  at  Canandaigua,  Nov. 
17,  1862.  Unm. 
in.  Eliza  Maria^^  Phelps,  b.  at  Suffield,  Conn.,  Nov.  11, 
1798;  m.  at  Canandaigua,  Nov.  23,  1820,  Walter  Hub- 
bell,  son  of  Abijah  and  Clarissa  (Fitch)  Hubbell,  b.  at 
Bridgeport,  Conn.,  Feb.  25,  1795;  d.  at  Canandaigua, 
Mar.  25,  1848.  B.A.  Union  College,  1814,  M.A.  Law- 
yer. His  mo'.her  was  a  great  granddaughter  of  Gov- 
ernor William  Bradford,  the  Mayflower  passenger. 
Eliza  d.  at  Canandaigua,  June  20,  1839.  Children 
b.  at  Canandaigua: 

1.  George  Ramsey^*  Hubbell,  b.  Nov.  12,  1821;  d. 
at  Canandaigua,  June  20,  1839.    Unm. 

2.  Walter  Seymour^'^  Hubbell,  b.  July  18,  1823.  B.A. 
Union  College,  1844.  Lawyer,  County  Judge;  m, 
at    Canandaigua,    Nov.   6,    1847,    Mary    Seymour 

^__,,„,-— -  Chapin,  daughter  of  Spencer  and  Eliza  (Seymour) 
Chapin,  b.  at  Canandaigua,  Dec.  20,  1825 ;  d.  there 
Nov.  15,  1905.  He  d.  there  Dec.  29,  1909.  Chil- 
dren born  at  Canandaigua:  (1)  Ella  Sherman" 
Hubbell,  b.  Aug.  26,  1850;  m.  at  Canandaigua,  Oct. 
7,  1880,  Frederick  Brooks  Hubbell,  son  of  Horatio 
William  Law  and  Rebecca  (Brooks)  Hubbell,  b.  at 
Harrisburg,  Penn.,  July  21,  1842.  She  d.  at  Balti- 
more, Md.,  Mar.  20,  1890.  Child:  (a)  Stewart 
Brooks^"  Hubbell,  b.  at  Pittsburgh,  Penn.,  June  2, 
1884.  B.A.  Princeton,  1907.  2nd  Lieut.  U.  S.  A. 
Unm.  (2)  Jeanette  Phelps^^  Hubbell.  b.  May  4, 
1852 ;  d.  at  Canandaigua,  Nov.  6,  1901.  Unm.  (3) 
George  Cameron"  Hubbell,  b.  Oct.  20,  1854;  d.  at 
Canandaigua,  Apr.  27,  1872.  (4)  Henry  Sey- 
mour" Hubbell,  b.  Jan.  19,  1856;  m.  at  Canan- 
daigua, Oct.  21,  1880,  Gertrude  Milliken,  daughter 
of  Nathan  James  and  Orline  (Sutton)  Milliken,  b. 


Sherman  Genealogy  291 

at  Canandaigua,  Aug.  9,  1856.  He  d.  at  Canan- 
daigua,  Feb.  10,  1906.  Child:  (a)  Elizabeth 
Phelps^«  Hubbell,  b.  at  Canandaigua,  Aug.  9,  1889; 
m.  at  Canandaigua,  Apr.  26,  1916,  Arthur  Shekeel 
Warner,  son  of  Dr.  Franklin  Pierce,  M.D.,  N.  Y. 
University,  and  Harriet  (Shekeel)  Warner,  b.  at 
Canandaigua,  Aug.  28,  1886.  No  issue.  (5)  Mary 
Chapin^s  Hubbell,  b.  Nov.  8,  1859;  d.  at  Canan- 
daigua, Oct.  9,  1906.  Unm. 
3.  Henry  Phelps^''  Hubbell,  b.  Nov.  3,  1827;  m.  at 
Canandaigua,  Oct.  20,  1869,  Elizabeth  Seymour, 
daughter  of  Charles  and  Maria  Seymour,  b.  at 
Canandaigua,  d.  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  He  d.  at 
New  York  City,  Feb.  26,  1892.  He  was  Lieut.  Col. 
3rd  New  York  Infantry,  1861-1865.    No  issue. 

IV.  Francis  Mark  Leavenworth^^  Phelps,  b.  at  Sufifield, 

Conn.,  Oct.  25,  1800;  d.  Oct.  19,  1864.    Unm. 
V.  William  Henry"  Phelps,  b.  at  Suffield,  Conn.,  July  26, 

1803 ;  d.  Apr.  19,  1870.    Unm. 
VI.  Mary  Jeannette^"  Phelps,  b.  at  Sufifield,  Conn.,  July 

15,    1805;  d.   at  Canandaigua,   Dec.    19,    1816.     Her 

tombstone  has  this  inscription : 

"To  the  memory  of  Mary  Jenette  Phelps,  daughter 
ofOliver  L.  &  Betsey  Law  Phelps,  who  was  born  at  Suf- 
field in  Connecticut,  and  died  at  Canandaigua  Decem- 
ber 19th,  1816,  aged  11  years  and  5  months. 
Young  reader,  in  this  early  grave, 
where  lie  buried  the  fondest  hopes 
and  brightest  anticipations 
of  youth,  behold  the  vanity 
of  this  sinful  world  and  pre- 
pare for  death." 

VII.  Seymour  Law^^  Phelps,  b.  at  Suffield,  Conn.,  Aug.  25, 
1807;  m.  at  Canandaigua,  May,  1831,  Mary  Cullen, 
daughter  of  Myron  and  Mary  (Doremus)  Cullen,  b. 
at  Paterson,  N.  J.,  1810.  He  was  a  farmer  and  d.  at 
Cullenville,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  4,  1848.    She  m.  (2)  George 


292  Sherman  Genealogy 

Ward  and  d.  at  Dansville,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  7,  1870.    Chil- 
dren born  at  Leicester,  N.  Y. : 

1.  William  Henry^*  Phelps,  b.  June  15,  1832;  Lieut. 
89th  Inf.  Vols,  in  Civil  War.  Commended  for  good 
conduct  before  enemy,  m.  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Sept. 
6,  1868,  Harriet  J.  Cole,  daughter  of  John  and 
Mary  A.  Cole.  He  d.  intestate,  at  St.  Louis,  Jan. 
8,  1872.  Adm.  Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y.,  May  31,  1876. 
She  m.  (2)  at  St.  Louis,  Sept.  25,  1873,  Charles  R. 
Arnold.  Children  born  at  St.  Louis:  (1)  Henry 
Clarence^^  Phelps.  (2)  Mary  Eliza^^  Phelps,  b. 
Nov.  8,  1871. 

2.  Eliza  HubbelP*  Phelps,  b.  Dec.  24,  1833;  m.  at 
Geneseo,  N.  Y.,  June  7,  1853,  as  his  second  wife, 
Edward  Rumney  Hammatt,  son  of  John  Barrett 
and  Nabby  (Rumney)  Hammatt,  b.  at  Boston, 
Mass.,  Aug.  18,  1814  d.  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  Aug. 
22,  1884  (he  m.  (1)  Aug.  29,  1843,  Marietta  T. 
North  who  died).  Eliza  d.  at  Rochester,  N.  Y., 
Dec.  21,  1895.  Children:  (1)  Edward  Seymour^^ 
Hammatt,  b.  at  Geneseo,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  8,  1854;  m. 
at  Davenport,  Iowa,  June  7,  1888,  Carrie  Rath- 
bone  Barriss,  daughter  of  Dr.  Willis  Hervey  and 
Caroline  Palmer  (Rathbone)  Barris,  b.  at  Iowa 
City,  Iowa,  Mar.  10,  1857.  He  d.  at  Davenport, 
Iowa,  Aug.  24,  1907.  No  issue.  (2)  Mary  Leices- 
ter^^ Hammatt,  b.  at  Leicester,  July  3.  1856;  d.  at 
Rochester,  July  4,  1871.  (3)  Clarence  Sherman" 
Hammatt,  b.  at  Geneseo,  Nov.  11,  1858;  m.  at  Buf- 
falo, N.  Y.,  May  5,  1885,  Eliza  Pratt,  daughter  of 
Lucius  Hubbard  and  Susan  Rumney  (Beals)  Pratt, 
b.  at  Buffalo,  July  11,  1858.  Children  born  at 
Jacksonville,  Fla. :  (a)  Gertrude  Pratt^^  Hammatt, 
b.  Sept.  16,  1887;  m.  at  Norwich,  Vt.,  Aug.  28, 
1918,  Chapin  Smith  Pratt,  son  of  Samuel  Chapin 
and  Elizabeth  (Smith)  Pratt,  b.  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y., 
Mar.  21,  1888.  Child :  i.  Roger  Sherman"  Pratt,  b. 
at  N.  Y.,  July  25,  1919.  (b)  Marjorie  Livingston^" 
Hammatt,  b.  Apr.  8,  1890;  d.  at  Jacksonville,  May 


Sherman  Genealogy  293 

18,  1909.  (c)  Sherman  Phelps^°  Hammatt,  b.  Nov. 
16,  1893.  Private  320th  U.  S.  Aero  Squadron. 
Served  in  France.  Unm.  (d)  Edward  Rumney^' 
Hammatt,  b.  Aug.  28,  1897,  Sergeant  under  Divi- 
sional Surgeon,  Headquarters  31st  Division,  U.  S. 
A.  in  France.  Unm.  (4)  John  Barrett^^  Ham- 
matt, b.  at  Geneseo,  Feb.  29,  1860;  d.  at  Rochester, 
Aug.  7,  1864.  (5)  Arthur  Livingston"  Hammatt, 
b  .at  Rochester,  July  16,  1864;  d.  at  Tampa,  Fla., 
Sept.  2,  1883.  (6)  Kate  Lee"  Hammatt,  b.  at 
Geneseo,  Mar.  13,  1869;  d.  there  Sept.  17,  1869. 

61.  HON.  ROGER  SHERMAN^-  BALDWIN  (49.  Rebecca" 
(Sherman)  Baldwin,  Hon.  Roger^°  Sherman,  William,' 
Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^  John,«  Henry,^  Henry,^  Thomas,' 
John,2  Thomas^),  b.  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  Jan.  4,  1793.  B.A. 
Yale,  1811.  M.A.,  LL.D.,  1845  and  Trinity  1844.  Admitted 
to  New  Haven  Bar  1814.  State  Senator  1837  and  1838. 
Representative  in  Connecticut  General  Assembly  1840  and 
1841.  Governor  of  Connecticut  1844  and  1845.  United  States 
Senator  1847-1851.  m.  at  Hartford,  Oct.  25,  1820,  Emeline 
Perkins,  daughter  of  Enoch  and  Hannah  (Pitkin)  Perkins, 
of  Hartford,  b.  at  Hartford,  Jan.  1,  1796.  He  d.  at  New 
Haven,  Feb.  19,  1863.  She  d.  at  New  Haven,  Jan.  29,  1874. 
Children  born  at  New  Haven: 

I.  Edward  Law^^  Baldwin,  b.  Oct.  1,  1822.  B.A.  Yale 
1842.  LL.B.,  1844.  Admitted  to  New  York  Bar  1845 ; 
d.  at  Northhampton,  Mass.,  July  6,  1848.    Unm. 

87  II.  Elizabeth   Wooster^^   Baldwin,   b.   Aug.   8,    1824;   m. 

Prof.  William  Dwight  Whitney. 

III.  Roger  Sherman"  Baldwin,  b.  July  4,  1826.  B.A.  Yale, 
1847,  M.A.  Admitted  to  New  Haven  Bar  1849.  d. 
at  Ophir,  California  Nov.  12,  1856.    Unm. 

IV.  Ebenezer  Simeon^''  Baldwin,  b.  Mar.  4,  1828;  d.  at 
New  Haven,  Apr.  28,  1836. 

88  V.  Henrietta  Perkins"  Baldwin,  b.  Apr.  2,  1830;  m.  Hon. 

Dwight  Foster. 
VI.  George  William^''   Baldwin,  b.   Apr.  24,   1832;  B.A. 
Yale,  1853.     Lawyer.     Admitted  to  Bar  of  Chicago 


294  Sherman  Genealogy 

III.,  1856.  Oct.,  1861,  Adjutant  Fifteenth  Regiment, 
Massachusetss  Volunteers.  Sept.  1862,  Assistant  Ad- 
jutant General.  Living  in  Vevey,  Switzerland.  Unm. 
VII.  Emily  Frances^"'  Baldwin,  b.  Dec.  13,  1834;  d.  at  New 
Haven,  Apr.  27,  1836. 
VIII.  Ebenezer  Charles^^  Baldwin,  b.  Sept.  17,  1837;  d.  at 
New  Haven,  Dec.  10,  1837. 

89  IX.  Hon.  Simeon  Eben^^  Baldwin,  b.  Feb.  5,  1840. 

62.  SIMEON^-  BALDWIN  (50.  Flizabeth^i  (Sherman)  Bald- 
win, Hon.  Roger^°  Sherman,  William,^  Joseph,*  Capt.  John,' 
John,"  Henry,'^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,-  Thomas^),  b.  at 
New  Haven,  Conn.,  Mar.  7,  1801.  Merchant  in  New  York 
City.  President  of  Merchants  Exchange.  Director  of  Sea- 
men's Bank  for  Savings.  Captain  in  State  Artillery,  m.  at 
New  York,  Oct.  27,  1830,  Ann  Mehetable  de  Forest,  daugh- 
ter of  Lockwood  and  Mehetable  (Wheeler)  de  Forest,  b.  at 
New  Haven,  Mar.  13,  1809;  d.  at  Morristown,  N.  J.,  Jan.  15, 
1889.  He  d.  at  New  York,  June  24,  1872.  Children  born 
at  New  York : 

90  I.  Henry ^3  Baldwin,  b.  Feb.  2,  1832. 

91  II.  Simeon^ ^  Baldwin,  b.  May  13,  1836. 

63.  MARTHA^2  SHERMAN  (51.  Roger,^^  Hon.  Roger,^°  Wil- 
liam,'' Joseph,*  Capt.  John,^  John,*^  Henry ,^  Henry,*  Thomas,' 
John,-  Thomas^),  b.  at  New  Haven,  Feb.  13,  1807.  m.  at 
New  Haven,  Jan.  7,  1830,  Henry  White,  son  of  Dyer  and 
Hannah  (Wetmore)  White,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Mar.  5,  1803. 
B.A.  Yale,  1821,  M.A.  Tutor  at  Yale,  1823-1825.  Deacon 
of  Center  Church  1837,  until  his  death.  President  of  New 
Haven  Historical  Society.  Prominent  and  able  lawyer. 
Highest  authority  on  New  Haven  real  estate  titles.  Trustee 
of  many  trusts.  A  noted  genealogist.  One  of  the  best  be- 
loved and  most  honored  citizens  of  New  Haven.  He  d.  at 
New  Haven,  Oct.  7,  1880.  She  d.  there  Apr.  4,  1888.  Chil- 
dren born  at  New  Haven : 

92  I.  Henry  Dyer^''  White,  b.  Sept.  24,  1830. 

93  II.  Charles  Atwood^^  White,  b.  Nov.  11,  1833. 

94  III.  WiUard  Wetmore"  White,  b.  Feb.  7,  1836. 


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IV.  Roger  Sherman^-  White,  b.  Dec.  26,  1837  B  A  Yale 
1859,  M.A.  LL.B.,  1862.  Lawyer  in  New  Haven' 
Member  of  firm  of  White  Brothers. 

95  V.  Thomas  HowelP''  White,  b.  Feb.  4,  1840. 

VI.  OHver  Sherman^^'  White,  b.  Nov.  2,  1842.  B.A.  Yale, 
1864,  LL.B.  Lawyer  in  New  Haven.  Member  of  firm 
of  White  Brothers,  d.  at  New  Haven,  Mar.  30,  1917. 
Unm. 

96  VII.  George  Edward^^  White,  b.  Mar.  17,  1845. 

64,  JOHN  STAPLES-  SHERMAN  (51.  Roger-  Hon 
Roger,^o  William,"  Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^  John,°'  Henry  = 
Henry,*  Thomas,^^  John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at  New  Haven,  Jul'y 
5,  1811.  Merchant  in  New  York  City.  m.  at  New  York  City, 
Dec.  20,  1848,  Eliza  DeBow  Forrest,  daughter  of  William' 
and  Elizabeth  (Oakley)  Forrest,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Oct. 
11,  1823;  d.  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  June  13,  1883.  He'd  at 
Brooklyn,  Apr.  2,  1883.    Children: 

I.  Elinor  (or  Ella)  Forrest^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Brooklyn, 
Dec.  27,  1849;  m.  at  Brooklyn,  Sept.  24,  1874,  Towns- 
end  Harris  Boardman,  son  of  William  Theodore  and 
Harriet  Elizabeth  Boardman,  b.  at  Brooklyn,  July  22, 
1846;  d.  at  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  12,  1913.'  She  d' 
there  June  10,  1881.     Children: 

1.    Harriet  Elizabeth^*  Boardman,  b.  at  Brooklyn,  Jan. 
3,  1877;  m.  at  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  July  14,  1906,  Jean 
Ernest  Chuard,  son  of  Louis  and  Louise  (Jacond) 
Chuard,  b.  at  Avenches,  Switzerland,  July  14,  1876. 
No  issue. 
2.    Bessie  Harris"  Boardman,  b.  at  Brooklyn,  Jan.  14, 
1879;  m.  at  Yonkers,  Nov.  1,  1905,  Irving  Wilcox 
Betts,   son  of   Philander  and   Sarah    (Demarest) 
Betts,  b.  at  Denver,  Colo.,  Aug.  16,  1880.     Chil- 
dren:  (1)   Sherman  Wilcox^^  Betts,  b.  at  West- 
wood,  N.  J.,  Oct.  6,  1909.  (2)  Austin  Wortham^" 
Betts  b.  at  Westwood,  Nov.  22,  1912.     (3)  Earle 
Forrest^^  Betts,  b.  at  Fanwood,  N.  J.,  June  23, 


1915. 


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296  Sherman  Genealogy 

3,  William  Theodore^*  Boardman,  b.  at  Yonkers, 
May  18,  1881.  m.  at  Vancouver,  Wash.,  May  29, 
1915.  Josephine  Agnes  Stevenson,  daughter  of 
Walter  Elwood  and  Elizabeth  (Brandt)  Stevenson, 
b.  at  St.  Paul,  Minn.  Nov.  24,  1881.  No  issue. 
II.  Susan  Staples^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Tecumseh,  Mich.,  Nov. 

26,  1863.    m.  at  New  York  City,  Jan.  8,  1884,  Richard 

Augustus  Wilson,  son  of  William  Bruce  and  Mary  B. 

(Keyes)  Wilson,  b.  at  Brooklyn,  Sept.  22,  1843.    Both 

living  in  Brooklyn.    No  issue. 

65.  SOPHIA^'  SHERMAN  (51.  Roger,^!  Hon.  Roger,i°  Wil- 
ilam,^  Joseph,*  Capt.  John,^  John,®  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,* 
John,2  Thomas^),  b.  at  Nev^r  Haven,  Conn.,  Jan.  20,  1813. 
m.  by  the  Rev.  Nathaniel  W.  Taylor,  D.D.,  at  New  Haven, 
Mar.  21,  1838,  as  his  second  wife,  Robert  Lenox  Taylor, 
Shipping  Merchant  of  New  York  City,  son  of  John  and  Mar- 
garet (Scott)  Taylor,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Aug.  11,  1796; 
d.  there  Feb.  11,  1878.  She  d.  at  New  York,  Dec.  9,  1872. 
Mr.  Taylor's  first  wife  was  Helen  M.  Butler,  daughter  of 
Asa  and  Anna  (Pease)  Butler,  who  d.  Jan.  26,  1836,  aged  22 
years.  Mr.  Taylor  followed  the  sea  for  many  years,  became 
a  captain  and  had  general  charge  of  several  of  his  father's 
ships.     Children :  jf 

97  I.  Susan  Sherman^''  Taylor,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Dec.  27, 

1838;  m.  Alexander  Proudfit  Irvin. 
II.  Robert^^  Taylor,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Jan.  18,  1843; 
d.  there  Feb.  26.  1843.     Buried  in  New  Haven. 

98  III.  Margaret^^  Taylor,  b.  at  New  York,  Feb.  18,  1848; 

m.  Alexander  Thompson  Van  Nest. 

66.  EDWARD  STANDISH^"  SHERMAN  (51.  Roger,^i  Hon. 
Roger,^°  William,"  Joseph,*  Capt.  John,^  John,*  Henry," 
Henry,*  Thomas,'  John,-  Thomas^),  b.  at  New  Haven,  Conn., 
Jan.  27.  1818,  at  3  P.  M.  Metal  merchant  in  New  York  City. 
Lived  at  New  Haven,  New  York  City,  Fairfield,  Conn.,  and 
Rye,  N.  Y.  m.  at  St.  Paul's  Church,  Boston,  Mass.,  by  Rev. 
Alexander  Hamilton  Vinton,  D.D..  July  6,  1852,  Catharine 
Augusta  Townsend,  daughter  of  Dr.   Solomon  Davis  and 


MAJOR  CHARLES  SHERMAN 

1783-1844 


JOHN    TAVLOK  SHKKMAN 

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Sherman  Genealogy  297 

Catherine  Wendell  (Davis)  Townsend,  of  Boston,  b.  at  Bos- 
ton, Mar.  24,  1823;  d.  at  Rye,  N.  Y.,  May  24,  1902.  He  d. 
at  Rye,  Aug.  11;  1882.  Both  buried  at  Rye.  Dr.  Solomon 
Davis  Townsend,  of  Boston  (Harvard  B.A.  1811,  M.A.,  1814, 
M.D.  1815),  was  son  of  Dr.  David  Townsend  (Harvard 
B.  A.  1770,  M.A.  1773,  M.D.  1813  Hon.),  Surgeon  and  Sur- 
geon-General, Hospital  Department  in  Revolutionary  War; 
Secretary,  Vice-President  and  President  of  Society  of  the 
Cincinnati  of  Massachusetts ;  and  Elizabeth  Davis,  his  wife, 
daughter  of  Captain  Solomon  and  Elizabeth  (Wendell) 
Davis.  Catherine  Wendell  Davis,  wife  of  Dr.  Solomon  Davis 
Townsend,  was  daughter  of  Edward  and  Elizabeth  (Out- 
ram)  Davis.  Edward  Davis  was  son  of  said  Captain  Solo- 
mon and  Elizabeth  (Wendell)  Davis  and  Solomon  Davis 
Townsend  and  his  wife  were  first  cousins.  Capt.  Solomon 
Davis  was  son  of  Captain  John  and  Mehitabel  (Dimmock) 
Davis.  She  was  daughter  of  Captain  Thomas  and  Desire 
(Sturgis)  Dimmock.  She  was  daughter  of  Edward  Sturgis, 
Jr.,  and  Temperance  (Gorham)  Sturgis.  She  was  daughter 
of  Captain  John  and  Desire  (Howland)  Gorham.  She  was 
daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Tillie)  Howland,  "May- 
flower" passengers,  and  she  was  daughter  of  John  and  Eliza- 
beth Tillie,  also  "Mayflower"  passengers.  Children : 
99  I.  Thomas  Townsend^^  Sherman,  b.  at  London,  England, 
July  28,  1853. 

100  H.  Kate  WendelP^  Sherman,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Aug. 

19,  1854;  m.  Edward  Britton  Townsend. 
HI.  Rose  Standish^^  Sherman,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Oct. 

5,  1855.    Unm. 

IV.  Harold  Edward^ ^  Sherman,  b.  at  New  York  City,  June 

6,  1857;  m.  Ethelyn  M.  .     He  d.  at  New  York, 

Apr.  3,  1910.    Buried  at  Rye.    No  issue. 

V.  Roger  Wellingtons^  Sherman,  b.  at  New  York  City, 
Apr.  9,  1859;  d.  there  May  17,  1864. 

101  VI.  Reginald  Palgrave^^  Sherman,  b.  at  New  York  City, 

Junee  30,  1860. 
VII.  Frederick  William^^  Sherman,  b.  at  New  York  City, 
Feb.  10,  1862.     LL.B.  Columbia,  1883.     Admitted  to 
Bar  of  New  York,  1883.     m.  at  Salem,  New  York, 


298  Sherman  Genealogy 

Apr.  24,  1894,  Grace  Blanchard,  daughter  of  Anthony 
and  Jeannie  (Martin)  Blanchard,  b.  at  Albany,  N.  Y, ; 
d.  at  Rye,  N.  Y.,  May  3,  1917.    No  issue. 

102  VIII.  Herbert  Augustus^^  Sherman,  b.  at  New  York  City, 

Mar.  20,  1863. 

103  IX.  Arthur   Oittram"    Sherman,   b.    at   Fairfield,    Conn., 

Aug.  20,  1864. 
X.  Henriette  Townsend^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Fairfield,  Conn., 
Mar.  26,  1867.    Unm. 

104  XL  Alexander  Hamilton  Vinton^ ^  Sherman  (now  Vinton 

Sherman),  b.  at  Fairfield,  Conn.,  Dec.  24,  1869. 

67.  GEORGE^^  SHERMAN  (51.  Roger,^^  Hon.  Roger,^"  Wil- 
liam,^ Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^  John,*'  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,' 
John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  Jan.  27,  1818,  at 
4  P.  M.  B.A.  Yale,  1839,  M.A.  m.  at  St.  Stephens,  New 
Brunswick,  June  22,  1846,  Mary  Jane  Milliken,  daughter  of 
John  and  Sarah  (Brown)  Milliken,  b.  Nov.  16,  1825.  She 
d.  at  Oakland,  Cal.,  Apr.  26,  1872.  He  d.  at  Columbia  Falls, 
Maine,  Nov.  12,  1898.    Children : 

105  I.  Roger^^  Sherman,  b.  at  St.  Stephens,  New  Brunswick, 

May  27,  1847. 

106  II.  George  Edward^^  Sherman,  b.  at  St.  Stephens,  New 

Brunswick,  Sept.  26,  1848. 
III.  Sarah  Milliken^''  Sherman,  b.  at  East  Boston,  Mass., 
Aug.  9,  1854;d.  Aug.  21,  1855. 

107  IV.  Martha  White' ^  Sherman,  b.  at  East  Boston,  Mass., 

Nov.  25,  1855.    m.  Walter  Harris  Bucknam. 
V.  Henry  CampbelP^  Sherman,  b.  at  East  Boston,  Feb. 
9,  1860;  d.  there  Dec.  4,  1860. 
VI.  Susan  Eliza^''  Sherman,  b.  at  East  Boston,  Oct.  22, 

1861 ;  d.  there  Aug.  15,  1865. 
VII.  Helen^''  Sherman,  b.  at  East  Boston,  July  1,  1864;  d. 
there  Oct.  12,  1864. 
VIII.  Frederick  Hobart^^  Sherman,  b.  at  East  Boston,  Aug. 
14,  1865 ;  d.  there  Sept.  27,  1866. 
IX.  Willis  Wellingtons^  Sherman,  b.  at  East  Boston,  June 
6,  1868;  d.  there  Aug.  28,  1868. 


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68.  BENJAMIN  PRESCOTT^^  SHERMAN  (51.  Roger," 
Hon.  Roger/"  William,"  Joseph,*  Capt.  John,^  John,^  Henry," 
Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at  New  Haven,  Dec. 
4,  1820.  A  shipping  merchant  in  New  York  City.  Member 
of  firm  of  Richard  P.  Buck  &  Co.  m.  at  New  York  City,  Oct. 
12,  1846,  Maria  Elizabeth  Stephens,  daughter  of  Resolvert 
and  Eliza  (Went)  Stephens,  b.  at  New  York,  Oct.  18,  1823; 
d.  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  15,  1899.  Her  will,  dated  June 
25,  1885,  was  proved  in  Kings  County,  Sept.  6,  1899.  He  d. 
at  Brooklyn,  Jan.  20,  1909.  His  will  dated  Sept.  14,  1899, 
was  proved  in  Kings  County,  Feb.  3,  1909.  Children  born 
at  Brooklyn: 

108  I.  Louisa  Stephens^ ^   Sherman,  b.   Sept.   23,   1847.     m. 

Henry  Williams  Loud. 

109  n.  Richard  Buck^^  Sherman,  b.  Oct.  15,  1851. 

69.  ELIZABETH  BALDWIN i-  SHERMAN  (51.  Roger/* 
Hon.  Roger,^"  William,"  Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^  John,®  Henry,'^ 
Henry,*  Thomas,-''  John,-  Thomas^),  b.  at  New  Haven,  Oct. 
27,  1823;  m.  at  New  Haven,  Aug.  1,  1860,  Professor  Thomas 
Anthony  Thacher,  of  Yale,  son  of  Peter  and  Ann  (Parks) 
Thacher,  b.  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  Jan.  11,  1815.  B.A.  Yale, 
1835.  M.A.,  LL.D.  Western  Reserve,  1869.  Tutor  Dec.  1, 
1838,  at  Yale.  Professor  of  Latin,  Aug.,  1842,  until  his 
death.  His  descent  from  Rev.  Thomas^  Thacher,  the  immi- 
grant, is :  Ralph,-  Peter,^  John,*  Peter,^  Thomas  Anthony.® 

Professor  Thacher  m.  (1)  at  New  Haven,  Sept.  16,  1846, 
Elizabeth  Day,  daughter  of  President  Jeremiah  and  Olivia 
(Jones)  Day,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Dec.  24,  1820;  d.  at  New 
Haven,  May  18,  1858.  They  had  five  sons :  Dr.  and  Pro- 
fessor James  Kingsley  Thacher,  B.A.  Yale,  1868.  M.D., 
1879.  Thomas  Thacher.  B.A.  Yale,  1871,  M.A.;  LL.D., 
1903,  Lawyer.  Edward  Stanley  Thacher,  B.A.  Yale,  1872. 
Alfred  Beaumont  Thacher,  B.A.,  Yale,  1874,  Lawyer,  and 
Dr.  John  Seymour  Thacher,  B.A.  Yale,  1877;  M.D.  Colum- 
bia, 1880.  Professor  Thacher  d.  at  New  Haven,  Apr.  7, 
1886.  Mrs.  Thacher,  his  widow,  d.  at  Nordhoff  (now  Ojai), 
Cal.,  Mar.  10,  1917,  in  her  ninety-fourth  year,  in  possession 


300  Sherman  Genealogy 

of  all  her  faculties.     Buried  at  New  Haven,  June  15,  1917. 
Children  born  at  New  Haven : 

110  I.  Sherman  Day"  Thacher,  b.  Nov.  6,  1861. 

111  n.  William  Larned"  Thacher,  b.  Oct.  9,  1866. 

112  in.  Elizabeth"  Thacher,  b.  Sept.  22,  1868;  m.  William 

Kent. 
IV.  George"  Thacher,  b.  Aug.  11,  1870;  d.  at  Nordhoff, 
Cal.,  Jan.  22,  1889. 

70.  DANIEL^^  BARNES  (52.  Mehetabel^^  (Sherman)  Barnes, 
Hon.  Roger ^*'  Sherman,  William,^  Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^ 
John,^  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at 
New  Haven,  Mar.  11,  1797.  m.  at  Philadelphia,  Penn.,  Feb. 
3,  1820,  Cornelia  Vancleve,  daughter  of  John  Wright  Van- 
cleve,  B.A.  Princeton,  1786.  Tutor  Princeton,  1787-1791. 
Clerk  of  Faculty,  Princeton,  1787-1791,  Lawyer,  of  Phila- 
delphia, and  Elizabeth  (Coates)  Vancleve,  b.  at  Philadelphia, 
Aug.  16,  1800  d.  at  Brooklyn,  Aug.  24,  1877.  He  d.  at 
Brooklyn,  Apr.  27,  1873.    Children: 

I.  Elizabeth"  Barnes,  b.  at  Philadelphia,  Jan.  18,  1821 ; 
d.  at  New  York  City,  Oct.  10,  1829. 
II.  Daniel"  Barnes,  b.  at  Philadelphia,  Oct.  2,  1822;  d. 
there  Jan.  8,  1823. 

III.  William  Coates"  Barnes,  b.  at  Philadelphia,  Jan.  29, 
1824;  d.  at  New  York,  Oct.  13,  1829. 

IV.  Jeremiah  Evarts"  Barnes,  b.  at  Philadelphia,  Mar.  25, 
1827 ;  d.  at  New  York,  Dec.  4,  1829. 

V,  William  Evarts"  Barnes,  b.  at  New  York,  Oct.  11, 
1829.  A  shipping  and  commission  merchant,  member 
of  firms  of  Richard  P.  Buck  &  Co.  and  Carver  & 
Barnes,  m.  at  New  York,  Dec.  8,  1859,  Mary  Spies, 
daughter  of  Adam  William  and  Sarah  Ann  (Morri- 
son) Spies,  b.  at  New  York,  Oct.  5,  1836;  d.  at  Mani- 
tou  Springs,  Colo.,  June  19,  1887.  He  d.  at  New  York, 
Apr.  17,  1897.    Children: 

1.  A  son,^*  b.  and  d.  Oct.  31,  1860. 

2.  Cornelia  Elizabeth"  Barnes,  b.  at  New  York,  Oct. 
1,  1862;  m.  (1)  at  New  York,  Oct.  27,  1886,  Ed- 


Sherman  Genealogy  301 

ward  Heartt  Schell,  son  of  Edward  and  Jane  Lam- 
berson  (Heartt)  Schell,  b.  at  Troy,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  30, 
1848;  d.  at  New  York,  Jan.  25,  1910,  B.A.  Yale, 
1870;  LL.B.  Columbia,  1873.     Lawyer,     m.   (2) 
at  Sand  Hills,  Augusta,  Ga.,  Feb.  7,  1911,  Charles 
Eric  Wells  McDonald,  M.D.,  Kings  College,  Lon- 
don.   Major  in  Royal  British  Army  Medical  Corps. 
Served  in  Mesopotamia.     No  issue. 
3.    Adam  William  Spies"  Barnes,  b.  at  New  York, 
Nov.  29,  1868;  d.  July  20,  1869. 
VI.  Daniel^^  Barnes,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Aug.  17,  1832.  Con- 
nected with  firm  of  Richard  P.  Buck  &  Co.,  shipping 
merchants  of  New  York,  from  junior  clerk  to  senior 
partner,  1848-1895.    President  of  The  Seamen's  Bank 
for  Savings  of  New  York  City  since  1906.    Unm. 
VII.  Cornelia  Elizabeth^^  Barnes,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Aug. 
22,  1834;  d.  at  Greenfield  Hill,  Conn.,  Sept.  17,  1858. 
Unm. 

Vni.  John  Wright  Vancleve^^  Barnes,  b.  at  New  Haven, 
Aug.  13,  1837;  d.  there  Aug.  11,  1840. 
IX.  John  Vancleve^^  Barnes,  b.  at  New  York,  May  14, 
1844.  Head  of  firm  of  Richard  P.  Buck  &  Co.  Presi- 
dent of  New  York  Maritime  Association,  1900.  Presi- 
dent of  New  York  Produce  Exchange,  1901.  m.  at 
New  York,  July  21,  1864,  Mary  Vaughan,  daughter 
of  Richard  and  Charlotte  (Baucher)  Vaughan,  b.  at 
Brooklyn,  Dec.  2,  1842;  d.  at  New  York,  Dec.  9,  1869. 
Child: 

1.    Daniel  Vaughan^*  Barnes,  b.  at  New  York    Oct 
23,  1865.     Unm. 

71.  MARY-  EVARTS  (52.  MehetabeP^  (Sherman)  Evarts, 
Hon.  Roger  1°  Sherman,  William,^  Joseph,«  Capt.  John,^ 
John,«  Henry,=  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^,  b.  at 
New  Haven,  Dec.  2,  1806.  m.  at  Boston,  Mass.,  Nov.  11, 
1829,  Rev.  David  Greene,  son  of  Thomas  and  Anna  (Knight)' 
Green,  b.  at  Stoneham,  Mass.,  Nov.  15,  1797.  He  resumed 
tlie  older  spelling  of  the  name  "Greene."     B.A.  Yale,  1821. 


302  Sherman  Genealogy 

Graduated  Andover  Theological  Seminary,  1826.  Secretary 
of  the  American  Board  of  Commissioners  for  Foreign  Mis- 
sions, Oct.  3,  1828,  to  Sept.  12,  1848,  resigned.  She  d.  at 
Westboro,  Mass.,  Oct.  25,  1850.  He  d.  there  Apr.  7,  1866. 
Children : 

I.  David  Brainerd^^  Greene,  b.  at  Boston,  Nov.  11,  1830. 
B.  A.  Williams,  1852.  Lawyer  in  New  York  City, 
1854-1860.  m.  at  Madison,  N.  J.,  June,  1855,  Mary 
Augusta  Green,  daughter  of  Henry  Prentiss  Green, 
M.D.,  and  Joanna  Pierson  (Crowell)  Green,  b.  Oct. 
10,  1831.  In  1861,  he  enlisted  in  Company  I  of  Third 
Regiment  of  Iowa  Volunteers.  Wounded  at  Wilson's 
Creek.  Assistant  Provost  Marshal  at  St.  Louis.  Cap- 
tain Company  I,  Third  Regiment  of  Missouri  Volun- 
teer Infantry.  Killed  by  bursting  shell  at  Arkansas 
Post,  Ark.,  Jan.  11,  1863.  She  d.  at  Madison,  N.  J., 
June  18,  1906.  No  issue. 
II.  Mary  Evarts^^  Greene,  b.  at  Boston,  Apr.  3,  1832;  d. 
At  Evanston,  III,  Aug.  4,  1884.  Unm. 
113  III.  Anna"  Greene,  b.  at  Boston,  May  28,  1833.  m.  Lewis 
Henry  Boutell, 
IV.  Jeremiah  Evarts^^  Greene,  b.  at  Boston,  Nov.  27,  1834, 
B.A.  Yale,  1853.  Admitted  to  Bar  of  Worcester, 
Mass.,  1859.  Lawyer.  1861  First  Lieutenant  Com- 
pany F,  Fifteenth  Regiment  Massachusetts  Volunteer 
Infantry.  Taken  prisoner  at  battle  of  Ball's  BluflF, 
Va.,  Oct.  21,  1861.  Held  at  Richmond  until  Feb.  2, 
1862,  when  released  on  parole.  Commssioned  Cap- 
tain Fifteenth  Regiment,  June  17,  1862.  Resigned 
Oct.  23,  1862.  Editorial  writer  of  "The  Worcester 
Spy,"  publshed  at  Worcester,  1868  to  1897.  United 
States  Post  Master  at  Worcester,  1891  until  his  death. 
Twice  President  of  Board  of  Directors  of  Worcester 
Free  Library,  m.  at  New  Haven,  Apr.  14,  1864,  Mary 
Anna  Bassett,  daughter  of  John  G.  and  Henrietta  C. 
(Kirtland)  Bassett,  b.  1834.  She  d.  at  Worcester, 
Jan.  14,  1897,  aged  62.  He  d.  at  Plainfield.  N.  J., 
Nov.  8,  1902.    No  issue. 


Sherman  Genealogy  303 

V.  Rev    Samuel-  Greene,  b.  at  Boston.   Dec.  9    1835 
Merchant  in  Chicago.     Moved  to  Seattle,  W^sh.,  in 

Mnvir?..r"''f  ^°"^^^g^^^°"-l  Minister.  From 
May  15,  1S87,  was  for  twenty-three  years  State  Super- 
mtendent  of  the  Congregational  Sunday-School  and 

fcH  n  n ''A?.'    '"'    ^-hington   and    Northern 

Idaho.  D.D.  Whitman  College,  1906.  m  (1)  at 
Muscatme,  Iowa,  Oct.  6,  1861,  Sarah  Elizabeth  Moore, 
daughter  o    John  and  Mehitable  (Foster)  Moore,  o 

t"Z  I  -u^-'  ^-  "'  ^^^°^"*'^'  M--  22,  1835;  d  at 
Seattle  Wash.,  Mar.  1,  1905.  m.  (2)  at  Seattle,  Oct. 
1,  1907,  Flora  Theresa  Bunnell,  daughter  of  Jabe 
Collier  and  Kate  (McDonald)  Brunnell,  b  at  Syra- 
cuse, N.  Y.,  Apr.  28,  1855.  Child  by  first  wife- 
1.  Hettie  Louise-  Greene,  b.  at  Chicago,  Mar.  23, 
1864;  m.  at  Seattle,  July  13,  1895,  Elston  Hamlin 
Camp,  son  of  George  Lowe  and  Ernestine  Nancy 

iQi^""'?  ^"'P'  ^'  ^'  ^^'''''^'  Ohio,  Aug.  30. 
1868.  Architect  and  Contractor  at  Seattle  She 
d  at  Seattle,  Nov.  2,  1909.  Children  born  at  Seat- 
'll  i[^  ^'''^'^'y  Foster-  Camp,  b.  June  5,  1899. 
(2)  Sherman  Adams-  Camp,  b.  June  6,  1901  (3) 
Margaret  Elston-  Camp,  and  (4)  Mary  Louise^» 
Cam^p,^^wins,  b.  Nov.  19,  1903.     Margaret  d.  Oct. 

VL  Sarah  Elizabeth-  Greene,  b.  at  Roxbury.  Mass.,  Sept. 
y,  1837.  m.  at  Westboro,  Mass.,  May  2,  1861,  Rev 
Samuel  Ward  Boardman,  son  of  Deacon  Samuel  Ward 
and  Ann  (Gilbert)  Boardman,  b.  at  Pittsford,  Vt.  Au^ 
a]',  n  ?'■  '^-  ""^  ^'°°"^field'  N.  J.,  Aug.  30,  1917.  B  A 
Middlebury  College.  Vt.,  1851,  M.A.  1854.  Graduated 
Andover  Theological   Seminary,    1855.     M.A    Dart- 

T^^S!"'  '/^'^-  ''■''•  ''""^'^°"'  ^^^^-  ^^L.D.  Middlebury 
1890.  Ordained  to  Congregational  Ministry,  1857 
Pastor  Norwich  Vt.,  1857-1859.  Professor  of  Eng' 
Q^oVq^i"*"'^  ^""^  Psychology,  Middlebury  College, 
1859-1861.  Pastor  Second  Presbyterian  Church  * 
Auburn,  N.  Y  1862  1,977  Pn  f^  r- 
ri.„  u  c.  /'  ^^^  ^^^^-  Castor  Congregational 
<^hurch.    Stanhope,    N.    J.,     1883-1889.      President. 


304  Sherman  Genealogy 

1889-1901,  and  Professor  Emeritus  Mental  and 
Moral  Science,  1901,  Maryville,  Tenn.,  College. 
Vice-President  Evangelical  Union.  Trustee  of  Dan- 
ville Theological  Seminary,  Kentucky.  Moderator 
of  Onondaga  and  Tennessee.  He  m.  (1)  Sept.  10, 
1857,  Elizabeth  Haskell,  of  Waldoboro,  Me.,  who  d. 
Oct.  29,  1859.    Children : 

1.  Mary  Evarts^*  Boardman,  b,  at  Westboro,  Mass., 
Apr.  28,  1862;  d.  at  Plainfield,  N.  J.,  May  6,  1882. 

2.  Elizabeth  HaskelP*  Boardman,  b.  at  Auburn, 
N.  Y.,  Jan.  30,  1864.    Unm. 

3.  George  Nye^*  Boardman,  b.  at  Auburn,  Mar.  23, 
1866;  d.  there  Dec.  30,  1875. 

4.  Anna  Greene^*  Boardman,  b.  at  Auburn,  Feb.  21, 
1868;  d.  at  Blairstown,  N.  J.,  Oct.  30,  1885. 

5.  Caroline  Sherman^*  Boardman,  b.  at  Auburn,  June 
13,  1870;  d.  there  Mar.  17,  1874. 

6.  Henry  Mills^*  Boardman,  b.  at  Auburn,  Oct.  26, 
1872 ;  d.  there  Mar.  19,  1874. 

7.  Samuel  Ward^*  Boardman,  Jr.,  b.  at  Auburn, 
Sept.  6,  1874;  m.  at  Bloomfield,  N.  J.,  May  28, 

1908,  Charlotte  Katherine  Tice,  daughter  of  John 
Gregg  and  Adaline  Chrissie  (Young)  Tice,  b.  at 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  May  17,  1885.  Children:  (1) 
Grace  Tice^^  Boardman,  b.  at  Bloomfield,  Dec.  1, 

1909.  (2)  Mary  Evarts"  Boardman,  b.  at  Bloom- 
field, Apr.  29,  1911.  (3)  Adeline  Tice"  Board- 
man  b.  at  Cedar  Grove,  N.  J.,  May  7,  1913.  (4) 
Elizabeth  Greene^ ^  Boardman,  b.  at  Cedar  Grove, 
N.  J.,  June  26,  1916. 

8.  Roger  Sherman^*  Boardman,  b.  at  Auburn,  Nov. 
7,  1876.  1st  Leut.  U.  S.  A.  Red  Cross.  Served 
in  France.    Unm. 

9.  Martha  Tracy^*  Boardman,  b.  at  Stanhope,  N.  J., 
June  17,  1885.    Unm. 

VII.  Martha  Sherman"  Greene,  b.  at  Roxbury,  May  24, 
1839.    m.  Jeremiah  Evarts  Tracy. 

114  VIII.  Roger  Sherman"  Greene,  b.  at  Roxbury,  Dec.  14,  1840. 

115  IX.  Daniel  Crosby"  Greene,  b.  at  Roxbury,  Feb.  11,  1843. 


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Sherman  Genealogy  305 

X.  Jane  Herring^^  Greene,  b.  at  Roxbury,  June  14,  1845. 
m.  at  New  York  City,  Mar.  6,  1872,  Rev.  Henry 
Loomis,  D.D.,  son  of  Noah  and  Maria  (Meech) 
Loomis,  b.  at  Burlington,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  4,  1839.  B.A. 
Hamilton,  1866.  Graduated  at  Auburn  Theological 
Seminary,  1869.  Enlisted  in  U.  S.  Army  and  served 
in  Army  of  the  Potomac  until  end  of  war.  Captain. 
Presbyterian  Missionary  in  Japan,  1872-1876;  1881- 
1911.    Children: 

1.  Louisa  Ropes^*  Loomis,  b.  at  Yokohama,  Japan, 
May  3,  1874.  B.  A.  Wellesley  College,  1897.  M.A. 
Columbia,  1902.  Ph.D.  1907.  Lecturer  at  Barn- 
ard College.  Warden  of  Sage  College,  Cornell 
University,  five  years.  Connected  with  Depart- 
ment of  History,  Columbia.    Unm. 

2.  Henry  Meech^*  Loomis,  b.  at  Yokohama,  July  19, 
1875.  B.S.  Mass.  Inst  of  Technology,  1897.  m. 
at  Harrisburg,  Penn.,  Nov.  10,  1908,  Eleanor  Wig- 
ton  Wallace,  daughter  of  Thomas  Laird  and  An- 
nie Margaret  Wallace,  b.  at  Harrisburg,  Penn., 
Oct.  2,  1879.    No  issue. 

3.  Clara  Denison^*  Loomis,  b.  at  San  Rafael,  Cal., 
Oct.  14,  1877.  B.A.  Smith  College,  Mass.,  1900. 
M.A.  Columbia,  1901.  Since  Dec,  1901,  Principal 
of  School  for  Girls  at  Yokohama,  Japan,  under 
The  Woman's  Union  Missionary  Society  of  New 
York  City.  Unm. 

4.  Evarts  Greene^^  Loomis,  b.  at  San  Rafael,  Cal., 
Dec.  13,  1879.  Graduated  at  Worcester,  Mass., 
Polytechnic  Institute,  1901.  Mechanical  Engineer. 
Formerly  with  the  Arlington  Company,  m.  at 
Worcester,  Mass.,  Oct.  14,  1908,  Amelia  Curtis 
Brown,  daughter  of  William  Theophilus  and  Kate 
(Curtis)  Brown,  b.  at  Worcester,  Mass.,  July  1, 
1881.  Children  b.  at  Newark,  N.  J.:  (1)  Evarts 
Greene^'  Loomis,  Jr.,  b.  July  26.  1910.  (2)  David 
Greene^^  Loomis,  b.  Oct.  15,  1912.  (3)  Margaret" 
Loomis,  b.  and  d.  Dec.  3,  1916. 


306  Sherman  Genealogy 

5.  Jean  Herring^*  Loomis,  b.  at  Yokohama,  Japan, 
Sept.  24,  1882.  B.A.  Barnard,  1905.  m.  at  Yoko- 
hama, Japan,  May  22,  1906,  Rev.  James  Everett 
Frame,  son  of  James  and  Martha  (Clark)  Frame, 
b.  at  Boston,  Mass.,  Mar.  24,  1868.  B.A.  magna 
cum  laude  Harvard,  1891;  M.A.,  1892;  S.  T.  D., 
1913,  Union  Theological  Seminary,  N.  Y.,  1895. 
Professor  there  of  Biblical  Theology  since  1905. 
Children  b.  at  New  York  City:  (1)  James  Suther- 
land^=  Frame,  b.  Dec.  24,  1907.  (2)  Dorothy 
Loomis^^  Frame,  b.  Mar.  15,  1909.  (3)  Donald 
Murdock^^  Frame,  b.  Dec.  14,  1911. 

6.  Roger  Sherman^*  Loomis,  b.  at  Yokohama,  Oct. 
31,  1887.  B.  A.  Williams,  1909.  M.A.  Harvard, 
1910.  Awarded  a  Rhodes  Scholarship  and  re- 
ceived degree  of  Litt.  B.  Oxford,  England,  1913. 
Assistant  Professor  of  English  Literature  at  Illin- 
ois State  University.     Unm. 

XI.  William  John^^  Greene,  b.  at  Roxbury,  Jan.  6,  1847; 
d.  at  Chicago,  Jan.  5,  1864.  Unm. 
XII.  Henry  HilF^  Greene,  b.  at  Westboro,  Mass.,  Nov. 
12,  1849;  m.  at  Quincy,  111.,  Dec.  11,  1872,  Mary  Ade- 
laide Dunlap,  daughter  of  Major  John  Smith  and 
Mary  Frances  (Sullivan)  Dunlap,  b.  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
Aug.  24,  1848.  He  d.  at  Tacoma,  Wash.,  Nov.  10,  1919. 
Children: 

1.  Cora  Evarts^*  Greene,  b.  at  Quincy,  111.,  Sept.  29, 
1873;  m.  at  Warren,  Ohio,  Mar.  1,  1897,  William 
Downie,  son  of  William  and  Margaret  (McLauch- 
lan)  Downie,  b.  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  July  28,  1874. 
Children:  (1)  Douglas  Evarts^^  Downie,  b.  at 
Cleveland,  O.,  Mar.  12,  1900.  (2)  William^" 
Downie,  Jr.,  b.  at  Cleveland,  O.,  Jan.  3,  1904. 

2.  Alice  Gertrude^*  Greene,  b.  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  Nov. 
10,  1878.    Unm. 

3.  Elsie  Helen^*  Greene,  b.  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  July  16, 
1881  ;  m.  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  June  21,  1903,  Herbert 
Henson  Brower,  son  of  William  Hatfield  Frazee 
and  Elizabeth  de  Larzelere  (Buzby)  Brower,  b.  at 


Sherman  Genealogy  307 

New  Brunswick,  N.  J.,  Apr.  15,  1879.  Children: 
(1)  Burr  Vanderburgh^^  Brower,  b.  at  New  York 
City,  Dec.  27,  1907.  (2)  Bettina  Blythe^"*  Brower, 
b.  at  Seattle,  Wash.,  Aug.  5,  1913. 
4.  Gladys^  ^  Greene,  b.  at  Maryville,  Tenn.,  July  28, 
1890;  m.  at  Seattle,  Wash.,  Nov.  2,  1913,  Travis 
Jackson  Towson,  son  of  Charles  Jackson  and  Car- 
rie Amanda  Towson,  b.  at  Conneaut,  Ohio,  Apr. 
27,  1890.  Child:  (1)  Travis  Jacksoni"*  Towson, 
Jr.,  b.  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  Mar.  31,  1915. 

72.  MARTHA  SHERMAN^^  eVARTS  (52.  MehetabeP^ 
(Sherman)  Evarts,  Hon.  Roger^"  Sherman,  William,^  Jos- 
eph,^ Capt.  John,^  John,*^  Henry,^  Henry,'*  Thomas,^  John,' 
Thomas^),  b.  at  New  Haven,  July  31,  1809;  m.  at  Boston, 
Sept.  13,  1832,  Rev.  Ebenezer  Carter  Tracy,  son  of  Joseph 
and  Ruth  (Carter)  Tracy,  b.  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  June  10, 
1796.  B.A.  Dartmouth,  1819.  Andover  Theological  Semin- 
ary, 1822.  Tutor,  Dartmouth,  1823-1825.  Editor  "Ver- 
mont Chronicle,"  1826-1828  and  1834-1862.  He  d.  at  Wind- 
sor, Vt.,  May  15,  1862.  She  d.  at  Plainfield,  N.  J.,  Apr.  10, 
1889.    Both  buried  at  Windsor. 

His  gravestone  has  this  inscription : 

Memoria  pii  aetema 

EBENEZER  CARTER  TRACY. 

Vir  optimus,  spectatissimus. 

Amicus  fidelis, 

Conjux  parensq:  maxime  dilectus. 

In  Hartford  nat.  Jun.  10,  1796 

Ob.  in  Windsor  Mai.  15,  1862 

Omnibus  lugendus. 

Hie  quicquid  mortale: 

immortale  apud  Dominum 

triumphat. 

Children : 

I.  Martha  Day"  Tracy,  b.  at  Boston,  Oct.  30,  1833;  ± 
at  Windsor,  Vt.,  Nov.  2,  1852.    Buried  there. 
116      n.  Jeremiah  Evarts^^  Tracy,  b.  at  Windsor,  Jan.  31,  1835. 


308  Sherman  Genealogy 

III.  Anna' 3  Tracy,  b.  at  Windsor,  Oct.  23,  1836.  m.  at 
Windsor,  Sept.  5,  1867,  George  Phelps  Byington,  son 
of  Stephen  and  Sarah  (Hoyt)  Byington,  b.  at  Hines- 
burg,  Vt.,  Aug.  17,  1838.  B.A.  University  of  Ver- 
mont, 1863.  Andover  Theological  Seminary,  1867. 
Ordained  Congregational  Minister,  1868.  He  d.  at 
Ballardvale,  Mass.,  Aug.  17,  1918.     Children: 

1.  Steven  Tracy'*  Byington,  b.  at  Benson,  Vt.,  Dec. 
20,  1868.    Unm. 

2.  William  Carter"  Byington,  b.  at  Westford,  Vt., 
Dec.  1,  1870;  d.  at  East  Hardwick,  Vt.,  Sept.  20, 
1890.     Unm. 

3.  Martha  Day'*  Byington,  b.  at  Westford,  Vt.,  Feb. 
5,  1873.    Unm. 

IV.  William  Carter'^  Tracy,  b.  at  Windsor,  July  14,  1838. 
Second  Lieutenant,  Company  K,  Fourth  Vermont 
Volunteers.  First  Lieutenant,  Company  H,  same 
Regiment,  Dec,  1862.  Captain,  Company  G,  same 
Regiment,  1864.  Killed  in  action  on  Weldon  Rail- 
road, near  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  23,  1864.  Unm. 
Buried  at  Windsor. 

V.  Roger  Sherman'^  Tracy,  b.    at    Windsor,    Aug.    10, 

1840;  d.  there  Oct.  21,  1841.  Buried  there. 
VI.  Roger  Sherman'^  Tracy,  b.  at  Windsor,  Dec.  9,  1841. 
B.A.  Yale,  1862.  M.D.  College  of  Physicians  and  Sur- 
geons, 1867.  Connected  in  official  capacity  with  the 
Health  Department  of  New  York  City  for  several 
years.  Author  of  numerous  writings  on  medical  sub- 
jects. Unm. 
VII.  John  Jay'3  Tracy,  b.  at  Windsor,  Dec.  23,  1843.  B.A. 
Dartmouth.  1864.  Served  with  Fourth  Regiment  Ver- 
mont Volunteers,  1864-1865.  Lawyer,  m.  at  Platts- 
burgh,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  15,  1869,  Sarah  Jane  Moore, 
daughter  of  George  and  Mary  Emily  (White)  Moore, 
b.  at  Plattsburgh,  Sept.  3,  1843 ;  d.  at  Crossville,  Tenn., 
Sept.  27,  1889.  He  d.  at  Crossville,  Jan.  5,  1902. 
Children  bom  at  Green  Bay,  Wis. : 
1.    Caroline  Weed'*  Tracy,  b.  1870;  d.  1875. 


Sherman  Genealogy  309 

2.  Mary  Harris^*  Tracy,  b.  Aug.  11,  1872.    Unm. 

3.  Margaret  Standish"  Tracy,  b.  Oct.  17,  1874;  m.  at 
Seattle,  Wash.,  Oct.  14,  1905,  Hosmer  Kellogg 
Arnold,  son  of  Frederick  Kellogg  and  Mary 
Nichols  (Tower)  Arnold,  b.  at  Portland,  Ore., 
Oct.  14,  1873;  d.  there,  Nov.  11,  1918.  She  d. 
there  Nov.  4,  1918.  Children:  (1)  Mary  Tracy^'' 
Arnold,  b.  at  Portland,  Ore.,  July  27,  1907.  (2) 
Hosmer  Bradford^^  Arnold,  b.  at  Portland,  May 
13,  1910.  (3)  Margaret  Katherine^^  Arnold,  b.  at 
Portland,  June  28,  1912.  (4)  Jane  Tower" 
Arnold,  b.  at  Hood  River,  Ore.,  Apr.  9,  1914. 

4.  Catherine  Jay^*  Tracy,  b.  Oct.  20,  1877;  m.  at 
Tokio,  Japan,  Jan.  7,  1918,  Seiichi  Paul  Akana, 
son  of  Dentaro  and  Kishi  (Mayeda)  Akana,  b.  at 
Hirose,  Japan.  Chancellor  of  Japanese  Consulate 
at  Los  Angeles,  Cal.  Attache  of  Japanese  Dele- 
gation at  the  Peace  Conference,  1919.  Child:  (1) 
Seiichi  Paul^"*  Akana,  Jr.,  b.  at  Los  Angeles,  Feb. 
26,  1919. 

5.  John  Evarts"  Tracy,  b.  Sept.  2,  1880.  B.A.  Mary- 
ville  College,  Tenn.,  1901 ;  M.A.,  1905.  Lawyer. 
Member  of  the  firm  of  Miller,  Tracy  &  Eldridge, 
of  Marquette,  Mich.,  and  later  of  the  firm  of 
Flanders  &  Fawsett,  of  Milwaukee,  Wis.  Served 
on  U.  S.  War  Trade  Board,  1918-1919.    Unm. 

VHL  Charles  Walker^^  Tracy,  b.  at  Windsor,  June  28,  1847. 
m.  at  Windsor,  Vt.,  May  17,  1871,  Mary  Elizabeth 
Durkee,  daughter  of  William  Henry  and  Diantha  Lee 
(Howe)  Durkee,  b.  at  Windsor,  June  19,  1848.  He  d. 
at  Portland,  Ore.,  Aug.  28,  1900.  She  d.  there  May 
26,  1894.     Children: 

1.  Martha  Sherman^*  Tracy,  b.  at  Green  Bay,  Wis., 
Feb.  17,  1872;  m.  at  Portland,  Ore.,  June  5,  1901, 
Alfred  Edward  Sutton,  son  of  Thomas  and  Anna 
Campbell  (Bacon)  Sutton,  b.  at  Tynemouth,  Eng- 
land, Mar.  25,  1878.  Children:  (1)  Helen  Camp- 
bell^=  Sutton,  b.  at  Tacoma,  Wash.,  Sept.  30,  1903. 


310  Sherman  Genealogy 

(2)  Alfred  Edward*'*  Sutton,  Jr.,  b.  at  Tacoma, 
Sept.  11,  1907. 

2.  Minnie  Lee**  Tracy,  b.  at  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  May 

27,  1877 ;  d.  there  Apr.  18,  1885. 

3.  Roger   Sherman**   Tracy,   b.   at   Minneapolis,   Dec. 

8,  1884;  m.  at  Tacoma,  Wash.,  Aug.  21,  1918, 
Mary  Elizabeth  Atkinson,  daughter  of  George  Ed- 
win and  Stella  Bigelow  (Garretson)  Atkinson,  b. 
at  Tacoma,  Nov.  19,  1887. 

73.  HON.  WILLIAM  MAXWELL*-  EVARTS  (52.  Meheta- 
bel**  (Sherman)  Evarts,  Hon.  Roger*"  Sherman,  William,® 
Joseph,®  Capt.  John,^  John,®  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,' 
John,-  Thomas*),  b.  at  Boston,  Mass.,  Feb.  6,  1818.  B.A. 
Yale,  1837,  M.A.;  LL.D.,  1865,  also  Union,  1857,  and  Har- 
vard, 1870.  Fellow  of  Yale  July  10,  1872  to  July  23,  1891. 
Admitted  to  Bar  of  New  York,  1841 ;  to  the  Bar  of  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  the  United  States  on  motion  of  Daniel  Webs- 
ter, Feb.  13,  1847;  member  of  firms  of  Butler  &  Evarts,  Apr. 
1,  1842-1851.  Butler,  Evarts  &  Southmayd,  Jan.  1,  1852- 
1859.  Evarts  &  Southmayd,  Jan.  1,  1859,  to  June  1,  1859. 
Evarts,  Southmayd  &  Choate,  June  1,  1859,  to  July  1,  1884. 
Evarts,  Choate  &  Beaman,  July  1,  1884,  to  his  death.  Emi- 
nent and  distinguished  lawyer,  advocate,  orator,  diplomatist 
and  statesman.  Assistant  United  States  Attorney  for  South- 
ern District  of  New  York,  1849-1853.  Represented  United 
States  in  Special  Missions  to  England,  1863  and  1864.  Coun- 
sel for  President  Andrew  Johnson  in  the  trial  of  his  impeach- 
ment, 1868.  Chairman  of  New  York  delegation  to  Republi- 
can National  Convention,  1866.  Member  of  New  York  State 
Constitutional  Convention,  1867-1868.  Attorney  General  of 
the  United  States,  July  15,  1868-Mar.  3,  1869.  Counsel  for 
the  United  States  before  the  Tribunal  of  Arbitration  of  the 
Alabama  Claims,  at  Geneva,  Switzerland,  1872.  Counsel  for 
Rev.  Henry  Ward  Beecher  in  the  case  of  Theodore  Tilton 
against  him  in  1875.  Counsel  for  President  Hayes,  on  be- 
half of  the  Republican  Party  before  the  Electoral  Commis- 
sion, 1877.     Secretary  of  State  of  the  United  States,  Mar. 


Sherman  Genealogy  311 

12,  1877-Mar.  3,  1881.  United  States  Senator  of  New  York, 
Mar.  4,  1885-Mar.  3,  1891.  President  of  the  New  England 
Society  of  New  York,  1858-1862.  First  President  of  the 
Association  of  the  Bar  of  the  City  of  New  York,  1870-1879. 
President  of  the  Union  Club  of  New  York,  Nov.  5,  1873,  to 
June  8,  1881.  President  of  the  Union  League  Club  of  New 
York,  1882-1885.  Among  the  notable  orations  of  Mr.  Evarts 
were  the  following:  "Public  Life,"  Centennial  Celebration 
of  the  Linonian  Society,  Yale  College,  July,  1853.  "The 
Heritage  of  the  Pilgrims,"  New  England  Society,  New  York, 
Dec,  1854.  "Eulogy  on  Chief  Justice  Chase,"  Dartmouth 
College,  June,  1874.  "What  the  Age  Owes  to  America," 
Centennial  Oration  in  front  of  Independence  Hall,  Philadel- 
phia, July  4,  1876.  Washington  Centennial,  Washington's 
Headquarters,  Newburgh,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  18,  1883.  "WilHam 
H.  Seward,"  unveiling  statue  of  Seward,  Auburn,  N.  Y., 
Nov.  15,  1888.  m.  in  St.  Paul's  Church,  at  Windsor,  Vt., 
Aug.  30,  1843,  Helen  Minerva  Wardner,  daughter  of  Allen 
and  Minerva  (Bingham)  Wardner,  of  Windsor,  b.  at  Wind-- 
sor,  June  22,  1820.  He  d.  at  New  York  City,  Feb.  28,  1901. 
She  d.  at  Windsor,  Dec.  27,  1903.  Both  buried  at  Windsor. 
Children : 

I.  Charles  Butler"  Evarts,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Feb.  17, 
1845.  At  Yale  in  class  of  1866.  Left  to  enter  U.  S. 
Army  and  served  in  First  New  York  Regiment  Lin- 
coln Cavalry,  Lieutenant,  d.  at  Windsor,  Dec.  10, 
1891.  Unm. 
n.  Roger  Sherman^^  Evarts,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Jan. 
29,  1847;  d.  there  Feb.  4,  1849. 

III.  Allen  Wardner^^  Evarts,  b.  at  New  York,  Dec.  10, 
1848.  B.A.  Yale,  1869,  M.A.  Trustee  of  Vassar 
College.  Lawyer.  Member  of  firms  of  Evarts, 
Southmayd  &  Choate,  1874-1884.  Evarts,  Choate  & 
Beaman,  1885-1901.  Evarts,  Tracy  &  Sherman,  1902- 
1907.  Evarts,  Choate  &  Sherman,  Jan.  1,  1908-May 
1,  1919.  Evarts,  Choate,  Sherman  &  Leon  since  May 
1,  1919.    Unm. 

IV.  William"  Evarts,  b.  at  New  York,  Mar.  3,  1851.    B.A. 


312  Sherman  Genealogy 

Harvard,   1872;  d.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Apr.  26, 
1878.    Unm. 

117  V.  Hettie  Sherman^^  Evarts,  b.  at  New  York,  Nov.  28, 

1852.    m.  Charles  Cotesworth  Beaman. 
VI.  Mary^3  Evarts,  b.  at  Windsor,  July  16,  1854.    Vice- 
Regent  for  Vermont  of  the  Ladies'  Mount  Vernon 
Association  of  the  Union,  since  1911.    Unm. 

118  VII.  Helen  Minerva"  Evarts,  b.  at  New  York,  Mar.  8, 

1856.     m.  Charles  Harrison  Tweed. 

119  VIII.  Elizabeth  Hoar"  Evarts,  b.  at  New  York,  Jan.  4,  1858. 

m.  Edward  Clifford  Perkins. 

120  IX.  Sherman"  Evarts  (twin),  b.  at  New;  York,  Oct.  10, 

1859. 

121  X.  Rev.  Prescott"  Evarts  (twin),  b.  at  New  York,  Oct. 

10,  1859. 

122  XL  Louisa  Wardner^^  Evarts,  b.  at  New  York,  June  10, 

1861.    m.  Charles  Davies  Scudder. 

123  XIL  Maxwell"  Evarts,  b.  at  New  York,  Nov.  15,  1862. 

74.  SHERMAN^^^  DAY  (53.  Martha"  (Sherman)  Day,  Hon. 
Roger ^*^  Sherman,  William,^  Joseph,®  Capt.  John,^  John,^ 
Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at  New 
Haven,  Feb.  11,  1806.  B.A.  Yale,  1826,  M.A.  Professor  of 
Mine  Construction  and  Surveying,  College  of  California. 
Merchant  at  New  York  City  and  Philadelphia  until  1835. 
Civil  Engineer  at  Circleville,  Ohio,  and  Indianapolis,  Ind., 
until  1841.  Author  at  Philadelphia  and  New  Haven  until 
1843.  Merchant  New  York  and  Brooklyn  until  1849.  Went 
to  California  in  1849.  Lived  as  Civil  and  Mining  Engineer 
and  Surveyor  at  New  Almaden,  San  Jose,  Folsom  and  Oak- 
land, going  to  Berkeley,  in  1877,  where  he  lived  until  his 
death.  State  Senator  of  California,  1855  and  1856.  United 
States  Surveyor  General  for  California,  1868-1871.  m.  at 
Westfield,  Mass.,  Sept.  6,  1832,  Elizabeth  Ann  King,  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  Bohan  and  Anne  (Jones)  King,  b.  at  Hartford, 
Conn.,  July  13,  1805 ;  d.  at  Oakland,  Cal.,  Sept.  26,  1873.  He 
d.  at  Berkeley,  Cal,  Dec.  14,  1884.    Children: 

I.  Henry"  Day,  b.  and  d.  at  New  York  City,  Feb.  1, 
1835. 


HON.  EBENEZER  ROCKWOOD  HOAR 

1S16-1895 


HON.  SAMUEL  HOAR 
1845- I'XM 


Sherman  Genealogy  313 

II.  Harriet  King^^  Day,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  in  the 
old  Yale  College  President's  house  which  stood  on  the 
College  grounds  on  the  site  of  Farnam  Hall,  Mar.  6, 
1836.  m.  at  New  Almaden,  Cal.,  May  21,  1857, 
Charles  Theodore  Hart^*  Palmer,  of  Folsom,  Cal. 
B.A.  Yale,  1847.  Admitted  to  Bar  of  California. 
Afterwards  Banker.  President  of  Oakland  Paving 
Company,  Son  of  Benjamin  Franklin  and  Eliza  Har- 
riet^^  (Hart)  Palmer,  b.  at  Mystic  Bridge  (Stoning- 
ton),  Conn.,  Jan.  15,  1827;  d.  at  Berkeley,  Cal.,  Feb. 
18,  1897.    No  issue.     (See  above,  46.) 

124  III.  Roger  Sherman^^  Day,  b.  at  Circleville,  Ohio,  July  6, 

1838. 
IV.  Martha  Elizabeth^^   Day,   b.   at   Philadelphia,   Penn., 
Apr.  19,  1842;  d.  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  13,  1851. 

125  V.  Jane  Olivia^^  Day,  b.  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  6,         ^ 

1844;  m.  Henry  Austin  Palmer. 

126  VI.  Clinton^^  j^^y,  b.  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  17,  1847. 

75.  HON.  EBENEZER  ROCKWOOD^^  HOAR  (54.  Sarah" 
(Sherman)  Hoar,  Hon.  Roger^°  Sherman,  William,®  Joseph,* 
Capt.  John,^  John,®  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^ 
Thomas^),  b.  at  Concord,  Mass.,  Feb.  21,  1816.  B.A.  Har- 
vard, 1835.  LL.B.,  1839.  LL.D.,  1868.  Also  Williams, 
1861.  Admitted  to  Massachusetts  Bar,  1839.  State  Senator 
of  Massachusetts,  1846.  Judge  Court  of  Common  Pleas, 
Sept.  11,  1849-1855.  Overseer  of  Harvard,  1857-1858.  Fel- 
low, 1857-1868.  President  of  Board  of  Overseers,  1868- 
1880;  1881-1887.  Justice  Supreme  Judicial  Court  of  Massa- 
chusetts, Apr.  16,  1859-Mar.  10,  1869,  resigned.  Attorney- 
General  of  United  States,  Mar.,  1869-June  23,  1870.  Re- 
signed. Member  of  Joint  High  Commission  of  ten,  which 
negotiated  the  treaty  with  Great  Britain  for  the  settlement 
of  the  Alabama  Claims,  signed  May  8,  1871.  Representative 
in  Congress,  1873-1875.  m.  at  Concord,  Nov.  20,  1840,  Caro- 
line Downes  Brooks,  daughter  of  Nathan  and  Caroline 
(Downes)  Brooks,  b.  at  Concord,  Mar.  12,  1820;  d.  there 
June  14,  1892.    He  d,  at  Concord,  Jan,  31,  1895.    Memoir  of 


314  Sherman  Genealogy 

Judge  Hoar,  by  Moorfield  Storey  and  Edward  W.  Emerson, 
was  published  in  1911.    Children  b.  at  Concord: 

I.  Caroline^^  Hoar,  b.  July  29,  1842 ;  m.  at  Sheldon,  Vt., 
Jan.  12,  1905,  Samuel  Bellows  Greene,  son  of  William 
and  Lucy  Louisa  (Sheldon)  Greene,  b.  at  Sheldon, 
Vt.,  Oct.  18,  1844.  She  d.  at  Burlington,  Vt.,  Oct.  26, 
1907. 
n.  Sarah  Sherman^^  Hoar,  b.  May  13,  1844;  d.  Oct.  13, 
1844. 

127  HL  Samuel^^  Hoar,  b.  Sept.  27,  1845. 

IV.  Charles  Emerson^^  Hoar,  b.  Mar.  27,  1850.    B.A.  Har- 
vard, 1870.    d.  at  Ventura,  Cal.,  June  7,  1912.    Unm. 
V.  Clara  Downes^^  Hoar,  b.  May  18,  1852;  d.  at  Spring- 
field, Mass.,  Oct.  1,  1915.    Unm. 

128  VI.  Elizabeth^^    Hoar,    b.    Nov.    25,    1854;    m.    Samuel 

Bowles. 

129  VII.  Sherman"  Hoar,  b.  July  30,  1860. 

76.  SARAH  SHERMAN^2  HOAR  (54.  Sarah^^  (Sherman) 
Hoar,  Hon.  Roger^°  Sherman,  William,"  Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^ 
John,"  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at 
Concord,  Mass.,  Nov.  9,  1817.  m.  at  Concord,  June  14,  1837, 
Robert  Boyd  Storer,  of  Boston,  son  of  Woodbury  and  Mar- 
garet (Boyd)  Storer,  b.  at  Portland,  Maine,  Apr.  2,  1795; 
d.  at  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Dec.  14,  1870.  She  d.  there  July 
23,  1907.  He  was  a  merchant.  Attended  Bowdoin  College, 
1809-1811.    Was  Russian  Consul  at  Boston.    Children: 

I.  William  Brandt"  Storer,  b.  at  Boston,  Apr.  2,  1838. 
Class  of  1859  at  Harvard.  Left  College  at  beginning 
of  his  Junior  year  on  account  of  illness.  Commis- 
sioned First  Lieutenant  of  Fifteenth  Massachusetts 
Volunteers,  Jan.  28,  1862.  Aide-de-camp  on  staff  of 
General  Charles  Devens.  Contracted  illness  in  Penin- 
sular Campaign.  Sick  leave  Aug.,  1862.  Resigned 
from  army  on  account  of  disability,  Jan.  2,  1863.  Re- 
ceived degree  of  B.A.  at  Harvard,  1866,  as  of  1859. 
Vice  Consul  for  Russia  at  Boston,  Jan.,  1871,  until 


Sherman  Genealogy  315 

his  death     Received  a  decoration  from  Russia  carry- 
mg  t,tle  of  Count.     On  staff  of  Governor  Washburn 

chantable  and  other  soc.eties.    m.  at  Boston,  Mar.  1, 
1866,  Emily  Francs  Williams,  daughter  of  Samue 
K,ng  and  Elizabeth  Winslow  (Whitman)  Williams,  of 
Boston,  b.  at  Boston,  Apr.  23,  1840.     He  d   at  Cam 
bndge,  Oct.  14,  1884.     She  d.  there  Jul/z      mi 
Children  b.  at  Cambridge: 

'■    fs^'lsL''"'^"  ^'"'''  ''■  ^°'-  ^°'  '««^'  <>•  Aug. 

2.  Elizabeth   Winslow"   Storer.   b.   Nov.  25    1870 
Unm.  '    *""-'• 

3.  Helen  Langdon"  Storer,  b.  Mar.  12,  1872.    Unm 
II.  Sarah  Frances-  Storer.  b.  at  Boston,  Mar    17    1840- 

d.  at  Cambridge,  Mar.  7,  1915.    Unm.  ' 

III.  Elizabeth  Hoar-  Storer,  b.  at  Boston,  Oct.  17   1841- 
d.  at  Cambridge,  Feb.  21,  1919.    Unm. 

IV.  Margaret  Woodbury-  Storer,  b.  at  Boston,  July  4 
1845.  m.  at  Cambridge,  Sept.  20,  1876,  Joseph  Bangs' 
Warner,  son  of  Caleb  Henry  and  Elizabeth  (Bangs) 
^r";.  .  "'  ^'^^°"'  ^"^-  ^'  1^8.     B.A.  Harvard 

Ma''' 1^74^-' iL'''^  '^•'^•^.'   ''''■     ^'-'^^'  ^^  ^- 
Mar.,  1874     Lawyer  m  Boston.     Member  of  firm  of 

Warner,  Warner  &  Stackpole.     Trustee  of  Radcliffe 
College  and  of  Simmons  College.    Children : 
1.    ^°f;^  Sherman-  Warner,  b.  at  Cambridge,  Aug. 
7,1877.    B.A.  Harvard,  1898.    LL.B  ,  1902     Law- 

fim/.^f  °"-  ""•  "'  ^'""^'^y  ^^''^''  Mass.,  Aug. 
4  906,  Mary  Hooper,  daughter  of  Major  Edward 
Wilham  Hooper.     B.A.   Harvard,   1859      LL  B 

lltl'     ^^•°'  ^^^^-     ^'^^^^^  «f  Harvard,  1871- 

om       T'f?'"^^^'    1876-1898.      Overseer,    1900- 

1901    and  Fanny  Hudson  (Chapin)  Hooper,  b   at 

Cambridge,  Mass.,  Mar.  22,  1878.     Children-  (1) 

12,   1907.     (2)    Rachel"  Warner,  b.  at  Beverly 


316  Sherman  Genealogy 

Farms,  July  22,  1910.  (3)  Sturgis^^  Warner,  b. 
at  Boston,  Feb.  9,  1914. 
2.  Langdon^*  Warner,  b.  at  Cambridge,  Aug.  1,  1881. 
B.A.  Harvard,  1903.  Archaeologist,  m.  at  Oyster 
Bay,  N.  Y.,  May  14,  1910,  Lorraine  Roosevelt, 
daughter  of  James  West  Roosevelt,  M.D.  Colum- 
bia, 1880;  Clinical  Lecturer  on  Medicine,  1886, 
and  Laura  (d'Oremieulx)  Roosevelt,  b.  at  New 
York  City,  Jan.  1,  1887.  Children:  (1)  Lorraine" 
Warner,  b.  at  Chestnut  Hill,  Mass.,  Aug.  12,  1911. 
(2)  Margaret^ ^  Warner,  b.  at  Cambridge,  Nov. 
30,  1915. 

77.  EDWARD  SHERMAN^ ^  HOAR  (54.  Sarah"  (Sherman) 
Hoar,  Hon.  Roger^°  Sherman,  William,^  Joseph,*  Capt. 
John,''  John,^  Henry,^  Henry ,^  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^), 
b.  at  Concord,  Mass.,  Feb.  21,  1823.  B.A.  Harvard,  1844. 
Admitted  to  Bar  of  New  York,  1848.  At  one  time  U.  S. 
Attorney  for  California,  m.  at  Concord,  Dec.  28,  1858, 
Elizabeth  Hallett  Prichard,  daughter  of  Moses  and  Jane 
(Hallett)  Prichard,  b.  at  Concord,  Jan.  17,  1822.  He  d.  at 
Washington,  D.  C,  Feb.  22,  1893.  She  d.  at  Concord,  Oct. 
25,  1917,  in  her  96th  year.    Child: 

L  Florence^^  Hoar,  b.  at  Concord,  Jan.  23,  1860;  m.  at 
Concord,  July  1,  1885,  Moses  Brown  Lockwood  Brad- 
ford, son  of  Shadrach  Standish  and  Dorcas  Brown 
(Lockwood)   Bradford,  b.  at  Pawtucket,  Rhode  Isl- 
and, Feb.  13,  1856.    B.  A.  Brown,  1878.    Child: 
1.    Alice^*  Bradford,  b.  at  Providence,  R.  I.,  June  29, 
1886;  m.  at  Concord,  Jan.  21,  1911,  John  Perry 
Bowditch,  son  of  Ebenezer  Francis  and  Elizabeth 
(Perry)   Bowditch,  b.  at  Millwood  Farm,  Fram- 
ingham,    Mass.,   Apr.   23,    1883.      B.A.    Harvard, 
1905.     Children  born  at  Millwood  Farm,  Fram- 
ingham:  (1)  Ebenezer  Francis^^  Bowditch,  b.  June 
4,  1912.     (2)  John  Bradford^''  Bowditch,  b.  Sept. 
23,  1914.     (3)  Florence  Hoar^^  Bowditch,  b.  Apr. 
25,  1916. 


Sherman  Genealogy  317 

78.  HON.  GEORGE  FRISBIE^^'  HOAR  (54.  Sarah"  (Sher- 
man) Hoar,  Hon.  Roger^°  Sherman,  William,®  Joseph,*  Capt. 
John,^  John,®  Henry, ^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^), 
b.  at  Concord,  Mass.,  Aug.  27,  1826.  B.A.  Harvard,  1846. 
LL.B.,  1849.  LL.D.,  1886,  also  William  and  Mary  1873, 
Amherst  1879,  Yale  1885,  Dartmouth  1901.  Lawyer.  Over- 
seer Harvard,  1873-1879;  1896-1904.  Representative  in 
Massachusetts  General  Assembly,  1852.  State  Senator, 
1857.  Representative  in  Congress  Mar.,  1869,  to  Mar.,  1877. 
Twice  declined  appointment  to  the  bench  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Massachusetts.  One  of  the  Managers  of  the  House 
of  Representatives  of  the  impeachment  of  United  States 
Secretary  of  War  William  W.  Belknap,  1876.  Member  of 
the  United  States  Electoral  Commission  to  determine  the 
election  of  President,  1877.  In  1877,  declined  offer  of  Presi- 
dent Hayes  of  appointment  as  United  States  Minister  to 
Great  Britain.  Delegate  from  Worcester  district  to  Repub- 
lican National  Convention  of  1876;  delegate  at  large  from 
Massachusetts  to  Conventions  of  1880,  1884  and  1888.  Presi- 
dent of  Republican  National  Convention  of  1880.  Regent  of 
Smithsonian  Institution,  1881.  United  States  Senator  of 
Massachusetts,  Mar.  5,  1877,  until  his  death,  1904.  Author 
of  law  providing  for  succession  to  the  Presidency  of  the 
United  States  in  case  of  deaths  of  both  President  and  Vice- 
President,  Jan.  19,  1886.  Author  of  law  that  the  diplomatic 
representative  of  the  United  States  to  a  foreign  government 
shall  bear  the  same  designation  or  title  as  the  representative 
of  such  government  in  the  United  States,  1892.  Procured 
the  return  from  England  of  the  Bradford  Manuscript  or  Log 
■of  "The  Mayflower,"  1896.  Sept.  14,  1898,  declined  offer  of 
President  McKinley  of  appointment  as  United  States  Am- 
bassador to  Great  Britain.  In  1903,  published  his  "Auto- 
biography of  Seventy  Years."  m.  (1)  at  Worcester,  Mar. 
30,  1853,  Mary  Louisa  Spurr,  daughter  of  Samuel  Danforth 
and  Mary  Augusta  (Lamb)  Spurr,  b.  at  Charlton,  Mass.,  July 
15,  1831 ;  d.  at  Worcester,  Jan.  31,  1859.  m.  (2)  at  Worces- 
ter, Oct.  13,  1862,  Ruth  Ann  Miller,  daughter  of  Henry  Wil- 
der and  Nancy  Cutter  (Merrick)  Miller,  b.  at  Worcester, 
May  20.  1830;  d.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Dec.  24,  1903.  He 
d.  at  Worcester,  Sept.  30,  1904.    Children  by  first  wife: 


318  Sherman  Genealogy 

I.  Mary^^  Hoar,  b.  at  Worcester,  Jan.  22,  1854.     Unm. 
Living  at  Worcester. 
130      II.  Rockwood"  Hoar,  b.  at  Worcester,  Aug.  24,  1855. 

Child  by  second  wife: 
III.  Alice  Miller^^  j^oar,  b.  at  Worcester,  Aug.  27,  1863; 
d.  there  Dec.  3,  1864. 

SENATOR  HOAR 
In  Memoriam 
You  of  the  Spirit  fresh  with  Mayflower  dew, 
A  Pilgrim  Father  faithful  to  the  end, 
Stout-hearted  foe  and  truest-hearted  friend 
Who  never  trimmed  your  sails  to  winds  that  blew 
With  breath  of  popular  favor — but  fore-knew 
Storm  followed  sun,  and  knowing,  did  depend 
On  One  behind  all  storm  high  aid  to  lend, 
And  from  Heaven's  fount  alone  your  wisdom  drew, 
Farewell;  in  these  illiterate  later  days 
We  ill  can  spare  the  good  gray  head  that  wore 
The  honors  of  a  nation.     Fare  you  well ! 
When  love  and  justice  climb  the  starry  ways 
And  freedom  wins  the  height  where  angels  dwell, 
They  there  shall  find  your  presence  gone  before. 

Canon  Rawnsley, 

79.  HON.  CHARLES  ROBERT^=^  SHERMAN  (55.  Taylor," 
Daniel,^"  John,°  John,^  Samuel,^  Edmund,®  Edmund,"*  Henry,* 
Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at  Norwalk,  Conn.,  Sept.  26, 
1788.  m.  at  Norwalk,  May  8,  1810,  Mary  Hoyt,  daughter  of 
Isaac  and  Mary  (Raymond)  Hoyt,  b.  at  Norwalk,  Dec.  28, 
1787.  Lawyer.  They  moved  to  Lancaster,  Ohio,  Apr.  16, 
1812.  Major  first  Regiment,  first  Brigade,  third  Division, 
Ohio  Militia.  Appointed  Collector  U.  S.  Internal  Revenue, 
third  District  of  Ohio,  Nov.  9,  1813.  Elected  Judge  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  Ohio  in  1823,  which  office  he  held  until 
his  death.  He  d.  at  Lebanon,  Ohio,  June  24,  1829.  She  d. 
at  Mansfield,  Ohio,  Sept.  23,  1852.    Children : 


Sherman  Genealogy  319 

131  I.  Charles  Taylor"  Sherman,  b.  at  Norwalk,  Conn.,  Feb. 

3,  1811. 

132  II.  Mary  Elizabeth^ ^  Sherman,  b.  at  Lancaster,  Apr.  21, 

1812.  m.  William  James  Reese. 
III.  James^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Lancaster,  Dec.  12,  1814. 
Mercant  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa.  m.  at  Lancaster,  Oct. 
11,  1841,  Sophia  Connell,  daughter  of  John  and  Eliza- 
beth (Lobengier)  Connell,  b.  at  Lancaster,  July  28, 
1818;  d.  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  Sept.  8,  1871.  He  d. 
at  Cincinnati,  O.,  July  10,  1864.    Children : 

1.  Charles   Robert^*   Sherman,  b.   at   Lancaster,  O., 
July  16,  1844 ;  d.  at  Des  Moines,  1866.    Unm. 

2.  Frances    Connell^*    Sherman,   b.   at   Des   Moines, 
Nov.  15,  1848;  d.  there  Oct.  17,  1875.    Unm. 

3.  Hoyt^*  Sherman,  b.  at  Des  Moines,  Apr.  16,  1851. 
Receiver  of  U.  S.  Land  Office,  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah,  1883-1893.  Utah  State  Senator,  1900-1904. 
m.  at  Des  Moines,  Oct.  7,  1874,  Hattie  Maria  War- 
ner, daughter  of  Joseph  Comstock  and  Caroline 
Amelia  (Bixby)  Warner,  b.  at  Adrian,  Mich.,  Sept. 
27,  1852.  Children:  (1)  Eloise  Hoyt^^  Sherman, 
b.  at  Des  Moines,  July  20,  1878;  m.  at  Salt  Lake 
City,  Utah,  Sept.  20,  1905,  George  Jay  Gibson,  son 
of  George  J.  and  Caroline  Amelia  (Scovill)  Gib- 
son, b.  at  Cleveland,  O.,  Mar.  17,  1873.  B.A.  Yale, 
1895.  LL.B.  cum  laude  Yale,  1897.  Lawyer  in 
Sah  Lake  City,  Utah.  Child:  (a)  Eloise  Sher- 
man^^  Gibson,  b.  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Nov.  4,  1906. 
(2)  Laura  Caroline^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Harlan,  Iowa, 
July  7,  1880;  m.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  May  27, 
1908,  Prentiss  Nathaniel  Gray,  son  of  George 
Dickman  and  Susan  (Thayer)  Gray,  b.  at  Oak- 
land, Cal.,  July  2,  1880.  B.A.  Univ.  Cal.  Chil- 
dren: (a)  Barbara^^  Gray,  b.  at  San  Francisco, 
Cal.,  July  25,  1914.  (b)  Sherman^"  Gray,  b.  at 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  June  18,  1918.  (3)  Roger" 
Sherman,  b.  at  Des  Moines,  Sept.  4,  1884;  m.  at 
Yreka,  Cal.,  June  3,  1916,  Claudine  Taylor,  daugh- 


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ter  of  R.  Samuel  and  Katherine  (Messinger)  Tay- 
lor, b.  at  Yreka,  Cal.,  June  24,  1895,    No  issue. 
4.    Mary  Elizabeth^*  Sherman,  b.  at  Des  Moines,  Feb. 
4,  1855 ;  d.  July  26,  1855. 
IV.  Amelia^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Lancaster,  Feb.  18,  1816.    m. 
at  Lancaster,  Oct.  2,  1832,  Robert  McComb,  b.  at  Lan- 
caster, Penn.,  1796;  d.  at  Mansfield,  Ohio,  Apr.  20, 
1865.     She  d.  there  Jan.  9,  1862.     Children  born  at 
Mansfield : 

1.  Mary"  McComb,  b.  July  28,  1833 ;  d.  July  26,  1834. 

2.  Elizabeth  Reese^*  McComb,  b.  Aug.  13,  1835;  m. 
at  Mansfield,  Aug.  24,  1854,  Thomas  Ewing  Mil- 
ler, b.  at  Mt.  Vernon,  Ohio;  d.  at  Daytona,  Fla., 
1912.  She  d.  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  Nov.  7,  1861. 
Children  born  at  Mt.  Vernon,  O. :  ( 1 )  Harry^' 
Miller,  b.  1856 ;  d.  at  Columbus,  1860.  (2)  Anna" 
Miller,  b.  1858;  d.  at  Columbus,  1873. 

3.  Julia  Willock^*  McComb,  b.  Nov.  18,  1836;  m.  (1) 
at  Mansfield,  Oct.  28,  1863,  Joshua  Davis,  b.  at 
Columbus,  O. ;  d.  there  1871.  She  m.  (2)  at  Cin- 
cinnati, O.,  Charles  Edward  Huggins,  son  of  Wil- 
liam Beers  and  Hamer  Sarah  (Clarkson)  Hug- 
gins,  b.  at  Glasgow,  Scotland,  Nov.  8,  1848;  d.  at 
Portland,  Ore.,  Feb.  15,  1892.  She  d.  at  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  Aug.  20,  1918.  No  issue.  Her  niece 
Julia^^  McComb,  daughter  of  Hoyt  Sherman^*  Mc- 
Comb, lived  with  her  for  many  years  and  is  known 
as  Julia  Huggins. 

4.  Margaret^*  McComb,  b.  Nov.  8,  1838;  d.  at  Cin- 
cinnati, O.,  Apr.  30,  1871.    Unm. 

5.  Robert  Sherman^*  McComb,  b.  May  20,  1841. 
Served  in  Civil  War  in  Co.  I,  1st  Ohio  Infantry; 
m.  at  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  June  13,  1883,  Rose  Brady, 
daughter  of  Owen  and  Catherine  Brady,  b.  at 
Portage  City,  Wis. ;  d.  at  Chicago,  111.,  Nov,  19, 
1915.  He  d.  at  Sandusky,  O.,  Aug.  30,  1900. 
Children:  (1)  Helen  S.^'*  McComb,  b.  at  Mil- 
waukee, May  30,  1884.  Unm.  Cecelia  M."  Mc- 
Comb, b.  at  Milwaukee,  June  30,  1886.    Unm. 


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6.  William  James^*  McComb,  b.  Apr.  8,  1843;  m.  at 
Columbus,  June  2,  1870,  Clara  Baldwin,  daughter 
of  Judge  James  William  and  Margaret  (Hoge) 
Baldwin,  b.  at  Columbus,  May  14,  1847.  Children 
born  at  Columbus:  (1)  Margaret  Hoge^^  McComb, 
b.  May  1,  1871;  m.  at  Columbus,  Nov.  14,  1895[ 
Smith  Mitchell  Comly,  son  of  Gen.  James  Monroe 
and  Elizabeth  (Marion)  Comly,  b.  at  Columbus, 
Oct.  8,  1869.  Children  born  at  Columbus:  (a) 
Elizabeth  Marion^"  Comly,  b.  Oct.  15,  1901.  (b) 
James  Monroe^"  Comly,  b.  Mar.  27,  1904.  (2) 
Dr.  J.  Baldwin^s  McComb,  b.  Sept.  28,'  1873.  Unm. 
(3)  Hoyt  Sherman^=>  McComb,  b.  Sept.  14,  1880; 
d.  at  Hondo,  Mexico,  Feb.  26,  1907.    Unm. ' 

7.  Charles  Sherman^*  McComb,  b.  Feb.  26,  1845;  d. 
at  Mansfield,  Apr.  6,  1865.    Unm. 

8.  Henry  Hoyt^*  McComb,  b.  Dec.  11,  1849-  d   Oct 
4,  1850. 

9.    John  Edward^*  McComb,  b.  Sept.  7,  1851 ;  d  Dec. 
8,  1851. 
10.    Hoyt  Sherman^*  McComb,  b.  May  14,  1855.     m. 
at  New  York  City,  Sept.  23,  1878,  Emma  Howe, 
b.  at  Boston,  Mass. ;  d.  at  New  York  City,  Dec.  13, 
1909.    Hed.  atGallipolis,  0.,Apr.  11,  1899.  Child: 
(1)  Julia^^  McComb,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Sept. 
13,  1881.    Lives  with  her  aunt,  Mrs.  Huggins  and 
now  is  Julia  Huggins.    Unm. 
V.  Julia  Ann"  Sherman,  b.  at  Lancaster,  July  24,  1818; 
d.^  at  Lancaster,  Apr.  3,  1842.    m.  June  5,  1838,  John 
Gibbie  Willock,  b.  at  Kilmarnock,  Scotland,  Apr.  2, 
1808;  d.  at  Lancaster,  Jan.  30,  1881.    Children: 

1.  Katherine"  Willock,  b.  at  Lancaster,  O.,  Aug.  22, 
1839 ;  d.  at  Wilmington,  Del.,  Aug.  25,  1900.    Unm. 

2.  Charles  Sherman^*  Willock,  b.  at  Lancaster,  1841 ; 
d.  there  1842.  i 

133     VI.  General  William  Tecumseh^a   Sherman,   b.  at  Lan- 
caster, Feb.  8,  1820. 
VII.  Lampson  Parker"  Sherman,  b.  at  Lancaster,  Oct.  13, 
1821.     Banker,    m.   (1)  at  Cincinnati,  O.,  Apr.  19,' 


322  Sherman  Genealogy 

1845,  Mary  A.  Gitchell,  b.  Nov.  29,  1821 ;  d.  at  Cin- 
cinnati, O.,  May  1,  1848.  m.  (2)  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa, 
Dec.  31,  1851,  Susan  Rebecca  Lawson,  daughter  of 
Isaac  and  Adeline  (Berge)  Lawson,  b.  at  Fulton,  Mo., 
May  12,  1830;  d.  at  Des  Moines,  Dec.  30,  1905.  He 
d.  at  Des  Moines,  Nov.  21,  1900.  Children  by  first 
wife : 

1.  Charles  Hammond^*  Sherman,  b.  at  Cincinnati,  O., 
Jan.  30,  1846;  d.  at  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Apr.  1, 
1916.  m.  at  San  Francisco,  Dec.  24,  1871,  Emma 
Moran,  daughter  of  James  and  Abbie  (Shannon) 
Moran,  b.  at  Bangor,  Me.,  June  24,  1847.  Chil- 
dren born  at  San  Francisco:  (1)  Minnie  Belle^^ 
Sherman,  b.  Mar.  18,  1873 ;  d.  at  San  Francisco, 
Jan.  7,  1878.  (2)  Lulu  May^^  Sherman,  b.  Sept. 
12,  1874;  d.  at  San  Francisco,  Jan.  11,  1878.  (3) 
Tecumseh  Parker^^  Sherman,  b.  Sept.  29,  1876; 
m.  at  San  Francisco,  Dec.  28,  1900,  Jennie  Klose 
Williams,  daughter  of  John  William  and  Eliza 
Jane  Williams,  b.  at  San  Francisco,  Feb.  23,  1880. 
Child:  (a)  Hoyt  Tecumseh"  Sherman,  b.  at  Ala- 
meda, Cal.,  Nov.  26,  1903.  (4)  Charles  Hoyt^^ 
Sherman,  b.  Jan.  27,  1879;  d.  at  Towle,  Cal.,  Jan. 
22,  1916.  (5)  Jennie  Emma^^  Sherman,  b.  Sept. 
28.  1881 ;  m.  at  San  Francisco,  Feb.  22,  1905.  Dr. 
William  Merrill  Tryon,  son  of  Sylvester  and  Mary 
Elizabeth  Tryon,  b.  at  Sacramento,  Cal.,  June  14, 
1877.  Children  born  at  San  Francisco:  (a)  Sher- 
man Merrill^«  Tryon,  b.  Apr.  20,  1907.  (b)  Victor 
Hammond"  Tryon,  b.  July  22,  1911. 

2.  Joseph  E.^*  Sherman,  b.  Feb.  17,  1848;  d.  Aug.  2, 
1848. 

Children  by  second  wife,  born  at  Des  Moines : 

3.  Stephen  L'Hommedieu"  Sherman,  b.  Oct.  31, 
1852;  d.  Sept.  25,  1854. 

4.  Mary  Elizabeth"  Sherman,  b.  Aug.  31,  1854;  d. 
Aug.  16,  1855. 

5.  James  Edward"  Sherman,  b.  June  4,  1856 ;  d.  Mar. 
22,  1863. 


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6.  John^*  Sherman,  b.  Nov.  4,  1858;  m.  at  Davis  City, 
Iowa,  Dec.  15,  1880,  Lizzie  Bell  Cunnington, 
daughter  of  William  and  Sarah  (Qegg)  Cunning- 
ton,  b.  at  Stockton,  Cal.,  June  27,  1860;  d.  at  Des 
Moines,  June  9,  1915.  Child:  (1)  Cecilia^^  Sher- 
man, b.  at  Des  Moines,  Nov.  7,  1881  ;  m.  at  Des 
Moines,  Sept.  28,  1904,  Paul  Backus  Sawyer,  son 
of  Arthur  Lovell  and  Harriet  Wilson  (Backus) 
Sawyer,  b.  at  La  Fayette,  Ind.,  May  8,  1879.  Chil- 
dren: (a)  John  Sherman^**  Sawyer,  b.  at  Des 
Moines,  May  26,  1909.  (b)  Paul  Backus^"  Saw- 
yer, Jr.,  b.  at  Dubuque,  Iowa,  June  11,  1912. 

7.  Elmer  Ellsworth^*  Sherman,  b.  Aug.  29,  1861 ;  d. 
Mar.  24,  1863. 

8.  Minnie  Edith^*  Sherman,  b.  Jan.  22,  1864.    Unm. 

9.  William  Tecumseh^*  Sherman,  b.  Oct.  25,  1866;  d. 
Jan.  27,  1867. 

10.    Lampson  Parker^*  Sherman,  Jr.,  b.  Sept.  13,  1868; 
m.  at  Des  Moines,  Sept.  6,  1892,  Elizabeth  Charles 
Sprague,   daughter  of   Charles   Dillon  and   Eliza- 
beth (DePue)  Sprague,  b.  at  Des  Moines,  Apr.  30, 
1872.     Children  born  at  Des  Moines:  (1)  Charles 
Lawson^^  Sherman,  b.  Aug.  8,  1893 ;  m.  at  Des 
Moines,   Aug.  29,   1916,   Frances   Louise   Harris, 
daughter  of  Jack  and   Nelly  Eleanor    (Morgan) 
Harris,  b.  at  Des  Moines,  Mar.  26,  1895.     Child: 
(a)  John  Harris^*'  Sherman,  b.  at  Des  Moines,  May 
22,  1917.     (2)  Mabel  Adele^^  Sherman,  b.  Aug.  2, 
1895.     (3)  Dorothy  Alice^^  Sherman,  b.  Sept.  29, 
1901. 
VIII.  Hon.  John^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Lancaster,  Ohio,  May  10, 
1823.     m.  at  Mansfield,  O.,  Aug.  31,  1848,  Margaret 
Sarah  Cecelia  Stewart,  daughter  of  Hon.  James  Stew- 
art, of  Mansfield,  Ohio,  Judge  of  Court  of  Common 
Pleas  of  Ohio.    He  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  of  Ohio, 
May,    1844.     Representative   in   Congress   for   Ohio, 
Mar.,  1855,  to  Mar.,  1861.    United  States  Senator  for 
Ohio,  Mar.  21,  1861,  to  Mar.  8,  1877  (resigned),  and 
Mar.,  1888,  to  Mar.,  1897  (resigned).     Secretary  of 


324  Sherman  Genealogy 

the  Treasury  of  the  United  States,  1877-1881.  Secre- 
tary of  State  of  the  United  States,  Mar.  5,  1897,  to 
Apr.  25,  1898  (resigned).  He  d.  at  Washington, 
D.  C,  Oct.  22,  1900.  She  d.  there  June  5,  1900.  No 
issue.  Their  adopted  daughter  Mary  Stewart  Sher- 
man, m.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Dec.  12,  1894,  James 
Tver  McCallum,  of  Washington.  Divorced. 
134  IX.  Susan  Denman^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Lancaster,  Oct.  10, 
1825 ;  m.  Thomas  Wells  Bartley. 
X.  Major  Hoyt^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Lancaster,  Nov.  1,  1827. 
Lawyer.  Admitted  to  Bar  of  Ohio,  1850.  Postmas- 
ter, Des  Moines,  Iowa,  1849-1853.  Paymaster  (Ma- 
jor) in  U.  S.  Army  in  Civil  War.  Member  of  As- 
sembly of  Iowa,  1865,  1866.  President  of  Equitable 
Life  Insurance  Co.  of  Iowa,  1874-1888.  m.  at  Mans- 
field, O.,  Dec.  25,  1855,  Sara  Elvira  Moulton,  daugh- 
ter of  Dan  Alonzo  and  Adaline  (Wallace)  Moulton, 
b.  at  Granger,  O.,  June  24,  1837;  d.  at  Des  Moines, 
Mar.  2,  1887.  He  d.  there  Jan.  25,  1904.  Children 
born  at  Des  Moines : 

1.  Frank  Allen^*  Sherman,  b.  Nov.  26,  1856.  Law- 
yer, m.  at  Des  Moines,  June  7,  1887,  Ada  Louise 
Bacon,  daughter  of  George  Smith  and  Caroline 
Meredith  (Bedsaul)  Bacon,  b.  at  Magnolia,  Iowa, 
Aug.  16,  1868;  d.  at  Des  Moines,  Feb.  13,  1900.  He 
d.  there  Mar.  1,  1902.  Child:  (1)  Sarah  Moulton^'* 
Sherman,  b.  at  Des  Moines,  May  17,  1888;  m.  at 
East  Hampton,  N.  Y.,  July  18,  1910,  William  Led- 
yard  Mitchell,  son  of  Richard  H.  and  Mary  S. 
(Lincoln)  Mitchell,  b.  at  Cincinnati,  O.,  Nov.  2, 
1881.  B.A.  Yale,  1904.  Children:  (a)  William  Led- 
yardi°  Mitchell,  Jr.,  b.  Feb.  11,  1912.  (b)  Mary 
Sherman"  Mitchell,  b.  July  26,  1913.  (c)  Frank 
Sherman^"  Mitchell,  b.  Oct.  28,  1914. 

2.  Adaline  Moulton"  Sherman,  b.  Feb.  16,  1859; 
m.  at  Des  Moines,  Apr.  26,  1882,  Frank  Bes- 
tow Wiborg,  son  of  Henry  Paulinus  and  Susan 
(Bestow)  Wiborg,  b.  at  Cleveland,  O.,  Apr. 
30,  1855.    She  d.  at  New  York  City,  Jan.  2,  1917. 


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Children  born  at  Cincinnati,  O. :  (1)  Sarah  Sher- 
man^=  Wiborg,  b.  Nov.  7,  1886;  m.  Dec.  30,  1915, 
Gerald  Clery  Murphy,  son  of  Patrick  Francis  and 
Anna  (Ryan)  Murphy,  b.  at  Boston,  Mass.,  Mar. 
25,  1888.  B.A.  Yale,  1912.  Lieut.  U.  S.  A. 
Aviator.  Child:  (a)  Honora  Adelaide^"  Murphy, 
b.  at  New  York,  Dec.  19,  1917.  (2)  Mary  Hoyt^« 
Wiborg,  b.  Jan.  28,  1888.  Unm.  (3)  Olga^^^  Wi- 
borg, b.  Feb.  6,  1890;  m.  at  East  Hampton,  N.  Y., 
Sept.  18,  1915,  Sidney  Webster  Fish,  son  of  Stuy- 
vesant  and  Marian  Graves  (Anthon)  Fish,  b,  at 
New  York  City,  Mar.  16,  1885.  B.A.  Harvard, 
1908.  Captain  U.  S.  A.  Served  in  France  at  the 
front.    Promoted  there.    No  issue. 

3.  Charles  Moulton^^  Sherman,  b.  Feb.  5,  1861; 
LL.B.  University  of  Michigan,  1883;  m.  at  Mel- 
vale,  Md.,  Dec.  12,  1895,  Bertha  Marie  Bartlett, 
daughter  of  Maj.  Gen.  Joseph  Jackson  and  Ida 
Virginia  (Dickinson)  Bartlett,  b.  at  New  York 
City,  Mar.  22,  1875.  He  d.  at  New  York  City, 
Aug.  30,  1911.  Children:  (1)  Charles  Hoyt^» 
Sherman,  b.  at  Chicago,  Sept.  6,  1896.  Lieut. 
U.  S.  A.  369th  Inf.  Wounded  and  gassed  in  bat- 
tle. On  staff  of  Col.  William  Hayward  and  Intel- 
ligence officer.  Unm.  (2)  John  Bartlett^^  Sher- 
man, b.  at  Chicago,  Sept.  28,  1898.  U.S.  M.  A., 
Class  of  1920.  2nd  Lieut.  U.  S.  A.,  Nov.  1,  1918. 
Unm.  (3)  Hannah  Lee^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Boston, 
Mass.,  July  5,  1905. 

4.  Arthur  Hoyt^*  Sherman,  b.  Sept.  10,  1869;  m.  at 
Rome,  Italy,  July  7,  1904,  Corsa  Kintzley,  daugh- 
ter of  William  Worth  and  Nellie  (Weldon)  Kintz- 
ley, b.  at  Boone,  Iowa.,  Nov.  17,  1877.    No  issue. 

5.  Helen  Hoyt^^  Sherman,  b.  Feb.  6,  1873;  m.  at  Des 
Moines,  Oct.  28,  1896,  William  Oglesby  Griffith, 
son  of  John  Ramsbottom  and  Josephine  Sidney 
(Oglesby)  Griffith,  b.  at  Cannes,  France,  Jan.  18, 
1869.  Mechanical  Engineer.  B.S.  University  of 
Penn.,  1890.    Children :  ( 1 )  Helen  Sherman^"  Grif- 


326  Sherman  Genealogy 

fith,  b.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Oct.  6,  1898.  (2) 
Florence  Oglesby^'"'  Griffith,  b.  at  Chestnut  Hill, 
Philadelphia,  Penn.,  Nov.  8,  1899.  (3)  Hoyt  Sher- 
man^s  Griffith,  b.  at;  Chestnut  Hill,  Jan.  4,  1902. 
(4)  John  Ramsbottom^^  Griffith,  b.  at  Chestnut 
Hill,  Feb.  4,  1912. 
135  XI.  Frances  Beecher^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Lancaster,  May  5, 
1829;  m.  Charles  William  Moulton. 

80.    GARDINERi^  SHERMAN  (56.  Rev.  John,^-  Capt.  John,", 
Hon.  Roger,^"  William,^  Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^  John,^  Henry ,^ 
Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,-  Thomas^),  b.  at  Mansfield,  Conn., 
Jan.  13,  1801 ;  m.  Jan.  18,  1829,  Jane  Maria  Erwin,  b.  Dec. 
14,  1799;  d.  July  22,  1877.    He  d.  at  Fayette,  Iowa,  Feb.  25, 
1885.     He  was  a  merchant  in  New  York.     After  his  wife's 
death,  he  lived  at  Trenton  Falls,  with  his  sister  Maria,  Mrs.     i  \^ 
Ni   -4     Michael  Moore.    Later  lived  at  Fayette,  Iowa,  with  his  sister 
Elizabeth,  Mrs.  Mark  Elmer  Hubbell,  until  his  death. 
Child : 
I.  John  Roger^*  Sherman,  b.  at  New  York  City,  May  22, 
1834;  m.  at  New  York  City,  June   16,   1854,  Jessie 
Williamson,  daughter  of  Dr.  John  Williamson,  b.  in 
England,  Jan.  25,  1836;  d.  Mar.  21,  1860.     He  d.  at 
New  York  City,  Oct.  23,  1873.     Children : 

1.  A  son,^^  who  d.  young. 

2.  A  daughter,^^  who  d.  young. 

3.  Jane^^  Sherman,  b.  at  New  York,  Nov.  7,  1858; 
m.  at  Fayette,  Iowa,  Aug.  28,  1879,  Mark  Sher- 
man^^  Hubbell,  son  of  Mark  Elmer  and  Elizabeth 
Ripley"  (Sherman)  Hubbell,  b.  at  Trenton  Falls, 
N.  Y.,  Oct.  18,  1843.  (See  below.)  She  d.  at 
Fayette,  June  20,  1908.  Children  born  at  Fay-  j 
ette:  (1)  Cora  May^«  Hubbell,  b.  Mar.  15,  1880;  j 
m.  at  Nashville,  111.,  Sept.  4,  1917,  William 
Adolph  Kugler,  son  of  Charles  August  and  Me- 
linda  (Dodson)  Kugler,  b.  at  Okowville,  111.,  Feb. 
16,  1848.  No  issue.  (2)  Edith  Sherman^"  Hub- 
bell, b.  July  2,  1882,  m.  at  Lansing,  Mich.,  Jan.  26, 


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1918,  Jesse  Maynard  Churchill,  son  of  Nelson  and 
Roxanna  (Frost)  Churchill,  b.  at  Capac,  Mich., 
Nov.  26,  1881.  No  issue.  (3)  Minnie  Ida"  Hub- 
bell,  b.  Sept.  28,  1884;  m.  at  Omaha,  Neb.,  May  8, 
1909,  John  Elkinton,  son  of  Charles  and  Ellen 
(Smith)  Elkinton,  b.  at  Mullico  Hill,  N.  J.,  Aug. 
18,  1858.  No  issue.  (4)  Bertha  Esther"  Hub- 
bell,  b.  Dec.  24,  1886.  Unm.  (5)  Roger  Sher- 
man" Hubbell,  b.  July  26,  1889;  m.  at  Oelwein, 
Iowa,  June  19,  1913,  Rose  Fernetta  Dunbar, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Rose  Sophia  (Loyd) 
Dunbar,  b.  at  West  Union,  Iowa,  Feb.  25,  1895. 
Children  born  at  Fayette :  (a)  Helene  Irene^^  Hub- 
bell,  b.  Dec.  5,  1914.  (b)  Roger  Sherman"  Hub- 
bell,  Jr.,  b.  Sept.  9,  1916.  (6)  Gardiner  Elmer^^ 
Hubbell,  b.  Jan.  9,  1893;  d.  at  Fayette,  Oct.  18, 
1894.  (7)  Mark  Elmer"  Hubbell,  b.  Jan.  6,  1899; 
m.  at  Elgin,  Iowa,  Oct.  2,  1918,  Henrietta  Rosena 
Drewes,  daughter  of  Claus  and  Katherine  (Ney) 
Drewes,  b.  at  El  Dorado,  Iowa,  Apr.  16,  1895.  (8) 
A  son,",  b.  Mar.  21,  1902;  d.  Mar.  23,  1902. 


81.  HARRIET"  SHERMAN  (56.  Rev.  John,^-,  Capt.  John,^^ 
Hon.  Roger,"  William,"  Capt.  John,^  John,®  Henry,^  Henry,* 
Thomas,^  John,-  Thomas^),  b.  at  Trenton  Falls,  N.  Y.,  Apr. 
13,  1807;  m.  at  Lebanon,  Conn.,  Sept.  11,  1825,  Rev.  Nathan- 
iel Bouton,  B.A.  Yale  1841,  M.A. ;  D.D.  Dartmouth  1851. 
President  of  New  Hampshire  Historical  Society,  Editor  and 
compiler  of  Provincial  Records  of  New  Hampshire.  Trus- 
tee of  Dartmouth  College  1840-1877,  son  of  William  and 
Sarah  (Benedict)  Bouton,  b.  at  Norwalk,  Conn.,  June  20, 
1799;  d.  at  Concord,  N.  H.,  June  6,  1878.  She  d.  there  May 
21,  1828.  He  m.  (2)  June  8,  1829,  Mary  Ann  Peris  Bell, 
daughter  of  Gov.  John  Bell,  of  Chester,  N.  H.,  by  whom  he 
had  four  children.  She  d.  at  Concord,  N.  H.,  Feb.  15,  1839; 
he  m.  (3)  at  Deerfield,  N.  H.,  Feb.  18,  1840,  Elizabeth  Ann 
Cilley,  daughter  of  Horatio  G.  Cilley,  of  Deerfield,  N.  H.,  by 
whom  he  had  six  children. 


328  Sherman  Genealogy 

Children  of  Harriet,  b.  at  Concord: 
I.  Elizabeth  Ripley^*  Bouton,  b.  Aug.  15,  1826;  m.  at 
Concord,  Dec.  22,  1847,  Rev.  John  Calvin  Webster, 
son  of  Rev.  Josiah  and  Elizabeth  (Knight)  Webster,  b. 
at  Hampton,  N.  H.,  Jan.  19,  1810.  B.A.  Dartmouth, 
1832;  DD.,  1882;  d.  at  Wheaton,  111.,  Aug.  13,  1884. 
She  d.  at  Greenwich,  Conn.,  May  11,  1911.    Children: 

1.  Frank  Sherman^^  Webster,  b.  at  Hopkinton,  N.  H., 
Feb.  23,  1850;  m.  at  Grayland,  Irving  Park,  111., 
Oct.  20,  1885,  Grace  Howland,  daughter  of  Henry 
and  Jane  Eliza  (Gray)  Howland,  b.  at  Chicago, 
Apr.  19,  1860;  d.  at  Chicago,  Oct.  11,  1918.  He  d.  at 
Chicago,  June  7,  1913.  Children  born  at  Chicago: 
(1)  Grace  Howland^''  Webster,  b.  and  d.  Aug.  14, 
1887.  (2)  Elizabeth  Howland^"  Webster,  b.  Oct. 
13,  1889.    B.A.  Smith  College,  1912.    Unm. 

2.  Rebecca  Russell^^  Webster,  b.  at  Hopkinton,  Feb. 
16,  1852;  d.  there  Aug.  10,  1853. 

3.  Nathaniel  Bouton^ ^  Webster,  b.  at  Hopkinton,  Feb. 
25,  1856;  m.  at  Chicago,  May  14,  1889,  Anna  Sib- 
bel  Abbe,  daughter  of  George  Henry  and  Kate 
(Ryan)  Abbe,  b.  at  Forest  City,  Cal,  Oct.  1,  1860. 
Children:  (1)  Ellen  Abbe^«  Webster,  b.  at  Chi- 
cago, July  26,  1891 ;  m.  at  Chicago,  Oct.  2,  1912, 
Eugene  Charles  Gilbert,  son  of  Charles  Eugene 
and  Alice  Whitman  (Albee)  Gilbert,  b.  at  Clinton, 
Wis.,  June  7,  1891.  Children:  (a)  Robert  New- 
ton" Gilbert,  b.  at  Rockford,  111.,  Apr.  22,  1914. 
(b)  Elizabeth  Webster"  Gilbert,  b.  at  Rockford, 
Mar.  17,  1915.  (2)  Natalie  Sherman^^  Webster, 
b.  at  Chicago,  Nov.  24,  1895 ;  m.  at  Chicago,  Nov. 
1,  1916,  Paul  Elton  Lower,  son  of  Elton  and 
Mabel  Josephine  (Campbell)  Lower,  b.  at  Chicago, 
Aug.  6,  1891.  Child:  (a)  Paul  Elton"  Lower,  Jr., 
b.  at  Chicago,  June  1,  1918. 

4.  William  RusselP°  Webster,  b.  at  Hopkinton,  Oct. 
20,  1858;  d.  at  Wheaton,  111.,  Dec.  26,  1874. 

5.  Josiah  Clifford^^  Webster,  b.  at  Hopkinton,  Jan. 
3,  1861 ;  m.  at  Denver,  Colo.,  July  22,  1903,  Avice 


HON.  WILLIAM  M.  EVART< 
1818-1901 


Sherman  Genealogy  329 

Drake,  daughter  of  Joseph  Langdon  and  Rachel 
(Greer)  Drake,  b.  at  Morrison,  Colo.,  Jan.  29, 
1873.  Children  born  at  Shenandoah,  Iowa:  (1) 
Charles  Drake^«  Webster,  b.  Aug.  14,  1905.  (2) 
Elizabeth  Bouton"  Webster,  b.  Oct.  18,  1907.  (3) 
Winifred^^  Webster,  b.  Nov.  10,  1910. 

6.  Charles  Ripley^ ^  Webster,  b.  at  Hopkinton,  May 
12,  1862 ;  B.A.  Dartmouth,  1882 ;  Lawyer  in  Chi- 
cago firm  of  Bayley  &  Webster;  m.  at  Dorchester, 
Mass.,  Dec.  20,  1893,  Laura  Ames  Orcutt,  daugh- 
ter of  Hiram  and  Ellen  (Dana  ) Orcutt,  b.  at  West 
Lebanon,  N.  H.,  June  20,  1866.    No  issue. 

7.  Harriet  Sherman^^  Webster,  b.  at  Hopkinton,  Nov. 
2,  1863 ;  d.  at  Wheaton,  Jan.  21,  1866. 

8.  Elizabeth  Damon^^  Webster,  b.  at  Wheaton,  Sept. 
15,  1869;  d.  at  Concord,  N.  H.,  July  25,  1871. 

IL  Nathaniel  Sherman"  Bouton,  b.  May  14,  1828;  m.  (1) 
at  Suffield,  Conn.,  Sept.  17,  1856,  Emily  L.  Bissell. 
She  d.  at  Chicago,  Sept.  12,  1857.  m.  (2)  at  Essex, 
N.  Y.,  Oct.  20,  1858,  Ellen  (Gould)  Shumway, 
daughter  of  John  and  Theodosia  Nichols  Gould,  b.  at 
Essex,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  20,  1822;  d.  at  Chicago,  Mar., 
1913.  He  d.  at  Dunedin,  Fla.,  Apr.  3,  1908. 
Child  by  first  wife: 

1.  Charles  Sherman*'^  Bouton,  b.  at  Chicago,  Sept.  2, 
1857;  d.  Sept.  22,  1857. 

Child  by  second  wife: 

2.  Charles  Sherman"  Bouton,  b.  May  6,  1860;  d. 
Aug.  6,  1860. 

82.  MARIA"  SHERMAN  (56.  Rev.  John,^^  (^^p^  John,"  Hon. 
Roger,i°  William,^  Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^  John,"  Henry," 
Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at  Trenton  Village, 
N.  Y.,  Dec.  17,  1808.  m.  at  Trenton,  Jan.  2,  1831,  Michael 
Moore,  son  of  Michael  and  Jane  (Dunlap)  Moore,  b.  at  New 
York  City,  Apr.  13,  1803;  d.  at  Trenton  Falls,  May  28,  1888. 
She  d.  there  May  31,  1899.    Children :  /  ^  p: 


330  Sherman  Genealogy 

I.  Michael'*  Moore,  Jr.,  b.  at  Trenton  Falls,  Nov.  11, 
1832;  m.  at  Trenton,  Jan.  31,  1854,  Annette  Elizabeth 
Dodge,  daughter  of  Horace  and  Eliza  Dodge,  b.  Jan. 
31,  1838.  She  d.  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  June  27,  1914. 
He  d.  at  Prospect,  N.  Y.,  May  20,  1902.  He  served 
in  Civil  War,  Corporal  in  Co.  M,  2nd  Morgan  Art'y. 
Children : 

1.  MichaeP^  Moore,  HI,  b.  at  Trenton  Falls,  Dec.  4, 
1854;  m.  (1)  at  Trenton  Falls,  Sept.  24,  1876, 
Cora  Maude  Borden,  daughter  of  James  F.  and 
Elizabeth  (La  Quay)  Borden,  b.  at  Trenton  Falls, 
Feb.  2,  1857;  d.  there  Dec.  18,  1882.  m.  (2)  at 
Trenton,  Aug.  31,  1889,  Ida  Storrs,  daughter  of 
William  H.  and  Laura  (Jones)  Storrs,  b.  at  Tren- 
ton, Apr.  5,  1858;  d.  at  Utica,  Mar.  11,  1916. 
Child  by  first  wife:  (1)  Leon'^  Moore,  b.  at 
Trenton  Falls,  Aug.  24,  1880.  Child  by  second 
wife:  (2)  Blanch  Storrs'^  Moore,  b.  at  Utica, 
N.  Y.,  Apr.  23,  1894;  d.  there  Jan.  17,  1907. 

2.  Maria  Sherman''^  Moore,  b.  at  Trenton  Falls,  Apr. 
20,  1856;  d.  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  27,  1879. 

3.  William  Robert'^  Moore,  b.  at  Trenton  Falls,  Aug, 
1861. 

n.  Archibald  Dunlap"  Moore,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Aug. 
17,  1834;  m.  at  Trenton,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  23,  1856,  Cor- 
nelia R.  Jones,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Sophia 
(Evans)  Jones,  b.  near  Remsen,  May  27,  1839  d.  at 
Trenton  Falls,  July  25,  1902.  He  d.  at  Trenton,  Aug. 
15,1900.    Children: 

1.  Gardiner  Sherman'^  Moore,  b.  at  Trenton  Falls, 
Sept.  9,  1860;  m.  at  Stittville,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  28, 
1887,  Marjorie  Ann  Pentland,  daughter  of  James 
and  Sarah  Ann  (Spence)  Pentland,  b.  at  Stittville, 
Nov.  22,  1867;  d.  at  Trenton  Falls,  Jan.  2,  1903. 
Children  born  at  Trenton  Falls:  (1)  Genevieve 
De  Castro'^  Moore,  b.  May  12,  1889.  Unm.  (2) 
Archibald  Dunlap'"  Moore,  b.  Jan.  19,  1891.  Unm. 
(3)  James  Pentland'"  Moore,  b.  Aug.  21,  1901. 


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2.  Frederick  Archibald^ ^  Moore,  b.  at  Trenton,  Nov. 
5,  1862;  d.  at  Boonville,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  14,  1912. 

3.  Luther  Guiteau^^  Moore,  b.  at  Trenton  Falls,  Feb, 
23,  1873.  m.  at  Trenton,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  24,  1895, 
Katherine  Mabel  Griffith,  daughter  of  Adam  Ger- 
ard and  Catherine  Amanda  (Green)  Griffith,  b.  at 
Trenton,  Feb.  21,  1875.  Children  born  at  Trenton : 
(1)  Ralph  De  Castro^"  Moore,  b.  May  4,  1896.  Cor- 
poral in  478th  U.  S.  Aero  Construction  Squadron 
of  Signal  Corps.  (2)  Frances  Green^^  Moore,  b. 
May  28,  1900. 

III.  Julia  Sherman^^  Moore,  b.  at  Trenton  Falls,  Feb.  28, 
1837;  d.  there  Nov.  2,  1889.    Unm. 

IV.  Charles  Edward^*  Moore,  b.  at  Trenton  Falls,  Apr. 
18,  1839;  m.  at  Fulton,  N.  Y.,  May  22,  1863,  Katha- 
rine Louise  Burt,  daughter  of  Colvin  and  Cornelia 
(Gunn)  Burt,  b.  at  Scriba,  N.  Y.,  May  5,  1851  d.  at 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  16,  1913.  Served  three  years 
in  Civil  War,  Sergeant  in  Co.  M,  2nd  Morgan  Artil- 
lery, Brevet  2nd  Lieut.     Children: 

1.  Katharine  Sherman^^  Moore,  b.  at  Trenton  Falls, 
Dec.  10,  1870;  m.  (1)  Aug.  23,  1897,  Frederick 
Banks  Jacox,  b.  at  Binghamton,  N.  Y.  Divorced, 
m.  (2)  Oct.  15,  1905,  Robert  Lytle  Dickinson,  b. 
at  Bainbridge,  Ga.,  1878;  d.  at  Jacksonville,  Fla., 
June  16,  1918.    No  issue. 

2.  Nellie  Burt^^  Moore,  b.  Dec.  11,  1872.    Unm. 

3.  William  Charles^^  Moore,  b.  Feb.  7,  1880.    Unm. 

V.  John  Robert^*  Moore,  b.  at  Trenton  Falls,  Mar.  6, 
1841;  m.  at  New  York  City,  June  1,  1876,  Mary 
Louise  Wakeman,  daughter  of  Abram  (Postmaster, 
N.  Y.  City)  and  Mary  E.  (Harwood)  Wakeman,  b. 
at  New  York  City,  Dec.  1,  1857;  d.  at  Moore  Point, 
Lake  Chelan,  Wash.,  Nov.  2,  1910.  He  d.  at  Moore. 
Lake  Chelan,  Wash.,  Aug.  31,  1909.  He  served  in 
Civil  War  and  was  Corporal  in  the  Color  Guard  of 
the  Ellsworth  Zouaves.  Children: 
1.    Archibald  Harwood^'   Moore,  b.  at  Sandy  Hill, 


^32  Sherman  Genealogy 

N.  Y.,  Oct.  21,  1878;  m.  (1)  at  Hood  River,  Ore., 
June  28,  1905,  Bertha  Ketchum,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Heber  Augustus  Ketchum,  b.  at  Urbana,  Ohio;  d. 
at  Salem,  Ore.,  Feb.  23,  1906.  m.  (2)  at  Chelan, 
Wash.,  Mar.  22,  1908,  Jessie  Eugenia  McClelland, 
daughter  of  Dr.  James  S.  and  Ada  Eleanor  (Thom- 
son) McClelland,  b.  at  Crawfordville,  Ind.  No 
issue. 

2.  John  Michael^^  Moore,  b.  Mar.  7,  1884;  d.  Oct.  10, 
1885. 

3.  Mary  Louise^^  Moore,  b.  at  Jamestown,  N.  Y., 
Oct.  4,  1886;  m.  (1)  at  Moore,  Wash.,  Oct.  15, 
1902,  William  Lotspeich;  divorced  Nov.,  1906. 
Children  b.  at  Moore,  Washington:  (1)  Harwood 
Robert"  Lotspeich,  b.  April  18,  1904.  (2)  Doro- 
thy Mary"  Lotspeich,  b.  Dec.  27,  1905 ;  m.  (2)  at 
Lakeside,  Wash.,  Nov.  4,  1910,  Hugh  Lawrence 
Courtney,  son  of  Francis  A.  and  Kathryn  Corcian 
(Baker)  Courtney,  b.  at  Concordia,  Kans.,  Dec. 
3,  1886.  Children:  (3)  Lawrence  Hugh"  Court- 
ney, b.  at  Chelan,  Wash.,  June  21,  1912.  (4)  Cur- 
tice Moore^"  Courtney,  b.  at  Chelan  Falls,  Wash., 
Sept.  5,  1915.  (5)  Kathryn  June"  Courtney,  b. 
at  Stehekin,  Wash.,  June  16,  1918. 

VI.  Roger  Sherman^*  Moore,  b.  at  Trenton  Falls,  June  27, 
1843.  m.  at  Trenton  Falls,  Mar.  11,  1868,  Mary  Ade- 
line Gouge,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Laura  Celistina 
(Powers)  Gouge,  b.  at  Trenton  Falls,  Mar.  21,  1851; 
d.  at  Trenton,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  16,  1905.     Children: 

1.  Caroline  Crook^^  Moore,  b.  at  Trenton,  Oct.  10, 
1871  ;  m.  at  Trenton,  Sept.  5,  1894,  Thomas  Grif- 
fith Maurice,  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Owens) 
Maurice,  b.  at  Trenton,  June  21,  1868.  Children 
born  at  Trenton:  (1)  Cliflford  Moore"  Maurice,  b. 
Sept.  29,  1895.  m.  at  Barneveld,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  24, 
1918,  Jennie  Abbie  Wheeler,  daughter  of  Albert 
C.  and  Susie  Elizabeth  (Mallory)  Wheeler,  b.  at 
South  Trenton,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  20,  1898.     (2)  Cath- 


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Sherman  Genealogy  333 

erine^«  Maurice,  b.  Dec.  4,  1898.     (3)  Mary  Ade- 
linei°  Maurice,  b.  Feb.  24,  1902. 

2.  Abbie  Frederica^^  Moore,  b.  Apr.  20,  1873;  m.  at 
Trenton,  June  9,  1904,  Evan  Hugh  Pugh,  son  of 
Richard  Evan  and  Jane  (Jones)  Pugh,  b.  at  Steu- 
ben, N.  Y.,  Sept.  3,  1876.  Children:  (1)  Laura 
Sara^"  Pugh,  b.  at  Trenton,  Oct.  15,  1905.  (2) 
Roger  Richard^"  Pugh,  b.  at  Utica,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  15, 
1907.  (3)  Dorothy!"  Pugh,  b.  at  Utica,  Apr.  21, 
1911. 

3.  George  Gouge^^  Moore,  b.  Mar.  23,  1881;  m.  at 
Trenton,  Nov.  18,  1903,  Sarah  Leona  French, 
daughter  of  Daniel  and  Sarah  (Green)  French,  b. 
at  Trenton,  Apr.  26,  1880.  Children:  (1)  Maria 
Sherman^®  Moore,  b,  at  Trenton  (now  Barneveld), 
Nov.  25,  1904.  (2)  Leona  Adeline^"  Moore,  b.  at 
Barneveld,  Aug.  16,  1906.  (3)  Daniel  French^" 
Moore,  b.  at  Utica,  Dec.  9,  1911. 

VIL  Lettie  Dunlap  Jane  Maria^*  Moore,  b.  at  Trenton 
Falls,  June  12,  1845;  m.  at  Trenton  Falls,  Mar. 
31,  1874,  Rev.  Arthur  Jones,  son  of  David  J.  and 
Hannah  Maria  (Hughes)  Jones,  b.  at  South  Trenton, 
N.  Y.,  Mar.  20,  1850.     Children: 

1.  Sophia  Apolina^^  Jones,  b.  at  Waterford,  N.  Y., 
Jan.  22,  1878;  m.  at  Hamilton,  N.  Y.,  July  2,  1901, 
Frederick  William  Tomlinson,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Almira  (Adams)  Tomlinson,  b.  at  Porterville, 
N.  Y.,  May  24,  1872.  Child:  (1)  Dorothy^"  Tom- 
linson, b.  at  Madison,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  26,  1903 ;  d.  at 
Wales  Center,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  20,  1904. 

2.  Sherman^^  Jones,  b.  at  Newburgh,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  8, 
1879;  m.  at  New  York  City  Sept.  18,  1908,  Marie 
Eugenia  Patrick,  daughter  of  Casimer  Cornelius 
and  Marie  Louise  (Chazal)  Patrick,  b.  at  Charles- 
ton, S.  C,  Nov.  1,  1882.  Children:  (1)  Arthur 
Edward^®  Jones,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Jan.  15, 
1911 ;  d.  there  Aug.  31,  1917.  (2)  Marie  Louise^" 
Jones,  b.  at  Newark,  N.  J.,  Oct.  19,  1913.     (3) 


334  Sherman  Genealogy 

Frederick  Sherman^^  Jones,  b.  at  Ridgewood,  N.  J., 
Mar.  2,  1919. 
3.  Hays"  Jones,  b.  at  Newburgh,  Oct.  25,  1885 ;  m.  at 
Mt.  Vernon,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  28,  1907,  Alice  May 
Hillman,  daughter  of  William  M.  and  Emma 
Louise  (Bill)  Hillman,  b.  at  Mt.  Vernon,  N.  Y., 
July  10,  1885.  Children  born  at  Mt.  Vernon:  (1) 
Haysi«  Jones,  Jr.,  b.  Sept.  25,  1909.  (2)  William 
Arthur^^  Jones,  b.  Nov.  5,  1911;  d.  at  Saranac 
Lake,  N.  Y.,  June  18,  1914.  (3)  Alice  Louise" 
Jones,  b.  July  18,  1913. 

Vni.  Dr.  Samuel  Glover^*  Moore,  b.  at  Trenton  Falls,  Sept. 
5,  1847;  m.  at  Trenton,  now  Barneveld,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  5, 
1877,  Elfleda  Lovell,  daughter  of  Ezekiel  and  Lois 
(Palmer)  Lovell,  b.  at  Barneveld,  Apr.  25,  1853;  d.  at 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  Jan.  19,  1915.  Children  born  at 
Pittsburgh,  Pa. : 

1.  Samuel  LovelP^  Moore,  b.  Mar.  22,  1879;  d.  at 
Pittsburgh,  June  9,  1889. 

2.  Maria  Sherman"  Moore,  b.  July  17,  1882;  d.  at 
Pittsburgh,  Jan.  6,  1883. 

3.  A  son,"  b.  and  d.  in  1883. 

4.  Harry  Sherman"  Moore,  b.  Feb.  23,  1884;  m.  at 
Los  Angeles,  Cal,  Dec.  18,  1910,  Helen  Mar- 
guerite Stone,  daughter  of  Robert  James  and  Mary 
Marguerite  (Gatewood)  Stone,  b.  at  San  Antonio, 
Texas,  Feb.  22,  1891.    No  issue. 

IX.  Abigail  Perkins"  Moore,  b.  at  Trenton  Falls,  Feb.  3, 
1850;  m.  at  Trenton  Falls,  Oct.  25,  1881,  Frederick 
Hamilton  Gouge,  son  of  Jacob  and  Laura  Celistina 
(Powers)  Gouge,  b.  at  Trenton.  May  5,  1845.  B.A. 
Hamilton  1870.  Architect.  Children  born  at  Utica, 
N.  Y.: 

1.  Julia  Sherman"  Gouge,  b.  Aug.  29,  1883.    Unm. 

2.  Laura  Moore"  Gouge,  b.  Sept.  25,  1886;  m.  at 
New  York  City,  Mar.  25,  1915,  Albert  William 
Howland,  son  of  John  Henry  and  Emma  (Cun- 


Sherman  Genealogy  335 

ningham)  Howland,  b.  at  Lancaster,  Penn.,  June 
25,  1885.  Child:  (1)  John  Henry^«  Howland, 
II,  b.  at  Douglaston,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  3,  1918. 
3.  George  Frederick^^  Gouge,  b.  July  12,  1890;  m.  at 
Roselle,  N.  J.,  Sept.  25,  1914,  Bessie  Westerberg, 
daughter  of  Charles  and  Mary  Elizabeth  (Hol- 
man)  Westerberg,  b.  at  Roselle,  Oct.  6,  1888. 
Child:  (1)  Frederick  Hamilton^^  Gouge,  II,  b.  at 
New  York  City,  Apr.  16,  1918. 

83.  HENRY^^  SHERMAN  (57.  Major  Charles,^-  Capt.  John," 
Hon.  Roger, ^°  William,^  Joseph,*  Capt.  John,^  John,^  Henry,** 
Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,-  Thomas^),  b.  at  New  Haven,  Apr. 
16,  1817.  m.  (1)  at  Westfield,  Mass.,  Sept.  5,  1841,  Cynthia 
Painter  Collins,  daughter  of  Simeon  and  Sarah  (Painter) 
Collins,  b.  at  Westfield,  Mass.,  Sept.  12,  1819;  d.  at  Phila- 
delphia, Penn.,  Feb.  28,  1843.  No  issue,  m.  (2)  at  Prairie- 
ville,  Waukesha,  Wis.,  Oct.  29,  1845,  Martha  Ann  Watson, 
daughter  of  James  Young  and  Eunice  (Stone)  Watson,  b.  at 
Fairhaven,  Vt.,  Nov.  9,  1823 ;  d.  at  Waukesha,  Wis.,  Jan.  8, 
1900.  He  d.  at  Wilmette,  III,  Nov.  24,  1888.  Children  by 
second  wife : 

I.  Charles  Henry^*  Sherman,  b.  at  Waukesha,  Apr.  20, 
1847.  m.  (1)  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Oct.  20,  1879,  Eliza 
Kate  Jones,  daughter  of  Dr.  Henry  John  and  Kate 
(Carlisle)  Jones,  b.  at  Louisville,  Ky.,  May  3,  1849; 
d.  at  Indianapolis,  Mar.  21,  1882.  m.  (2)  at  Indian- 
apolis, Ind.,  July  19,  1887,  Libbie  Susan  Winans, 
daughter  of  Philo  Sticks  and  Emily  Clark  (Hollen- 
beck)  Winans,  b.  at  Preston  Hollow,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  25, 
1861.  No  issue.  He  d.  at  La  Crosse,  Wis.,  May  13, 
1911.     Child  by  first  wife: 

1.  Jessie  Kate^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Indianapolis,  Ind., 
Mar.  14,  1882;  m.  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  16, 
1909,  Bernard  Kalker,  son  of  Jacob  and  Berta 
(Edersheim)  Kalker,  b.  at  Amsterdam,  Holland, 
May  2,  1885.  Child:  (1)  Carol  Sherman^«  Kalker, 
b.  at  Mineola,  N.  Y.,  July  3,  1915. 


336  Sherman  Genealogy 

II.  James  Watson^*  Sherman,  b.  at  Waukesha,  Jan.  26, 
1849;  d.  there  Feb.  1,  1886.     Unm. 

III.  Hattie  Eliza"  Sherman,  b.  at  Waukesha,  Mar.  20, 
1856.  m.  at  Waukesha,  June  26,  1879,  George  Willard 
Carleton,  son  of  Roswell  Willard  and  Henrietta  Maria 
(Stoddard)  Carleton,  b.  at  North  Milwaukee,  Wis., 
Aug.  3,  1847.    Children  born  at  Waukesha: 

1.  Grace  Maria^=^  Carleton,  b.  Aug.  15,  1880.    Unm. 

2.  Willard  Sherman^^  Carleton,  b.  Oct.  24,  1883;  d. 
at  Waukesha,  July  24,  1905. 

3.  Ralph  Watson^^  Carleton,  b.  July  23,  1886.    Unm. 

4.  Walter  George^^  Carleton,  b.  July  10,  1893.  Unm. 
Private  U.  S.  Army  Ambulance  Service,  Section 
564. 

IV.  Edmund  Kingsland^*  Sherman,  b.  at  Waukesha,  Aug. 
18,  1860.  m.  at  Sioux  City,  Iowa,  Miss  Helen  Crocker, 
Divorced.  He  d.  at  San  Jose,  Cal.,  Aug.  15,  1909. 
No  issue. 

84.  JAMES  TAYLOR^^  SHERMAN  (57.  Major  Charles," 
Capt.  John,"  Hon.  Roger,^°  William,^  Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^ 
John,^  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at 
New  Haven,  Apr.  17,  1819.  Merchant  and  Farmer.  Deacon 
in  Congregational  Church  at  Brodhead,  Wis.,  for  fifty  years, 
m.  at  Windsor,  Conn.,  Feb.  9,  1842,  Abigail  Talcott  Morgan, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Jasper  and  Abigail  (Talcott-Chaffee) 
Morgan,  b.  at  Windsor,  Conn.,  Mar.  17,  1824;  d.  at  De 
Funiak  Springs,  Florida,  Feb.  17,  1906.  He  d.  there  Dec. 
22,  1907.    Both  buried  at  Brodhead,  Wis. 

Children : 

136  I.  James  Morgan^*  Sherman,  b.  at  Windsor,  Conn.,  Nov. 
20,  1842. 
II.  Abby  Talcott**  Sherman,  b.  at  Suffield,  Conn.,  Mar.  31, 
1845.  m.  at  Brodhead,  Oct.  5,  1868,  Norman  Hall, 
son  of  Nathaniel  and  Sybil  (Whitney)  Hall,  b.  at 
Tunbridge,  Vt.,  Feb.  21,  1839;  d.  at  Chicago,  Jan.  22, 
1910.    Chldren  b.  at  Chicago : 


Four  geni-rations:  Elizabeth   (Slierman)i- Tliachcr,  Elizabeth  (ThachiT)' 
Kent,  Elizalietii  (Kent)'-'  Arnold  and  Elizabeth  Sliernian'-^  Arnold 


PROF.  THOMAS  ANTHONY  THACHER 
1815-1886 


Sherman  Genealogy  337 

1.  Edwin  Morgan^'^  Hall,  b.  Apr.  11,  1882;  m.  at 
Geneva,  111.,  Sept.  20,  1911,  Janet  Moore  MacKen- 
zie,  daughter  of  Donald  and  Margaret  (Watson) 
MacKenzie,  b.  at  Chicago,  111.,  Sept.  21,  1887.  No 
issue. 

2.  James  Sherman^^  Hall,  b.  Dec.  26,  1885.    Unm. 

III.  Eliza  Morgan^*  Sherman,  b.  at  Suffield,  May  2,  1849. 
Unm. 

IV.  Anna  Maria^*  Sherman,  b.  at  Suffield,  Oct.  1,  1850. 
m.  at  Brodhead,  Wis.,  June  4,  1879,  Adin  Snow 
Moore,  son  of  Isaac  and  Amelia  (Snow)  Moore,  b.  at 
Danville,  Vt.,  Jan.  17,  1847;  d.  at  Brodhead,  Wis., 
Sept.  11,  1911.     Children  born  at  Brodhead: 

1.  Sherman^^  Moore,  b.  Mar.  31,  1880.  Civil  En- 
gineer; m.  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  Aug.  6,  1904,  Ivy 
Myrtle  Wyman,  daughter  of  Joseph  H.  and  Jane 
(McSorley)  Wyman,  b.  at  Wilson,  Mich.,  Nov.  16, 
1879.  Children  born  at  Detroit:  (1)  Charlotte^" 
Moore,  b.  June  6,  1905.  (2)  Anna^«  Moore,  b. 
Dec.  19,  1906.  (3)  James  Sherman^"  Moore,  b. 
Mar.  15,  1909.  (4)  Kathleen^^  Moore,  b.  May 
16,  1912. 

2.  Charles  Adin^^  Moore,  b.  July  20,  1881 ;  d.  at  Brod- 
head, Oct.  31,  1908. 

3.  Roger  Sherman^^  Moore,  b.  July  15,  1888;  m.  at 
Waukesha,  Wis.,  Sept.  26,  1912,  Fanny  B.  Camp, 
daughter  of  Walter  T.  and  Jane  (Wildish)  Camp, 
b.  at  Menomonee  Falls,  Wis.,  Dec.  18,  1886.  No 
issue. 

4.  Eunice^^  Moore,  b.  Mar.  7,  1895.    Unm. 

V.  Charles  Jasper^*  Sherman,  b.  at  Suffield,  June  11, 
1852.  m.  at  Marengo,  111.,  Feb.  16,  1881,  Kate  Ford 
Rockwood,  daughter  of  William  Horton  and  Susan 
Goldsmith  (West)  Rockwood,  b.  at  New  York  City, 
Dec.  11,  1851;  d.  at  Brodhead,  Wis.,  Oct.  15,  1909, 
Child : 

1.  John  Rockwood"  Sherman,  b.  at  Brodhead,  Wis., 
Sept.  29,  1889.    m.  at  Ellensburg,  Wash.,  June  26, 


338  Sherman  Genealogy 

1912,  Jessie  Luella  Aspinwall,  daughter  of  John 
and  Ellen  Allen  Aspinwall,  b.  in  South  Dakota, 
Sept.  5,  1891.     Child:  (1)  Kathryn  Alice"  Sher- 
man, b.  Sept.  17,  1913. 
VI.  John  Talcott"  Sherman  (twin),  b.  at  Suffield,  Apr.  1, 
1856;  d.  at  San  Antonio,  Texas,  Dec.  5,  1886.    Unm. 
VII.  Jessie  Taylor^*  Sherman  (twin),  b.  at  Suffield,  Apr. 

1,  1856;  d.  Sept.  3,  1915.    Unm. 

VIII.  Helen  MabeU*  Sherman,  b.  at  Brodhead,  Wis.,  Jan. 
25,  1862.  m.  at  Chicago,  111.,  Sept.  3,  1887,  Charles 
Sanford  French,  son  of  Sanford  Byron  and  Mary 
Ann    (Mead)    French,    b.    at    Maiden,    Mass.,    May 

2,  1854;  d.  at  Chicago,  Aug.  20,  1890.    She  d.  at  Chi- 
cago, Aug.  10,  1890.     Children  born  at  Chicago: 

1.  Helen^'^  French,  b.  Jan.  25,  1889;  m.  at  Brodhead, 
Oct.  8,  1913,  Lot  Myrven  Isaacs,  son  of  Richard 
and  Ann  (Jones)  Isaacs,  b.  Dec.  17,  1884.  Child: 
(1)  Charles  French^^  Isaacs,  b.  at  Orwell,  Vt, 
June  4,  1916. 

2.  Charles  Sanford^^  French,  Jr.,  b.  July  15,  1890; 
d.  Nov.  7,  1890. 

IX.  Edward  Denison^*  Sherman,  b.  at  Brodhead,  July  26, 
1863 ;  d.  there  Aug.  8,  1863. 
X.  Fannie  Boynton^*  Sherman,  b.  at  Brodhead,  Mar.  18, 
1866.  m.  at  Brodhead,  Oct.  17,  1888,  George  Albert 
Metcalf,  son  of  McKendree  Bishop  and  Susan  West 
(Rockwood)  Metcalf,  b.  at  Marengo,  111.,  Oct.  15, 
1861.     Children  born  at  Janesville,  Wis.: 

1.  Earl  Sherman"  Metcalf,  b.  July  24,  1889;  m.  at 
Janesville,  Wis.,  June  20,  1916,  Edith  Louise 
Soverhill,  daughter  of  Sanford  and  Anna  Gertrude 
(Porter)  Soverhill,  b.  at  Janesville,  June  16,  1889. 
No  issue. 

2.  Charles  Winthrop^-"  Metcalf,  b.  Oct.  24,  1892. 
Unm. 

3.  George  Stanley^=  Metcalf,  b.  Oct.  15,  1893.    Unm. 

4.  Morgan  Sherman"  Metcalf,  b.  Nov.  15,  1900. 
Unm. 


Sherman  Genealogy  339 

85.  ANDREW  TAYLOR"  SHERMAN  (57.  Major  Charles," 
Capt.  John/\  Hon.  Roger,,^**  William,®  Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^ 
John,^  Henry, ^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at  Suf- 
field,  Conn.,  Sept.  1,  1821.  m.  (1)  at  North  Prairie,  Wis., 
July  4,  1843,  Sophia  Dodgeson,  daughter  of  Matthew  and 
Mary  (Mitchell)  Dodgeson,  b.  at  Leeds,  England,  Sept.  26, 
1820;  d.  at  Evanston,  111.,  Jan.  15,  1861.  m.  (2)  at  Evans- 
ton,  Jan.  1,  1862,  Julia  Florence  Aldrich,  daughter  of  Milton 
and  Eunice  (Buell)  Aldrich,  b.  at  Enfield,  New  Hampshire, 
Dec.  27,  1841.  He  d.  at  Rogers  Park,  Chicago,  111.,  Feb.  5, 
1901.    Children  by  first  wife: 

L  Jane  Elizabeth^*  Sherman,  b.  at  Genesee,  Wis.,  Dec. 
14,  1844.  m.  at  Evanston,  111.,  June  18,  1862,  Rev. 
James  William  Haney,  son  of  Richard  and  Adaline 
(Murphy)  Haney,  b.  at  Bloomington,  111.,  Jan.  24, 
1840;  d.  at  Galva,  111.,  Apr.  5,  1900.  B.A.  Northwest- 
ern University,  Evanston,  111.,  1862;  also  D.D.  She 
d.  at  Odell,  111.,  Apr.  23,  1916.    Children: 

1.  Nelly ^=  Haney,  b.  at  Spoon  River,  111.,  Mar.  27, 

1863.  m.  at  Canton,  111.,  June  18,  1887,  Rev.  Abra- 
ham Lincoln  Shute,  D.D.,  son  of  Lewis  Parkes  and 
Lucinda  (Foot)  Shute,  b.  at  Braman's  Corners, 
N.  Y.,  Feb.  15,  1865.  She  d.  at  Bismarck,  North 
Dakota,  Mar.  13,  1913.  Children:  (1)  Lewis 
Haneyi«  Shute,  b.  at  Madison,  N.  J.,  Oct.  14, 
1888;  d.  Oct.  18,  1888.  (2)  Vivian  Lizzie^' 
Shute,  b.  at  Kewanee,  111.,  June  11,  1890.  (3) 
Zelma  Luella^*^  Shute,  b.  at  Tampico,  111.,  Apr.  26, 
1892.  (4)  Harold  James^^  Shute,  b.  at  Elburn, 
111.,  Aug.  9,  1893;  d.  Dec.  15,  1893.  (5)  Olin 
Yates^«  Shute,  b.  at  La  Salle,  III,  Dec.  11,  1894. 
U.  S.  N.  (6)  Clarence  William^«  Shute,  b.  at 
Chicago,  III.,  July  30,  1903. 

2.  Adaline  Sophia^^  Haney,  b.  at  Lacon,  111.,  Aug.  25, 

1864.  m.  at  Canton,  111.,  June  18,  1887,  William 
Verne  Richards,  son  of  William  and  Anna 
(Fletcher)  Richards,  b.  near  London,  England, 
July  31,  1862.    Children  born  at  Moline,  111.:  (1) 


340  Sherman  Genealogy 

James  Verne^^  Richards,  b.  Aug.  30,  1889.  (2) 
Anna  Irene^°  Richards,  b.  Mar.  28,  1891.  (3) 
Margaret  Leslie^''  Richards,  b.  Mar.  1,  1901. 

3.  Rev.  Richard  Sherman^^  Haney,  b.  at  Pekin,  111., 
Apr.  20,  1873.  m.  near  Coal  Valley,  111.,  July  30, 
1896,  Margaret  Hanna,  daughter  of  James  and 
Mary  (McWhinney)  Hanna,  b.  at  Rural,  111.,  Apr. 
7,  1872.  Children:  (1)  Elizabeth  Mary^"  Haney, 
b.  at  Dawson,  111.,  Nov.  3,  1898.  (2)  James  Rob- 
ert^ °  Haney,  b.  at  Rochester,  111.,  June  5,  1903. 

4.  Mary  Leslie^^  Haney,  b.  at  Abingdon,  111.,  Jan.  5, 
1875 ;  m.  by  Rev.  Richard  Sherman  Haney  at  Mo- 
line,  111.,  Apr.  18,  1905,  Rev.  Alvin  Ellsworth 
loder,  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Ann  (Zierlein) 
loder,  b.  at  Tiskilwa,  III,  May  13,  1869.     Child: 

(1)  Ellsworth  Haney^*'  loder,  b.  at  Orion,  111., 
Aug.  19,  1909. 

II.  Adeline  Jennet^*  Sherman,  b.  at  Trenton,  Wis.,  Sept. 
23,  1848.  m.  at  Waupon,  Wis.,  Jan.  29,  1868,  Reuben 
Palmer,  son  of  John  and  Angeline  (Lockwood)  Pal- 
mer, b.  at  Westerlo,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  5,  1842.     Children: 

1.  Rev,  Edwin  Andrew^^  Palmer,  b.  at  Sparks,  Wis., 
Sept.  28,  1871 ;  m.  at  Metamora,  111.,  Feb.  4,  1902, 
Nelle  Briggs,  daughter  of  Francis  Fletcher  and 
Elizabeth  (Compton)  Briggs,  b.  at  Metamora, 
June  8,  1876.  Children:  (1)  Graham  Briggs^" 
Palmer,  b.  at  Tarpon  Springs,  Fla.,  Dec.  17,  1904. 

(2)  Donald  Sherman"  Palmer,  b.  at  Zumbrota, 
Minn.,  Mar.  3,  1907. 

2.  Milton  Sherman^"'  Palmer,  b.  at  Brookings,  South 
Dakota,  Jan.  27,  1882.    Unm. 

III.  Charles  Edwin^*  Sherman,  b.  at  Waukesha,  Wis.,  Feb. 
16,  1854.  m.  at  Wilmette,  111.,  Feb.  20,  1878.  Annie 
Eugenia  Johnson,  daughter  of  Snow  and  Gertrude 
(Johnston)  Johnson,  b.  at  Chicago,  111.,  Sept.  6,  1853. 
He  d.  at  White,  South  Dakota,  Jan.  4,  1914.    No  issue. 

IV.  Nellie^*  Sherman,  b.  at  Evanston,  May  29,  1858;  d. 
there  Aug.  14,  1858. 


Sherman  Genealogy  341 

Children  by  second  wife: 

V.  John  Beveridge^*  Sherman,  b.  at  Evanston,  Mar.  23, 
1863;  m.  (1)  at  Waterman,  111.,  Clara  Greenwood! 
daughter  of  George  and  Adelaide  (Hull)  Greenwood, 
b.  at  Waterman,  111.,  Nov.  13,  1867.  Divorced  1896.' 
She  d.  at  Chicago,  Dec.  19,  1917.  m.  (2)  at  Sanfordi 
Florida,  Aug.  4,  1897,  Bessie  Evangeline  Scott,  daugh- 
ter  of  Ezra  Stiles  and  Elizabeth  (Nicholls)  Scott,  b. 
at  Little  Rock,  Ark.,  Dec.  18,  1869.  He  d.  at  Lemon 
City,  Florida,  May  5,  1908. 
Children  by  first  wife : 

1.  Arthur  Greenwood ^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Winona, 
Minn.,  June  30,  1886;  m.  at  Miami,  Fla.,  Dec.  8,' 
1914,  Ethel  Wynne  Weatherly,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Henry  and  Annie  Virginia  (Wynne) 
Weatherly,  b.  at  Orlando,  Fla.,  July  2,  1887. 
Child:  (1)  Ethel  Wynne^*^  Sherman,  b.  at  Jackson- 
ville,  Fla.,  Sept.  16,  1915.  A  child  of  hers  by  a 
former  marriage,  now  named  Hal  O'Brien  Sher- 
man, was  born  at  Miami,  Apr.  29,  1907. 

2.  EtheP^  Sherman,  b.  at  Winona,  Minn.,  Feb.  2, 
1889;  m.  at  Lombard,  111.,  Dec.  16,  1911,  Samuel 
Billett  Brodhead,  son  of  Arthur  and  Lucy  (Bil- 
lett)  Brodhead,  b.  at  Chicago,  111.,  June  26,  1890. 
Children:  (1)  Alice  Ethel^°  Brodhead,  b.  at  Chi- 
cago, Sept.  18,  1913.  (2)  Thomas  Arthur^^  Brod- 
head, b.  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  Mar.  21,  1918.  Chil- 
dren by  second  wife: 

3.  John  Scott^^  Sherman,  b.  at  High  Springs,  Fla., 
July  3,  1898;  d.  there  May  23,  1899. 

4.  John  Scott"  Sherman,  b.  at  Lemon  City,  Fla., 
Sept.  25,  1899. 

VI.  Milton  Andrew"  Sherman,  b.  at  Chicago,  July  13, 
1868.  m.  at  Rogers  Park,  111.,  Mar.  16,  1892,  Ida 
Estelle  Goodrich,  daughter  of  Frank  Morton  and 
Sarah  Elizabeth  (Ferguson)  Goodrich,  b.  at  Chicago, 
Apr.  1,  1871.    Children: 

1.    Jessie^  =    Sherman,   b.   at  Wilmette,   111.,   Oct.   20, 


342  Sherman  Genealogy 

1893;  m.  at  Rogers  Park,  Chicago,  111.,  Nov.  20, 
1915,  James  Russell  Penhalligon,  son  of  Alfred 
and  Henrietta  (Harris)  Penhalligon,  b.  at  Mineral 
Point,  Wis.,  July  13,  1893.     No  issue. 

2.  Frank  Mihon^'^  Sherman,  b.  at  Wilmette,  Sept.  21, 
1895.  Unm.  Corporal  U.  S.  A.  Company  G,  323rd 
Field  Signal  Battery. 

3.  Roger  Andrew^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Wilmette,  June  25, 
1897.    Unm. 

VH.  Hallybird^*  Sherman,  b.  at  Chicago,  June  15,  1870;  d. 
the  same  day. 
VIII.  Henry  Aldrich^*   Sherman,  b.  at  Wilmette,  Aug.   1, 
1880;  d.  there  Feb.  16,  1882. 

86.  JOHN  TAYLOR^^  SHERMAN  (57.  Major  Charles,^^ 
Capt.  John,"  Hon.  Roger,^°  William,^  Joseph,®  Capt.  John,' 
John,°  Henry ,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at 
Suffield,  Conn.,  Nov.  10,  1831.  m.  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  May 
10,  1859,  Julia  Champion  Deming,  daughter  of  PVederick  and 
Mary  (Gleason)  Deming,  b.  at  Brooklyn,  Mar.  7,  1836;  d. 
there  Aug.  8,  1888.  He  d.  there  Mar.  10,  1906.  He  was  a 
dry  goods  merchant  in  New^  York  City,  of  the  firm  of  Watt, 
Dunning  &  Graham.  The  business  after  his  death  was  com- 
tinued  by  the  corporation  of  Sherman  &  Sons  Company,  Inc. 
His  will  dated  Nov.  18,  1892,  was  proved  in  Kings  County, 
Mar.  24,  1906. 

Children  born  at  Brooklyn: 
I.  Louise  Deming^*  Sherman,  b.  May  24,  1860;  d.  May 
26,  1862. 
II.  Charles  Austin"  Sherman,  b.  June  24,  1862;  m.  at 
New  York  City,  Nov.  24,  1897,  Leila  Morse  Willis, 
daughter  of  Charles  Ellmaker  and  Sarah  Townsend 
(Minor)  Willis,  b.  at  Oyster  Bay,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  25, 
1876.  He  is  President  of  Sherman  &  Sons  Company, 
Inc.     Children  born  at  Brooklyn : 

1.  Charles  Austin"  Sherman,  Jr.,  b.  Sept.  29,  1898, 
Unm. 

2.  Leila  Willis"  Sherman,  b.  Dec.  5,  1903. 


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III.  Alice"  Sherman,  b.  Apr.  28,  1864;  m.  at  Brooklyn 
Oct.  21,  1890,  Charles  Adams,  son  of  Joseph  Hinman 
and  Emelme  Ann  (McKee)  Adams,  b.  at  Terryville 
Conn.,  May  7,  1864.  B.A.  Yale,  1887.  She  d  at 
Brooklyn,  Sept.  22,  1901.     No  issue. 

IV.  Henry  Deming^*  Sherman,  b.  Jan.  7,  1866;  d.  Sept.  28, 
1866. 

V.  Gertrude  Mary^*  Sherman,  b.  May  5,  1867;  m  at 
Great  Neck,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  17,  1896,  Alexander  Buel 
Trowbridge,  son  of  Major  General  Luther  Stephen 
and  Julia  Maria  (Buel)  Trowbridge,  b.  at  Detroit 
Mich.,  Sept.  3,  1868.  B.S.  in  Architecture,  Cornell,' 
1890.  Studied  also  at  ficole  des  Beaux  Arts,  Paris' 
Dean  and  Director  of  the  School  of  Architecture  at 
Cornell,  1897-1902.  Architect,  New  York  City.  Chil- 
dren : 

1.  Sherman  1^   Trowbridge,   b.    at   Detroit,    May  23 
1897.  ^       ' 

2.  Alexander  BueP=  Trowbridge,  Jr.    (twin),  b.  at 
Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  19,  1899. 

3.  Alice^^  Trowbridge  (twin),  b.  at  Ithaca,  Dec    19 
1899. 

4.  Stephen  Van  Rensselaer^^  Trowbridge,  b.  at  Sands 
Point,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  15,  1907;  d.  Apr.  28,  1914. 

VI.  Helen  Deming^^  Sherman,  b.  Oct.  21,  1869;  m.  at 
Brooklyn,  Feb.  2,  1897,  George  Dupont  Pratt,  son  of 
Charles  and  Mary  Helen  (Richardson)  Pratt,  b.  at 
Brooklyn,  Aug.  16,  1869.  B.A.  Amherst,  1893.  New 
York  State  Conservation  Commissioner.  Trustee  and 
Treasurer  of  Pratt  Institute,  Brooklyn.    Children : 

1.  George  Dupont^^  Pratt,  Jr.,  b.  at  Brooklyn,  May 
1,  1898.  ^ 

2.  Sherman^^  Pratt,  b.  at  Brooklyn,  Mar.  22,  1900. 

3.  Eliot  Demingis  Pratt,  b.  at  Glen  Cove,  N.  Y.  Aue 
25.  1903. 

4.  Constance^^  Pratt,  b.  at    Glen  Cove,  June  2,  1906- 
d.  Aug.  4,  1906. 

5.  Dorothy  Deming^^  Pratt,  b.  at  Brooklyn,  Nov    1 
1909. 


344  Sherman  Genealogy 

VII.  Frederick  Demingi*  Sherman,  b.  Feb.  23,  1872.  B.S. 
Yale,  1895.  m.  at  Brooklyn,  Jan.  30,  1900,  Leslie 
Whitman,  daughter  of  Isaac  Allen  and  Cecilia  Augusta 
(Robinson)  Whitman,  b.  at  Brooklyn,  May  2,  1868. 
•  He  d.  at  Brooklyn,  Apr.  30,  1914.  He  was  Vice- 
President  and  Treasurer  of  Sherman  &  Sons  Com- 
pany, Inc.     Children: 

1.  Elizabeth   Whitman^^    Sherman,   b.    at   Brooklyn, 
Apr.  10,  1901. 

2.  John  Taylor^'^  Sherman,  b.  at  Brooklyn,  May  27, 
1903. 

3.  Frederick  Deming^^  Sherman,  Jr.,  b.  at  Short  Hills, 
N.  J.,  May  9,  1906. 

VIII.  Jessie  Taylor^*  Sherman,  b.  Jan.  5,  1882.  m.  at  Glen 
Cove,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  7,  1914,  James  Dominick  Hackett, 
son  of  Dr.  John  Byrne  and  Bridget  (Doheny)  Hack- 
ett, b.  at  Kilkenny,  Ireland,  Apr.  14,  1877.    Children: 

1.  John  Sherman^^  Hackett,  b.  at  New  York  City, 
Aug.  17,  1915.  .  . 

2.  James  Dominick"  Hackett,  Jr.,  b.  Oct.  16,  1916. 

87.  ELIZABETH  WOOSTER^-^  BALDWIN  (61.  Hon.  Roger 
Sherman^ ^  Baldwin,  Rebecca^ ^  (Sherman)  Baldwin,  Hon. 
Roger^"  Sherman,  William,^  Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^  John,' 
Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,-  Thomas^),  b.  at  New 
.Haven,  Aug.  8,  1824.  m.  at  New  Haven,  Aug.  28,  1856,  Pro- 
fessor William  Dwight  Whitney,  son  of  Josiah  Dwight  and 
~ Sarah  (Williston)  Whitney,  b.  at  Northampton,  Mass.,  Feb. 
9,  1827.  B.A.  Williams,  1845.  M.A.  Yale,  1867,  and  Wil- 
liams ;  M.A.  and  Ph.D.  Breslau,  1861.  LL.D.  Williams,  1868, 
and  William  and  Mary  1869,  and  Harvard  1876,  and  Edin- 
borough  1889;  J.U.D.  St.  Andrews,  1874;  L.H.D.  Colum- 
bia, 1887.  Professor  at  Yale  of  Sanskrit  Language  and 
Literature,  1854-1870,  and  of  Sanskrit  Language  and  Litera- 
ture and  Comparative  Philology,  1870,  until  his  death  in 
1894.  Member  National  Academy  of  Science,  Royal  Asiatic 
Society  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  Asiatic  Society  of  Ben- 
gal, Asiatic  Society  of  Japan,  Royal  Irish  Academy,  Philo- 


HON.  LEWIS  H.  BOUTELL 

Author  of  Life  of  Roger  Sherman 

1826-1899 


HON.  HENRY  SHERMAN  BOUTELL 


Sherman  Genealogy  345 

logical  Society  (London),  and  of  other  learned  societies  of 
Germany,  Russia,  Italy  and  France,  Knight  of  the  Prussian 
Order  Pour  le  Merite,  filling  vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of 
Thomas  Carlisle,  and  President  of  the  American  Oriental  So- 
ciety. Author  of  many  literary  works  including  text  books. 
Editor-in-chief  of  The  Century  Dictionary,  1889-1891. 
Aided  in  revision  of  Webster's  Dictionary,  1864.  He  d.  at 
New  Haven,  June  7,  1894.  She  d.  there  Sept.  19,  1912. 
Children : 

137  I.  Edward  Baldwin^*  Whitney,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Aug. 

16,  1857. 
n.  Williston  Clap^*  Whitney,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Apr.  2, 

1859;d.  there  Mar.  11,  1861. 
HI.  Marian  Parker^*  Whitney,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Feb.  6, 

1861.    Unm. 
IV.  Roger  Sherman  Baldwin^*  Whitney,  b.  at  New  Haven, 

Jan.  6,  1863 ;  d.  there  Jan.  17,  1874. 
V.  Emily  Henrietta^*  Whitney,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Aug. 

29,  1864.    Unm. 
VI.  Margaret  Dwight^*  Whitney,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Nov. 

19,  1866.    Unm. 

88.  HENRIETTA  PERKINS"  BALDWIN  (61.  Hon.  Roger 
S.^^  Baldwin,  Rebecca^^  (Sherman)  Baldwin,  Hon.  Roger^° 
Sherman,  William,^  Joseph,*  Capt.  John,^  John,®  Henry," 
Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas*),  b.  at  New  Haven,  Conn., 
Apr.  2,  1830.  m.  at  New  Haven,  Aug.  20,  1850,  Hon.  Dwight 
Foster,  son  of  Hon.  Alfred  Dwight  Foster,  B.A.  Harvard, 
1819  ,and  Lydia  (Stiles)  Foster,  b.  at  Worcester,  Mass.,  Dec. 
13,  1828.  B.A.  Yale,  1848,  M.A.;  LL.D.,  1871.  Lawyer. 
Attorney  General  of  Massachusetts,  Aug.,  1861-1864.  Jus- 
tice Supreme  Judicial  Court  of  Massachusetts,  Aug.  31,  1866- 
1869.  The  fourth  Judge  Foster  on  the  Bench  of  Massa- 
chusetts in  direct  lineal  succession.  He  d.  at  Boston,  Apr.  18, 
1884.    She  d.  there  Jan.  15,  1910.    Children: 

138  I.  Alfred  Dwight**  Foster,  b.  at  Worcester,  Mass.,  Apr. 

27,  1852. 


346  Sherman  Genealogy 

139  II.  Emily   Baldwin^*   Foster,  b.   at   Worcester,   Feb.    17, 

1854.    m.  James  Kingsley  Thacher. 

III.  Roger  Sherman  Baldwin^*  Foster  (now  Roger  Fos- 
ter), b.  at  Boston,  Apr.  21,  1857.  B.A.  Yale,  1878. 
M.A.,  1883.  LL.B.  Columbia,  1880.  Lecturer  at  Yale 
on  Federal  Jurisprudence,  1888.  Lawyer,  New  York 
City.    Author  of  treatises  on  legal  subjects,    Unm. 

IV.  Mary  Rebecca^*  Foster,  b.  at  Boston,  May  6,  1859.  m. 
at  Jamaica  Plain,  Mass.,  Sept.  14,  1886,  Rev.  Bradley 
Oilman,  son  of  Thomas  Randall  and  Ruth  Mathews 
(Wentworth)  Oilman,  b.  at  Boston,  Jan.  22,  1857. 
B.A.  Harvard,  1880.  S.T.B.,  1884.  Ordained  a  Uni- 
tarian Minister.    Child : 

1.    Dorothy  Foster^^  Oilman,  b.  at  Concord,  N.  H., 
Feb.  3,  1891.    Authoress  of  "The  Bloom  of  Youth." 

140  V.  Burnside'*  Foster,  b.  at  Boston,  May  7,  1861. 

141  VI.  Reginald^*  Foster,  b.  at  Boston,  Jan.  2,  1863. 

VII.  Henrietta   Baldwin^*   Foster,   b.   at   Newport,   R.   I., 
Aug.  8,  1865 ;  d.  at  Boston,  Jan.  10,  1867. 
VIII.  Elizabeth  Skinner^*  Foster,  b.  at  Boston,  Jan.  10,  1868. 
Unm. 

89.  HON.  SIMEON  EBEN^^  BALDWIN  (61.  Hon.  Roger 
Sherman^^  Baldwin,  Rebecca^^  (Sherman)  Baldwin,  Hon. 
Roger^"  Sherman,  William,^  Joseph,*  Capt.  John,'^  John,' 
Henry, ^  Henry, ^  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at  New 
Haven,  Conn.,  Feb.  5,  1840.  B.A.  Yale,  1861.  M.A.,  1864. 
LL.D.  Harvard,  1891,  Wesleyan  1911,  Columbia  1912,  Yale 
1916.  Lawyer.  Professor  of  Law  at  Yale,  1872-1919.  As- 
sociate Justice  Supreme  Court  of  Errors  of  Connecticut, 
1893-1907.  Chief  Justice,  1907- Feb.  5,  1910;  Oovernor  of 
Connecticut,  1911-1915.  Member  of  Commission  to  revise 
the  general  Statutes  of  Connecticut,  1873 ;  of  Commission  for 
Simplifying  Legal  Procedure,  1879;  of  Commission  to  pre- 
pare better  system  of  taxation  and  drew  its  report,  1885. 
Chairman  of  Commission  to  revise  state  taxation  system. 
President  of  American  Bar  Association,  1890;  of  American 
Social   Science   Association,    1897;   of   New   Haven   Colony 


Sherman  Genealogy  347 

Historical  Society,  1884-1896;  of  International  Law  Asso- 
aatK,n,  1899-1901 ;  of  American  Historical  Association  r905  • 
of  Association  of  American  Law  Schools;  of  Connecticut' 
Soaety  of  the  Archaeological  Institute  of  America;  of  Con- 
necticut Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  1905-1915  ;  of  Ameri- 
can Political  Science  Association,  1910;  of  American  Society 
for  Judicial  Settlement  of  International  Disputes  1911-1912 
Also  member  of  several  other  legal  societies.  Author  of  le-al 
and  political  works.     Delivered  address  on  Roger  Shermln 

mm '""urr"^  ''''^'''^°"  °^  ^^^  ^'1^°^^'  Conn.,  1907     In 
1919  published  "Life  and  Letters  of  Simeon  Baldwin,''  his 
grandfather,    m.  at  Boston,  Oct.  19,  1865,  Susan  Winchester 
daughter  of  Edmund  and  Harriet   (Mears)   Winchester    b' 
at  Boston,  Jan.  29,  1840. 

Children  born  at  New  Haven  : 
I.  Florence  Winchester-  Baldwin,  b.  Jan.  10,  1868-  d 
at  Plymouth,  Conn.,  Sept.  16,  1872 
H.  Roger   Sherman"  Baldwin,  b.  Jan.    17,   1869      B  A 
Yale,  1890;  LL.B.,  1893;  M.L.,  1894.     Lawyer     Ad- 
mitted to  the  Connecticut  Bar,  1893.  m.  at  West  Palm 
Beach,   Florida,   May  3,    1910,  Olive  Louise   Porter 
daughter  of  Thomas  Sexton  and  Ida  Eliza  (Griswold) 

TTT    r^T\^r'  ^^  •^^''''°"'  ^^^^^  Oct.  10,  1873.    No  issue. 

III.  Helen  Harriet-  Baldwin,  b.  Jan.  27,  1872.    m.  at  New 
Haven    Mar.  4,   1899,  Dr.  Warren  Randall  Oilman, 
B.A    Harvard,   1884.     M.D.,   1888;  son  of  Thomas 
Randall  and  Ruth  Matthews  (Wentworth)  Gilman   b 
at  Boston,  Dec.  14,  1861.    Children: 

1.  Charlotte  Wentworth^^  Gilman,  b.  at  Worcester 
Mass.,  Jan.  24,  1900. 

2.  Bradley  Baldwin^^  Gilman,  b.  at  Worcester   Mar 
31,  1904. 

90.  HENRY-  BALDWIN  (62.  Simeon,-  Elizabeth-  (Sher- 
man) Baldwin,  Hon.  Roger"  Sherman,  William,^  Joseph  <• 
Capt.  John,^  John,«  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,3  John'^ 
Thomas^)  b.  at  New  York  City,  Feb.  1,  1832.  m.  at  Phila- 
delphia,   Penn.,   Apr.    18,    1872,    Cornelia   Estelle    Hoskins 


348  Sherman  Genealogy 

daughter  of  Francis  and  Anne  Estelle  (Higginbotham)  Hos- 
kins,  b.  at  Philadelphia,  Penn.,  Nov.  3,  1847.  He  d.  at  San 
Diego,  Cal.,  Jan.  2,  1905.  She  d.  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  Oct. 
1,  1916.     Children: 

I.  Francis  Hoskins^*  Baldwin,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Conn., 
Sept.  14,  1874.  m.  at  Bethlehem,  Penn.,  June  8,  1899, 
Margaret  Sherry  Cortright,  daughter  of  Robert  But- 
ler and  Elizabeth  Hartman  (Stetler)  Cortright,  b.  at 
Pittston,  Penn.,  Feb.  2,  1875.  No  issue. 
II.  De  Forest^*  Baldwin,  b.  at  Philadelphia,  Penn.,  Apr. 
20,  1878.  B.A.  Yale,  1899;  d.  at  New  Haven,  Conn., 
Feb.  2,  1900.    Unm. 

III.  David  Higginbotham^*  Baldwin,  b.  at  Philadelphia, 
Feb.  22,  1882.  m.  Aug.,  1906,  Sarah  Patterson  D'You, 
b.  at  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.  Divorced  Sept.,  1916.  No 
issue. 

IV.  Simeon^*  Baldwin,  b.  at  Bethlehem,  Penn.,  Nov.  19, 
1883.  B.A.  Yale,  1908.  m.  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  Oct. 
28,  1911,  Helen  Douglas  Macleish,  daughter  of  Archi- 
bald Lyle  and  Grace  Helen  (Peffers)  Macleish,  b.  at 
Amoy,  China,  Jan.  22,  1885.  Children  born  at  Los 
Angeles : 

1.  Simeon^s  Baldwin,  Jr.,  b.  Oct.  23,  1912. 

2.  Virginia  Sherman^^  Baldwin,  b.  May  15,  1915. 

3.  De  Forest^^  Baldwin,  b.  Sept.  9,  1916. 

V.  Anne  Estelle  Hoskins^*  Baldwin,  b.  at  Atlantic  City, 
Aug.  16,  1888.  m.  Aug.  17,  1907,  Adolph  Jean  D'You, 
son  of  Adolphe  Jackson  and  Martha  Ann  (Gibson) 
D'You,  b.  Mar.  2,  1886.  Divorced  Mar.  31,  1917. 
Children  born  at  San  Diego,  Cal. : 

1.  Cornelia  Anne^=^  D'You,  b.  Mar.  16,  1912. 

2.  Baldwin  Jean^^  D'You,  b.  July  1,  1914. 

91.  SIMEON^^  BALDWIN  (62.  Simeon,^^  Elizabeth"  (Sher- 
man) Baldwin,  Hon.  Roger^°  Sherman,  William,"  Joseph,' 
Capt.  John,''  John,"  Henry,°  Henry,*  Thomas,'  John,* 
Thomas^),  b.  at  New  York  City  on  the  site  of  the  Woolworth 
Building,  May  13.  1836.     B.A.  College  of  the  City  of  New 


Sherman  Genealogy  349 

York,  1856.  Merchant  and  stock  broker,  New  York  City. 
Member  N.  Y.  Stock  Exchange  and  of  firm  of  Baldwin  & 
Weeks,  until  he  retired  from  business  in  1889.  m.  at  Wood- 
stock, New  Brunswick,  Sept.  17,  1860,  Mary  Sarah  Marvin, 
daughter  of  Charles  and  Margaret  Elizabeth  (Dominick) 
Marvin,  b.  at  Deer  Park,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  17,  1836.  He  d.  at 
New  York  City,  Feb.  11,  1918.    Children: 

I.  Annie  Marvin^*  Baldwin,  b.  at  Clinton,  Iowa,  July  8, 
1861 ;  d.  at  New  York,  May  8,  1863. 

142  II.  Henry  de  Forest^*  Baldwin,  b.  at  Clinton,  Iowa,  Nov. 

7,  1862. 
III.  Charles  Marvin^*  Baldwin,  b.  at  Brick  Church,  N.  J., 
Mar.  26,  1865.  B.A.  Williams,  1887.  Real  estate  busi- 
ness, m.  at  Brick  Church,  N.  J.,  Oct.  9,  1915,  Edythe 
Mary  Cater-Karr,  daughter  of  Aymar  and  Mary 
(Leaycraft)  Cater,  b.  at  Clifton,  Staten  Island,  N.  Y., 
Dec.  22,  1871. 

143  IV.  Blanche  Dominick^*  Baldwin,  b.  at  New  York  City, 

Apr.  12,  1869.     m.  Gilbert  Dimock  Lamb. 
V.  Lockwood  de  Forest^*  Baldwin,  b.  at  New  York,  Nov. 
18,  1871 ;  d.  at  New  York,  Jan.  23,  1873. 

144  VI.  Roger  Sherman"  Baldwin,  b.  at  New  York,  Nov.  26, 

1873. 

92.  HENRY  DYER^^  WHITE  (63.  Martha"  (Sherman) 
White,  Roger^^  Sherman,  Hon,  Roger,"  William,"  Joseph,* 
Capt.  John,^  John,®  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,' 
Thomas^,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  Sept.  24,  1830.  B.A. 
Yale,  1851,  M.A.  Admitted  to  Connecticut  Bar  1854.  Law- 
yer, with  large  practice  in  real  estate  and  trust  estate  law,  at 
New  Haven.  Member  of  firm  of  White  Brothers.  Trustee 
of  New  Haven  Savings  Bank  and  its  Attorney  for  fifty 
years.  Director  of  New  Haven  County  Bank.  m.  at  Phila- 
delphia, June  4,  1863,  Julia  Flewelling  White,  daughter  of 
John  Parker  and  Elizabeth  Canfield  (Tallmadge)  White,  b. 
at  Philadelphia,  Aug.  14,  1839;  d.  at  New  Haven,  Aug.  16, 
1875.  He  d.  at  New  Haven,  May  4,  1905.  Children  born  at 
New  Haven: 


350  Sherman  Genealogy 

I.  Elizabeth  Tallmadge"  White,  b.  May  10,  1864.    Unm. 
II.  Martha  Sherman^*   White,  b.   Nov.   18,   1865;  d.  at 
Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Sept.  22,  1891. 

93.  CHARLES  ATWOOD^^  WHITE  (63.  Martha^^  (Sher- 
man) White,  Roger^^  Sherman,  Hon  Roger, ^°  William,®  Jos- 
eph,* Capt.  John,''  John,^  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^ 
Thomas^),  b.  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  Nov.  11,  1833.  B.A. 
Yale,  1854,  M.A.  Rowed  on  Yale  crew  in  first  race  against 
Harvard  at  Lake  Winnipiseogee,  Aug.  3,  1852.  In  mer- 
cantile business  in  New  York  City  for  several  years.  Re- 
turned to  New  Haven  in  1869.  Admitted  to  Bar  of  Connecti- 
cut, Oct.  19,  1877.  Member  of  firm  of  White  Brothers,  Real 
Estate  Lawyers  in  New  Haven.  Member  of  New  Haven 
Common  Council,  1876.  Auditor  for  stockholders  of  New 
York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad  Company  for  fifteen 
years.  A  genealogist  of  note.  Author  of  articles  in  New 
England  Historical  and  Genealogical  Register  on  the  early 
English  Shermans  and  the  ancestry  of  Rev.  John  Sherman 
and  Captain  John''  Sherman  and  the  White  family.  Chair- 
man of  Trustees  of  Center  Church  Old  Ladies'  Home.  m. 
at  New  York  City,  Oct.  15,  1861,  Frances  Spencer  Eaton, 
daughter  of  Major  General  Amos  Beebe  Eaton,  U.  S.  Mili- 
tary Academy,  1821 ;  Commissary  General  United  States 
Army  and  Elizabeth  (Selden)  Eaton,  b.  at  Fort  Gratiot, 
Mich.,  July  18,  1836;  d.  at  New  Haven,  Aug.  14,  1911.  He 
d.  there  June  18,  1909.    Children: 

I.  Frances  Eaton"  White,  b.  at  Astoria,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  16, 
1862;  m.  at  New  Haven,  Dec.  11,  1889,  Robert  Grat- 
tan  Gamble,  son  of  Robert  Howard  and  Martha 
(Chaires)  Gamble,  b.  at  Tallahassee,  Florida,  Sept.  1, 
1862.  M.D.  University  of  Maryland,  1884.  Practic- 
ing physician.  On  stafif  of  Bryn  Mawr  Hospital. 
Children : 

1.  Frances  White^^  Gamble,  b.  at  Tallahassee,  Nov. 
10,  1890;  m.  at  Bryn  Mawr,  Penn.,  Apr.  26,  1919, 
David  Lewis  Daggett,  son  of  David  and  Annie  Wil- 
cox (At water)  Daggett,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Conn., 


Sherman  Genealogy  '  351 

Apr.  9,  1888.  B.A.  Yale,  1910.  LL.B.,  1913. 
Admitted  to  Bar  of  Conn.,  1913.  Lawyer  in  New 
Haven.  Firm  of  Bristol  &  White.  Ensign,  U.  S.  N. 
Robert  Howard^ ^  Gamble,  b.  at  Narberth,  Penn., 
Jan.  17,  1893;  B.  A.  Yale,  1915.  2nd  Lieut.  Co.  A, 
Uth  U.  S.  Infantry  (Regulars).  Went  to  France 
in  Apr.,  1918.  This  regiment  was  part  of  the  Third 
Corps  of  the  first  U.  S.  Army  in  France.  He  was 
killed  in  action  Sept.  12,  1918,  at  the  battle  of  St. 
Mihiel  salient,  in  front  of  his  men,  leading  them 
against  a  machine  gun  battery.  A  fellow  officer 
w^rote :  "Bob  had  charged  with  his  platoon,  not  fol- 
lowing, but  leading  them — just  the  kind  of  action 
every  one  admires  in  an  officer.  I  saw  it  myself 
and  heard  his  men  speak  of  it  afterwards.  It  was 
in  an  attack  on  a  boche  machine-gun  nest  that  he 
fell,  fighting  for  his  God  and  country,  a  true  sol- 
dier to  the  last.  He  was  the  most  popular  officer 
in  his  regiment.  He  was  buried  in  the  Soldiers' 
Cemetery,  near  Bois  St.  Claude,  a  short  distance 
southeast  of  the  village  of  Vieville-en-Haye."  An- 
other officer  of  his  regiment  wrote,  "I  saw  numer- 
ous evidences  of  Yankee  pluck  and  valor — one  in 
particular  which  I  never  shall  forget — Lieutenant 
Robert  Gamble  of  our  A  Company  (who  lives  on 
the  Main  Line).  Well,  he  died  with  his  boots  on, 
clutching  his  automatic  revolver  as  he  fell  dead. 
He  took  a  machine  gun  nest — and  just  beyond  him 
were  two  of  the  crew  of  the  machine  gun  that  got 
him  across  the  chest."  On  Sept.  15,  1918,  after 
the  drive  in  which  Lieut.  Gamble  was  killed.  Gen. 
Pershing  congratulated  the  officers  and  men  of  the 
Third  Corps,  saying:  "The  courageous  dash  and 
vigor  of  our  troops  have  thrilled  our  countrymen 
and  evoked  the  enthusiasm  of  our  allies."  Col. 
John  B.  Bennet,  who  commanded  the  11th  In- 
fantry, in  an  account  of  the  battle  in  which  Lieut. 
Gamble  was  killed,  dated  at  Headquarters  at 
Havre,  France,  Feb.  7,  1919,  after  stating  that  he 


352  Sherman  Genealogy 

was  killed  on  the  morning  of  Sept.  12,  1918,  says ; 
"I  have  written  the  above  in  belief  that  details, 
such  as  they  are,  may  be  of  some  comfort  to  Lieut. 
Gamble's  parents,  who  may  well  be  proud  of  a  son 
who  gave  his  life  on  the  field  of  battle,  in  the 
greatest  struggle  of  history  and  in  the  first  opera- 
tion of  the  American  Army  that  was  soon  to  free 
the  world  from  the  German  menace.  Lieut.  Gam- 
ble was  a  brave,  courageous  and  efficient  officer. 
He  was  an  honor  to  his  regiment.  By  his  death 
the  regiment  suffered  a  loss  of  one  of  its  most 
promising  lieutenants."  He  was  buried  near  Vie- 
ville. 

3.  Eleanor    Standish^'^   Gamble,    b.    at   Bryn   Mawr, 
Penn.,  Jan.  8,  1895.    Unm. 

4.  Charles  White^^  Gamble,  b.  at  Bryn  Mawr,  Nov. 
3,  1897;  Yale,  1920.    2nd  Lieut.  U.  S.  A.  Art'y. 

n.  Eleanor  Selden^*  White,  b.  at  Astoria,  Oct.  11,  1864; 

d.  there  Mar.  9,  1865. 
IIL  Mabel  Wellington"  White,  b.  at  Astoria,  June  13,  1866. 
m.  at  New  Haven,  July  6,  1893,  Henry  Lewis  Stim- 
son,  son  of  Lewis  Atterbury  and  Candace  (Wheeler) 
Stimson,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Sept.  21,  1867.  B.A. 
Yale,  1888.  M.A.  Harvard,  1889.  At  Harvard  Law 
School,  1889-1890.  Admitted  to  Bar  of  New  York, 
1891.  Lawyer.  United  States  Attorney  for  the 
Southern  District  of  New  York,  1906-1909.  Secre- 
tary of  War  of  the  United  States,  Mar.,  1911-Mar., 
1913.  Trustee  of  Phillips  Andover  Academy,  Mem- 
ber of  New  York  law  firms  of  Root  &  Clarke,  1893. 
Root,  Howard,  Winthrop  &  Stimson,  1897.  Win- 
throp  &  Stimson  since  1901.  Delegate  at  Large  New 
York  Constitutional  Convention,  1915.  Col.  305th 
Field  Art'y,  U.  S.  A.  Served  in  France.  No  issue. 
V.  Elizabeth  Selden"  White,  b.  at  Astoria,  July  23,  1868. 
m.  at  New  Haven,  Nov.  27,  1895,  Dr.  John  Rogers, 
son  of  John  and  Harriet  Moore  (Francis)  Rogers,  b. 
at  New  York  City,  Feb.  19,  1866.     B.A.  Yale,  1887. 


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Ph.B.,  1888.  M.D.  Columbia,  1891.  New  York  Hos- 
pital, 1893.  Fellow  of  American  College  of  Surgeons, 
1914.  Visiting  Surgeon :  Gouverneur  Hospital,  1896- 
1906;  St.  Francis  Hospital  since  1899;  Bellevue  Hos- 
pital since  1906.    Children  born  at  New  York: 

1.  John"  Rogers,  Jr.,  b.  Jan.  6,  1899.    Yale  S.  1920. 

2.  Charles  White^^  Rogers,  b.  Nov.  22,  1900;  d.  Apr. 
26,  1903. 

3.  Elizabeth  Selden"  Rogers,  b.  Jan.  19,  1907. 

V.  Susan  Sherman^*  White,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Jan.  13, 
1870.  m.  at  New  Haven,  Nov.  3,  1898,  William  Henry 
Leonard  Edwards,  son  of  Walter  and  Camilla  (Leon- 
ard) Edwards,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Oct.  14,  1870. 
Member  of  Class  of  1893,  Williams  College.  Did  not 
graduate  because  of  illness.  LL.B.  N.  Y.  Law  School, 
1897.  Admitted  to  Bar  of  New  York,  1898.  Law- 
yer. Asst.  District  Attorney,  New  York  County,  May, 
1910-Dec.  31,  1915.  Member  of  New  York  City  law 
firm  of  Edwards,  Murphy  &  Minton.    Children: 

1.  Jonathan  Walter^'^  Edwards,  b.  at  Mt.  Kisco,  N.  Y., 
May  8,  1900.    Yale  Class  of  1922. 

2.  Camilla  Leonard^  °  Edwards,  b.  at  New  York  City, 
May  27,  1905. 

3.  Henry  White"  Edwards,  b.  at  Wainscott,  N.  Y., 
Aug.  5,  1906;  d.  Dec.  14,  1908. 

VL  Henry  White^*  White,  b.  at  New  Haven,  July   18, 
1873;  d.  there  Apr.  11,  1879. 

94.  WILLARD  WETMORE^^  WHITE  (63.  Martha^-  (Sher- 
man) White,  Roger^^  Sherman,  Hon.  Roger,^°  William," 
Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^  John,"  Henry,°  Henry,*  Thomas,^ 
John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  Feb.  7,  1836.  In 
mercantile  business  in  New  York  and  later  manager  of  coal 
mines  in  Nova  Scotia,  m.  at  Stamford,  Conn.,  Feb.  28,  1876, 
Anna  Eliza  Adriance,  daughter  of  Edwin  and  Eliza  (O'Con- 
nor) Adriance,  of  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  b.  at  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
Jan.  23,  1842;  d.  at  New  Haven,  Oct.  21,  1911.  He  d.  at 
Westville,  Nova  Scotia,  Aug.  4,  1880    Child : 


354  Sherman  Genealogy 

I.  Roger  Sherman^*  White,  2nd,  b.  at  Westville,  Nova 
Scotia,  Dec.  11,  1876.  B.A.  Yale,  1899.  LL.B.,  1902. 
Lawyer  of  the  firm  of  White  Brothers,  New  Haven; 
m.  July  7,  1899,  Laura  Stoughton,  daughter  of  Charles 
Bradley  and  Ada  Ripley  (Hooper)  Stoughton,  b.  at 
Bellows  Falls,  Vt.,  July  11,  1872.     Children: 

1.  Willard  Stoughton^  =  White,  b.  Aug.  6,  1900. 

2.  Olivia  Ripley^ ^  White,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Aug.  10, 
1908. 

3.  Roger    Sherman^^    White,    2nd,    Jr.,    b.    at    New 
Haven,  Jan.  5,  1910. 

95.  THOMAS  HOWELL^^  WHITE  (63.  Martha^^  (Sherman) 
White,  Roger^^  Sherman,  Hon.  Roger,^°  William, °  Joseph,* 
Capt.  John,^  John,®  Henry,'^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^ 
Thomas^,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  Feb.  4,  1840.  B.A.  Yale, 
1860.  M.D.,  1862.  Practicing  physician  in  New  York  City 
for  many  years,  m.  at  New  York,  Apr.  26,  1871,  Elizabeth 
Ann  Van  Buren,  daughter  of  John  Dash  and  Elvira  Lynch 
(Aymar)  Van  Buren,  b.  at  New  York,  Apr.  15,  1841.  He  d. 
at  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  July  21,  1919.    Child: 

I.  Zenobia  Hill"  White,  b.  at  New  York,  June  21,  1874. 
Unm. 

96.  GEORGE  EDWARD^^  WHITE  (63.  Martha^^  (Sherman) 
White,  Roger^^  Sherman,  Hon.  Roger,^°  William,^  Joseph,' 
Capt.  John,^  John,"  Henry, ^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^ 
Thomas^),  b.  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  Mar.  17,  1845.  B.A. 
Yale,  1866;  M.A.,  1870.  In  mercantile  business  in  New 
York  City,  afterwards  with  the  Yale  Lock  Company,  later  the 
Yale  and  Towne  Manufacturing  Company  of  Stamford. 
Conn. ;  its  Treasurer,  Jan.,  1881-Oct.,  1898.  m.  at  New  York 
City,  Nov.  23,  1875,  Augusta  White,  daughter  of  John  Parker 
and  Elizabeth  Canfield  (Tallmadge)  White,  of  Philadelphia, 
b.  at  Philadelphia,  Dec.  9,  1851 ;  d.  at  New  York  City.  Mar. 
8,  1879.    He  d.  at  New  York,  Dec.  19.  1908.    Child: 

I.  Augusta  Julia^*  White,  b.  at  New  York,  Mar.  7,  1879. 
m.  at  New  York,  Dec.  11.  1905,  George  Joseph  Sied- 


Sherman  Genealogy  355 

ler,  son  of  Charles  and  Julia  (Franklin)  Siedler  b  at 
Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  Mar.  10,  1878.  B.S.  Princeton, 
1900.    Sales  Manager.    Children : 

1.  Cora  Elizabeth^^  Siedler,  b.  at  Bound  Brook  N    T 
Sept.  28,  1906.  ' 

2.  Franklin^s  Siedler,  b.  at  New  York  City    Tan    18 
1909.  ^    J     •       . 

97.  SUSAN  SHERMAN-  TAYLOR  (65.  Sophia-  (Sher- 
man) Taylor,  Roger^^  Sherman,  Hon.  Roger,^"  WilHam » 
Joseph,«  Capt.  John,^  John,«  Henry,=  Henry,^'  Thomas'^ 
John,^  Thomas^,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  Der  27  1838  m 
at  New  York,  Dec.  17,  1863,  Alexander  Proudfit  Irvin  a 
banker,  son  of  Richard  and  Mary  Proudfit  Irvin,  b  at  New 
York  City,  Nov.  25,  1834.  She  d.  there  Sept.  9,  1877.  He  d 
at  Morristown,  N.  J.,  Nov.  25,  1884. 

Children  born  at  New  York: 
I.  Robert  Lenox  Taylor^*  Irvin,  b.  Oct.  18,  1864;  d.  at 
Oceanside,  Cal.,  Mar.  26,  1902.    Unm. 
II.  Mary  Proudfit"  Irvin,  b.  Jan.  18,  1866;  m.  at  New 
York,  May  24,  1894,  Augustine  Coleman  Smith,  son 
of  Granville  Byam  and  Annie  (Dickinson)  Smith,  b 
at  New  York  City,  May  20,  1864.     B.A.  Princeton, 
1885;  M.  A.,  1888;  LL.B.  and  Ph.B.  Columbia,  1887. 
Lawyer.     She  d.  at  Glen  Rock,  N.  J.,  Sept.  6,  1916. 
Children : 

1.  Granville  Byam^^  Smith,  b.  at  New  York  City, 
Oct.  16,  1895.  In  class  of  1918  at  Mass.  Inst.' 
Tech.  Captain  U.  S.  A.  Coast  Art'y.  Served  in 
France. 

2.  Alexander  Irvin^^  Smith,  b.  at  Scarborough,  N.  Y., 
Sept.  18,  1897.    Corporal  U.  S.  A. 

3.  Margaret  Coleman^^  Smith,  b.  at  New  York  City 
Oct.  31,  1899. 

III.  John  James"  Irvin,  b.  Jan.  3,  1870;  d.  at  Colorado 
Springs,  Colo.,  Apr.  12,  1894.    Unm. 

IV.  Ethel"  Irvin,  b.  Feb.  13,  1874.    m.  at  Paris,  France, 
Nov.  12,  1901,  Harry  Anthony  Van  Bergen,  son  of 


356  Sherman  Genealogy 

Anthony  and  Julia  (Pierson)  Van  Bergen,  b.  at  Paris, 
France,  Apr.  15,  1871.    Children: 

1.  Suzanne  Ethel ^^  Van  Bergen,  b.  at  Paris,  France, 
July  28,  1902. 

2.  Anthony  Harry^^  Van  Bergen,  b.  at  Paris,  Sept.  11, 
1904. 

3.  Alice^^  Van  Bergen,  b.  at  Paris,  June  1,  1909. 

4.  Edith^'^    Van    Bergen,    b.    at    Attingham    Park, 
Shrewsbury,  England,  Nov.  15,  1913. 

98.  MARGARET^^  TAYLOR  (65.  Sophia^=^  (Sherman)  Taylor, 
Roger^^  Sherman,  Hon.  Roger,^°  William,"  Joseph,^  Capt. 
John,^  John,''  Henry,^  Henry,''  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^), 
b.  at  New  York  City,  Feb.  18,  1848.  m.  at  New  York,  Mar. 
26,  1873,  Alexander  Thompson  Van  Nest,  son  of  Abraham 
Rynier  and  Mary  (Thompson)  Van  Nest,  b.  at  New  York, 
Sept.  29,  1844.  In  class  of  1861,  Williams;  B.A.  Princeton, 
1864;  M.A.,  1867.  In  mercantile  business  in  New  York. 
Trustee  of  Rutgers  College,  1891-1896.  Director  of  Dela- 
ware, Lackawanna  &  Western;  Chicago,  Rock  Island  &  Pa- 
cific and  Norfolk  &  Southern  Railroads  and  of  Bowery  Sav- 
ings Bank,  Corn  Exchange  Bank  and  Farmers'  Loan  &  Trust 
Company.  He  d.  at  Langenschwalbach  in  Germany,  Aug.  10, 
1896.    She  d.  at  New  York,  Nov.  7,  1909.    Child : 

I.  Mary  Alice"  Van  Nest,  b.  at  New  York,  May  12, 
1878.  m.  at  New  York,  Jan.  22,  1901,  John  Stewart 
Walker  Barney,  son  of  Dr.  Charles  Gorman  and  Mary 
(Walker)  Barney,  b.  at  Richmond,  Va.,  Oct.  12,  1870. 
Architect  in  New  York  City.  Children  born  at  New 
York: 

1.  Mary  Alice  Priscilla^'^  Barney,  b.  Apr.  12,  1902. 

2.  John  Stewart  Walker  Van  Nest^^  Barney,  b.  Nov. 
14,  1904. 

99.  THOMAS  TOWNSEND^''  SHERMAN  (66.  Edward  S.," 
Roger,^^  Hon.  Roger,^"  William,"  Joseph.^  Capt.  John,''  John," 
Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at  39  Devon- 
shire Street,  Portland  Place,  London,  England,  July  28,  1853. 
B.A.   Yale,    1874;   LL.B.    Columbia,    1876.     Lawyer.     Ad- 


Sherman  Genealogy  357 

mitted  to  Bar  of  New  York,  Dec.  13,  1876.  In  offices  of 
Evarts,  Southmayd  &  Choate,  Feb.  11,  1875,  to  July  1,  1884, 
and  Evarts,  Choate  &  Beaman,  July  1,  1884,  to  Jan.  1,  1902, 
Member  of  firms  of  Evarts,  Tracy  &  Sherman,  Jan.  1,  1902, 
to  Jan.  1,  1908;  Evarts,  Choate  &  Sherman,  Jan.  1,  1908,  to 
May  1,  1919,  and  Evarts,  Choate,  Sherman  &  Leon  since 
May  1,  1919.  Trustee  of  New  York  Genealogical  and  Bio- 
graphical Society.  Member  of  Executive  Committee  of  New 
York  Historical  Society.  President  of  The  Apawamis 
Club,  1905-1907.  m.  at  Christ's  Church,  Rye,  N.  Y.,  Oct. 
19,  1887,  by  Rev.  Reese  F.  Alsop,  D.D.,  Anne  Loder 
Wiggin,  daughter  of  Augustus  and  Ann  Elizabeth  (Loder) 
Wiggin,  of  Rye,  N.  Y.,  b.  at  Rye,  Sept.  24,  1859.  A  de- 
scendent  of  Capt.  Thomas  Wiggin  of  Massachusetts  and  New 
Hampshire.  (Capt.  Thomas^  Wiggin,  Andrew,^  Bradstreet,' 
Joseph,^  Benjamin,^  Timothy,^  Augustus,^  Anne  Loder. ^) 
Also  a  descendant  of  Governors  Thomas  Dudley  and  Simon 
Bradstreet,  of  Massachusetts.     Child: 

L  Emily  Balch"  Sherman,  b.  at  Rye,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  3,  1891. 
Unm. 

100.  KATE  WENDELL^^  SHERMAN  (66.  Edward  S.," 
Roger,^^  Hon.  Roger,^°  William,^  Joseph,^  Capt.  John,''  John," 
Henry, ^'  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at  New  York 
City,  Aug.  19,  1854.  m.  at  Rye,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  6,  1892,  as  his 
second  wife,  Edward  Britton  Townsend,  her  first  cousin,  son 
of  William  Edward  Townsend.  B.A.  Harvard,  1839,  M.A. 
M.D.,  1844;  and  Ellen  Eliza  (Britton)  Townsend,  b.  at  Bos- 
ton, Mass.,  Nov.  20,  1848;  d.  at  Brookline,  Mass.,  Feb.  7, 
1910.    Children: 

L  Wendell^*  Townsend,  b.  at  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Mar.  24, 
1893.  B.A.  Harvard,  1916.  Student  Officer  U.  S. 
Naval  Reserve.  Aviation. 
II  Prescott^*  Townsend,  b.  at  Roxbury,  June  24,  1894. 
B.S.  (Hon.)  Harvard,  1919.  Ensign  U.  S.  Naval 
Reserve. 
III.  Katharine  Wendell"  Townsend,  b.  at  Brookline, 
Mass.,  Dec.  20,  1898.  Class  of  1920  Bryn  Mawr  Col- 
lege. 


358  Sherman  Genealogy 

IV.  Britton^*  Townsend,  b.  at  Brookline,  Mar.  21,  1904; 
d.  there  May  28,  1904. 

101.  REGINALD  PALGRAVE^=^  SHERMAN  (66.  Edward 
S.,^^  Roger,^^  Hon.  Roger,^°  William,®  Joseph,^  Capt. 
John,^  John,^  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^), 
b.  at  New  York  City,  June  30,  1860.  Founder,  owner,  editor 
and  publisher  of  "The  Rye  Courier."  m.  (1)  at  Rye,  N,  Y., 
June  13,  1892,  Kate  Gwynne,  daughter  of  John  Alexander 
and  Mary  Elizabeth  (Gulliver)  Gwynne,  b.  at  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.,  Sept.  12,  1860;  d.  at  Lakewood,  N.  J.,  Feb.  24,  1895. 
m.  (2)  at  New  York  City,  Mar.  3,  1906,  Elizabeth  Annie 
Warby,  daughter  of  James  and  Mary  Warby,  b.  at  London, 
England,  Jan.  1,  1865.  He  d.  at  Rye,  N.  Y.,  May  23,  1918. 
Child  by  first  wife : 

I.  Dorothea^*  Sherman,  b.  at  Rye,  Mar.  28,  1893.    Unm. 

102.  HERBERT  AUGUSTUS^^  SHERMAN  (66.  Edward  S.,^=' 
Roger,^^  Hon.  Roger,"  William,®  Joseph,*  Capt.  John,^  John,® 
Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at  New  York 
City,  Mar.  20,  1863.  Real  Estate  Broker  in  New  York  City, 
m.  at  New  York,  Nov.  22,  1887,  Anna  White,  daughter  of 
John  Eaton  and  Lucy  (Nichols)  White,  b.  at  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  June  7,  1866.  Lived  at  Rye,  N.  Y.,  and  New  York 
City.    He  d.  at  New  York  City,  Jan.  14,  1919.    Children : 

I.  Roger^*  Sherman,  b.  at  Rye,  Sept.  24,  1888.  B.A. 
Yale,  1910;  LL.B.  Harvard,  1913.  Admitted  to  Bar 
of  New  York,  May  19,  1913.  Lawyer  in  New  York 
City.  Unm.  2nd  Lt.  U.  S.  A.  Inf'y.  Served  in  France 
as  liaison  officer  and  in  military  government  of  Paris. 
1st  Lt.  Army  Service  Corps.  Claims  Officer  of  the 
District  of  Paris.  Attached  to  StaflF  of  Gouvernment 
Militaire  de  Paris.  Received  decoration  of  "Palmes 
Academiques"  from  "Ministre  d'lnstruction  et  des 
Beaux  Arts,"  1919. 
II.  Herbert  Augustus^*  Sherman,  Jr.,  b.  at  New  York  City, 
Mar.  4,  1890.  2nd  Lieut.  U.  S.  A.  m.  at  New  Lon- 
don,  Conn.,   Apr.   22,    1918,    Katharine   Winchester, 


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daughter  of  Edgar  Clinton  Winchester,  b.  at  Newark, 

N.  J.,  Sept.  19,  1894.    Child: 

1.    Winchester"  Sherman,  b.  at  Rye,  Jan.  5,  1920 

fsgf 'unm^''™"'  '•  "  ""'^  ^"'"^  ^"^'  ^°^-  ^• 
IV.  Rosamond..  Sherman,  b.  at  %e.  July  20,  1893;  m.  at 
Yol<ohama,  Japan,  by  Rev.  Henry  Loomis,  Mar.  25, 
1918,  Edward  Fenno  Verplanck,  son  of  William  Ed- 
ward and  Virginia  Eliza  (Everett)   Verplanck,  b.  at 
V   f"  .T°<?.  ^"^'  '^°^-  ^'  '«^°-    CE.  Columbia    1912. 
p  7''  ,    ?^™*"'  ''•  "  ^>'='  S^P'-  5.  1897.    m.  at  Rye 
Feb.  14,  1920,  William  Remsen,  son  of  Dr.  Charfes' 
and  Lihan  Livmgston   (Jones)   Remsen,  b.  at  N    Y 
Nov.  22,  1888.     B.A.  Columbia,  1911.     LLB    1914 
Lieut.,  J.  G.,  U.  S.  N.  '    '  ' 

103.  ARTHUR  OUTRAM"  SHERMAN  (66.  Edward  S  " 
Roger,  'Hon.  Roger,"  William,'  Joseph,"  Capt.  John,'  Joh^  • 
Henry,=  Henry,.  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas'),  b  at  Fairfield 

14  T89,     ?■       •  '^-    ^'""'"'''  '°  ^"  "'  N«^  York,  May 
0     C'  r      'T;  '"     '"'  ^°'^  ^''^-    "■  ="  New  York,  Apr. 
10   1894,  Janet  Morrison  Shelden.  daughter  of  Isaac  Esleeck 
and  Cora  Elizabeth  (Smith)  Shelden,  b.  at  New  York  City 
Oct.  29.  1866;  d.  at  New  York,  Mar.  12,  1913. 
Children  born  at  Rye,  N.  Y. : 
I.  Outram  VVillett-  Sherman,  b.  May  24.  1895;  1st  Lt 
U.    S.   A.    (Regiilar),    1917.     Retired   for   disability! 
1917.    m.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  June  20,  1917  Avice 
Lauretta    Rabbitt,    daughter   of    William    Henry   and 
Lucy  Jane  (Davis)  Rabbitt,  b.  at  Rockville,  Md..  Jan. 

L    Alden  Outram^^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Rye,  N    Y    Mav 
6,  1918.  ^  '      ■      ;  iviay 

IL  Essleck  Sheldon"  Sherman,  b.  Dec.   10    1897      B  A 
Hari-ard,  1918.    Class  of  1919.    U.  S.  N.R.  F.  Served 
on   U.   S.   Transport   "Great  Northern."     Passed  as 
Ensign.     Student  Harvard  Law  School. 
III.  Audrey  Townsend"  Sherman,  b.  May  2,  1901 


360  Sherman  Genealogy 

104.  ALEXANDER  HAMILTON  VINTON^^  SHERMAN 
(now  Vinton  Sherman)  (66.  Edward  S.,^-  Roger/^  Hon. 
Roger/"  William,"  Joseph,^  Capt.  John/  John/  Henry/ 
Henry/  Thomas/  John/  Thomas^),  b.  at  Fairfield,  Conn., 
Dec.  24,  1869.  Contractor  in  Rye,  N.  Y.  m.  (1)  at  Rye, 
Dec.  24,  1893,  Mary  E.  O'Neil,  daughter  of  Timothy  and  Ann 
O'Neil.  Divorced  Feb.  13,  1908.  m.  (2)  Adelle  Palmer,  of 
Ft.  Worth,  Texas.    Divorced  1918. 

Children  by  first  wife,  born  at  Rye: 
I.  Vera^*  Sherman,  b.  Nov.  25,  1894.    Unm. 
IL  Juanita^*  Sherman,  b.  Aug.  27,  1896.    Unm. 

105.  ROGER^^  SHERMAN  (67.  George,^==  Roger,"  Hon. 
Roger,^°  William,"  Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^  John,"  Henry,' 
Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at  St.  Stephens,  New 
Brunswick,  May  27,  1847.  Engaged  in  mercantile  business, 
m.  at  Somerville,  Mass.,  May  11,  1874,  Margaret  Gilmore 
Gormley,  daughter  of  William  and  Alicia  Maria  (Richy) 
Gormley,  b.  at  Dalhousie,  Nova  Scotia,  Sept.  14,  1854. 
Children : 

L  Roger^*  Sherman,  Jr.,  b.  at  Cambridge,  Mass.,  June 
21,  1876.  President  of  Kimball  &  Sherman  Co.,  shoe 
mfrs.  at  Haverhill,  Mass.  m.  at  Arlington,  Mass., 
Oct.  14,  1903,  Helen  Adelaide  Wyman,  daughter  of 
Franklin  and  Lucy  Adelaide  (Wilson)  Wyman,  b.  at 
Arlington,  Mass.,  Nov.  22,  1878.  Children  born  at 
Newburyport,  Mass.: 

1.  Adelaide^^  Sherman,  b.  Aug.  9,  1911. 

2.  Roger^^  Sherman,  3rd,  b.  Apr.  19,  1913  (the  birth- 
day, Old  Style,  of  Hon.  Roger^°  Sherman). 

3.  Margaret^"^  Sherman,  b.  May  2,  1915. 

XL  Susan  Elizabeth^*  Sherman,  b.  at  Somerville,  Mass., 
Dec.  20,  1878.  m.  at  Cambridge,  June  14,  1905,  Dr. 
Frank  Thomas  Currie,  son  of  Abram  Yerxa  and 
Frances  (Murry)  Currie,  b.  at  Boston,  Mass.,  Feb. 
12,  1877;  d.  at  Arlington,  Mass.,  Apr.  2.  1918.    Child: 


EDWARD  STANDISH  SHERMAN 
From  a  Pencil  Sketch 


ROGER  S.  W  HlTli  and  (»L1\  EK  >.  WlllTK 
In  front  of  their  house,  S7  Trumbull  St.,  New   Havni 


Sherman  Genealogy  361 

1.    Frank  Sherman^'*  Currie,  b.  at  Camb.,  Nov.  7,  1909. 

III.  Frances  Ritchie^*  Sherman,  b.  at  Cambridge,  July  27, 
1890.  m.  there,  June  7,  1916,  Frank  Ferdinand  Win- 
sor,  son  of  Sanford  Calvin  and  Anna  Frances  (Ford) 
Winsor.  b.  at  Dorchester,  Mass.,  Aug.  4,  1889.  No  issue. 

106.  GEORGE  EDWARD^^  SHERMAN  (67.  George,^^ 
Roger,^^  Hon.  Roger,^°  William,^  Joseph,®  Capt.  John,^  John," 
Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at  St. 
Stephens,  New  Brunswick,  Sept.  26,  1848.  m.  at  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  Dec.  25,  1873,  Ida  Seaman,  daughter  of  James  and 
Ellen  (Everleth)  Seaman,  b.  at  Minudie,  Nova  Scotia,  Dec. 
3,  1856.  He  d.  at  Amherst,  Mass.,  Mar.  2,  1900.  Children 
born  at  Cambridge : 

I.  Edith  Emma^*  Sherman,  b.  Dec.  19,  1874.    Unm. 
II.  Helen  Atwood^*  Sherman,  b.  July  24,  1876.    Unm. 
III.  Annie   Deane^*   Sherman,  b.   Aug.   30,    1877.     m.   at 
Cambridge,  June  14,  1904,  William  Laramy  Butcher, 
son    of     Charles    and     Mary    Elizabeth     (Laramy) 
Butcher,  b.  at  Batavia,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  27.  1875.     Child: 
1.    Marion  Sherman^  "^  Butcher,  b.  at  Cambridge,  Apr. 
30,  1905. 

IV.  George^*  Sherman,  b.  July  14,  1879;  d.  at  Cambridge, 
July  30,  1879. 

V.  Fred  Seaman^*  Sherman,  b.  Nov.  25,  1881.    Unm. 
VI.  Arthur^*  Sherman,  b.  Sept.  26,  1885.    Unm. 
VII.  Hazel  Louise^*  Sherman,  b.  Oct.  18,  1892.    Unm. 
VIII.  Adele  Field^*  Sherman,  b.  Nov.  11,  1893;  m.  at  Cam- 
bridge,   Oct.    17,    1917,    Adolph    George    Christian 
Schnack,    son   of   John   Henry   and   Doris    (Brandt) 
Schnack,  b.  at  Honolulu,  H.  I.,  Sept.  22,  1887.    B.S. 
Leland    Stanford,    1910.      M.A.    Yale,    1911.      M.D. 
Johns  Hopkins,  1915.     1st  Lieut.  U.  S.  Med.  Corps. 
Commanding  Officer  Field  Hospital,  12th  Div.,  Camp 
Devens,  Mass.,  1918.    Child: 

1.    Robert  Sherman^^  Schnack,  b.  at  Cambridge,  June 
8,  1918. 


362  Sherman  Genealogy 

107.  MARTHA  VVHITE^^  SHERMAN  (67.  George/^  Roger," 
Hon.  Roger,^"  William,^  Joseph,^  Capt.  John/  John,^  Henry," 
Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at  East  Boston,  Mass., 
Nov.  25,  1855.  m.  at  Somerville,  Mass.,  Dec.  3,  1879,  Wal- 
ter Harris  Bucknam,  son  of  John  Jay  and  Jane  Cheney 
(Franklin)  Bucknam,  b.  at  Columbia  Falls,  Me.,  May  26, 
1855 ;  d.  at  Columbia  Falls,  Jan.  12,  1908. 

Children  born  at  Columbia  Falls : 

I.  Ralph  Sherman^*  Bucknam,  b.  Aug.  26,  1880;  d.  Apr. 
12,  1885. 
n.  John  Sherman^*  Bucknam,  b.  Feb.  19,  1883;  m.  at 
Roseland,  N.  J.,  Dec.  26,  1911,  Agnes  Louise  Kirby, 
daughter  of  John  H.  and  Anne  M.  (Milward)  Kirby, 
b.  at  Braintree,  Mass.,  May  4,  1885.  Children  born  at 
New  York  City : 

1.  John  Sherman^^  Bucknam,  Jr.,  b.  Dec.  30,  1912. 

2.  Ruth  Milward^^  Bucknam,  b.  Aug.  16,  1915. 

HI.  Seth^*  Bucknam  (triplet),  b.  Apr.  9,  1885;  d.  Apr.  12. 

1885. 
IV.  Sherman"  Bucknam  (triplet),  b.  Apr.  9,  1885  ;  d.  Apr. 

26,  1885. 
V.  Roger"  Bucknam  (triplet),  b.  Apr.  9,  1885;  d.  Apr. 

26,  1885. 
VI.  Marjorie  Milliken"  Bucknam  (twin),  b.  Sept.  4,  1886. 
VII.  Son",  still  born,  Sept.  4,  1886. 
VIII.  Robert  Morse"  Bucknam  (twin),  b.  Mar.  1,  1889. 
IX.  Donald  Campbell"  Bucknam  (twin),  b.  Mar.  1,  1889; 
m.  at  Bangor,  Me.,  Mar.  6,  1915,  Mabel  Alice  Clukey, 
daughter    of    Charles    Lewis    and    Margaret    Nancy 
(Preston)    Clukey,  b.  at  Winn,  Me.,  Oct.  27,   1895. 
Children : 

1.  Margaret  Preston^"^  Bucknam,  b.  at  Columbia  Falls, 
Oct.  10,  1915. 

2.  Robert  Walter"   Bucknam,  b.   at   Augusta,   Me., 
May  8,  1917. 

X.  Neil  Evarts"  Bucknam,  b.  Aug.  3,  1891 ;  d.  Nov.  28, 
1907. 


Sherman  Genealogy  363 

108.  LOUISA  STEPHENS-  SHERMAN  (68.  Benjamin  P  - 
Roger,''  Hon.  Roger/"  William,"  Joseph,^  Capt.  John/  John  « 
Henry/  Henry/  Thomas/  John/  Thomas^,  b.  at  Brooklyn 
N.  Y.,  Sept.  23,  1847.  m.  at  Brooklyn,  Aug.  7,  1867,  Henry 
Wilhams  Loud,  son  of  Ephraim  Carter  and  Julia  Ann 
(Perry)  Loud,  b.  at  Orrington,  Me.,  July  27,  1838-  d  at 
Brooklyn,  Nov.  29,  1885.  A  merchant  in  New  York.  She 
d.  at  Asbury  Park,  N.  J.,  July  1,  1917. 

Children  born  at  Brooklyn: 
L  Henry  Sherman^*  Loud,  b.  Aug.  31,  1868.  M.E. 
Stephens  Institute  of  Technology,  1890 ;  m.  at  London 
England,  Aug.  3,  1898,  Eva  Margaret  Humphreys,' 
daughter  of  Dr.  Alexander  Crombie  Humphreys,  M.E.' 
Stevens  Institute  of  Technology,  1881 ;  Sc.D.'  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania,  1903 ;  LL.D.  Columbia  1903, 
New  York  University  1906,  Princeton  1907;  Presi- 
dent of  Stevens  Institute  of  Technology  since  1902; 
President  of  its  Board  of  Trustees  since  1907,  and 
Eva  Margaret  (Guillaudeu)  Humphreys,  b.  at  Ber- 
gen Point,  N.  J.,  Apr.  8,  1873.     Divorced.     Children: 

1.  Henry  Sherman^^  Loud,  Jr.,  b.  at  Glen  Cove,  N.  Y 
Sept.  11,  1899. 

2.  Eva  Marguerite  Westinghouse^'^  Loud,  b.  at  Pitts- 
burgh, Penn.,  Mar.  13,  1901. 

3.  Alexander    Crombie    Humphreys"    Loud,    b.    at 
Liverpool,  England,  Mar.  12,  1903. 

II.  Elizabeth    Stephens"   Loud,   b.   Jan.    7,    1871;   d.   at 
Brooklyn,  Apr.  7,  1882. 

III.  Julia  Perry^*  Loud,  b.  Apr.  23,  1874;  d.  at  New  York 
City,  Nov.  10,  1918.    Unm. 

IV.  Stephen  Gilman"  Loud,  b.  Oct.  27,  1881 ;  d.  at  Brook- 
lyn, May  25,  1893. 

109.  RICHARD  BUCK-  SHERMAN  (68.  Benjamin  P./^ 
Roger,"  Hon.  Roger,^"  William,"  Joseph,«  Capt.  John,^  John,« 
Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.,  Oct.  15,  1851.  Merchant  in  New  York  City.  Machinists' 
tools  and  supplies,     m.  (1)  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  July  3, 


364  Sherman  Genealogy 

1877,  Florence  Cooledge,  daughter  of  William  and  Susan 
(Knapp)  Cooledge,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Jan.  29,  1856;  d.  at 
Brooklyn,  Oct.  8,  1890.  m.  (2)  at  Brooklyn,  July  10,  1894, 
Katharine  (Scanlon)  Locke,  daughter  of  Owen  and  Kath- 
erine  (Smith)  Scanlon,  b.  at  Montclair,  N.  J.,  Sept.  4,  1862. 
Children  by  first  wife,  born  at  Brooklyn: 

I.  William  Prescott^*  Sherman,  b.  Sept.  25,  1879.  m.  at 
Keyport,  N.  J.,  Dec.  23,  1906,  Margaret  McCarthy, 
daughter  of  Patrick  and  Mary  Ann  (Sullivan)  Mc- 
Carthy, b.  at  Cliffwood,  N.  J.,  June  23,  1870;  d.  at 
Cliffwood,  Jan.  8,  1914.    Child : 

1.    Leila  Florence^^  Sherman,  b.  at  Matawan,  N.  J., 
Apr.  8,  1911. 
IL  Roger   Staples^*   Sherman,  b.   Nov.   19,   1881 ;   d.  at 

Water  Mills,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  17,  1882. 
in.  Richard  Buck^*  Sherman,  Jr.,  b.  Dec.  21,  1882;  d.  at 

Brooklyn,  Nov.  23,  1902.  Unm. 
IV.  Leila  Cooledge^*  Sherman,  b.  Aug.  13,  1884;  m.  at 
Brooklyn,  July  15,  1913,  Joseph  Beckwith  Hartranft, 
son  of  Dr.  Joseph  Mayhew  and  Mary  (Beckwith) 
Hartranft,  b.  at  Southold,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  15,  1890. 
Child: 

1.    Joseph  Beckwith^'  Hartranft,  Jr.,  b.  at  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.,  May  24,  1915. 

110.  SHERMAN  DAY^^  THACHER  (69.  EHzabeth^=  (Sher- 
man) Thacher,  Roger^^  Sherman,  Hon.  Roger,^"  William,' 
Joseph,^  Capt.  John,'  John,"  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,' 
John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  Nov.  6,  1861. 
B.A.  Yale,  1883;  LL.B.,  1886.  Associate  Head  Master  of 
Thacher  School  for  Boys  at  Ojai  (formerly  Nordhofif).  Cal. 
m.  at  Berkeley,  Cal.,  June  24,  1896,  Eliza  Seely  Blake,  daugh- 
ter of  Charles  Thompson  and  Harriet  Waters  (Stiles)  Blake. 
b.  at  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Aug.  3,  1872.    Children: 

I.  Elizabeth^*  Thacher,  b.  at  NordhofT,  June  13,  1897. 

II.  George  Blake^*  Thacher,  b.  at  San  Francisco,  Feb.  26, 
1903^ 

III.  Anson  Stiles"  Thacher,  b.  at  Nordhoff,  Mar.  29,  1905. 


Sherman  Genealogy  365 

IV.  Helen  Sherman^*  Thacher,  b.  at  Nordhoff,  Dec.  23, 

1906. 
V.  Harriet  Janet"  Thacher,  b.  at  Nordhoff,  Apr.  21,  1912. 
VI.  Sherman  Day^*  Thacher,  Jr.,  b.  at  Nordhoff,  Dec.  25, 

1913. 

111.  WILLIAM  LARNED^3  THACHER  (69.  Ehzabeth" 
(Sherman)  Thacher,  Roger^^  Sherman,  Hon.  Roger,^°  Wil- 
Ham,°  Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^  John,"'  Henry, '^  Henry,*  Thomas,' 
John,2  Thomas^),  b.  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  Oct.  9,  1866.  B.A. 
Yale,  1887.  Studied  for  the  ministry.  Associate  Head  Mas- 
ter of  Thacher  School  for  Boys  at  Ojai,  Cal.  (formerly  Nord- 
hoff, Cal.).  m.  at  Sierra  Madre,  Cal.,  June  27,  1911,  Hilda 
Blumer,  daughter  of  John  George  and  Julia  Edith  (Walford) 
Blumer,  b.  at  Darlington,  Durham,  England,  Feb.  20,  1875. 
Children  born  at  Nordhoff: 

I.  Edith^*  Thacher,  b.  May  4,  1913. 
II.  Roger  Blumer^*  Thacher,  b.  May  31,  1915. 

112.ELIZABETHi^  THACHER  (69.  Elizabeth^^  (Sherman) 
Thacher,  Roger^^  Sherman,  Hon.  Roger,^°  William,"  Jos- 
eph,^ Capt.  John,'^  John,*'  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^ 
Thomas^),  b.  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  Sept.  22,  1868.  m.  at 
Nordhoff  (now  Ojai),  Ojai  Valley,  Cal.,  Feb.  26,  1890,  Wil- 
liam Kent,  son  of  Albert  Emmett  Kent,  B.A.  Yale  1853  and 
Adaline  (Dutton)  Kent,  b.  at  Chicago,  111.,  Mar.  29,  1864. 
B.A.  Yale,  1887.  M.A.  Hon.,  1908.  Banker,  Alderman  of  Chi- 
cago, 1895-1897.  Representative  in  Congress  for  California, 
1911-1917.  Mrs.  Kent  owns  the  old  silver  porringer  marked 
S.'^M.,  hereinbefore  mentioned,  which  probably  belonged 
to  Martha  I^ne,  b.  1694.    Children: 

I.  Albert  Emmett'*  Kent,  b.  at  Chicago,  Dec.  6,  1890. 
B.A.  Yale,  1913. 
II.  Thomas  Thacher"  Kent,  b.  at  Chicago,  May  8,  1892. 
B.A.  Yale,  1915.  2nd  Lieut.  U.  S.  A.,  Aviation  Ser- 
vice, m.  at  Whitestone,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  16,  1918,  Anne 
Thompson,  daughter  of  Charles  Arnold,  2nd  and  Ann 
(Shannon)  Thompson,  b.  at  Greenport,  L.  I.,  N.  Y., 
Jan.  12,  1892. 


366  Sherman  Genealogy 

III.  Elizabeth  Sherman^*  Kent,  b.  at  Chicago,  Jan.  8,  1894. 
m.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Feb.  26,  1915,  George  Stan- 
leigh  Arnold,  son  of  George  Sumner  and  Evelyn 
(Thomson)  Arnold,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  Apr.  3, 
1881.  B.A.  Yale,  1903;  LL.B.,  1906.  Admitted  to 
Bar  of  California.  Lawyer.  Instructor  in  Rhetoric, 
Sheffield  Scientific  School,  Yale,  1903-1906.  Law  Ex- 
aminer; U.  S.  Forest  Service,  1906-1907.  Special  As- 
sistant of  U.  S.  Attorney  General  in  oil  land  litiga- 
tion, 1913.  Member  of  firm  of  Denman  &  Arnold,  of 
San  Francisco,  Cal.    Children  born  at  San  Francisco: 

1.  Elizabeth  Sherman^^  Arnold,  b.  Dec.  2,  1915. 

2.  Evelyn^^^  Arnold,  b.  July  14,  1917. 

3.  Stanley"  Arnold,  b.  Oct.  11,  1918. 

IV.  William^*  Kent,  Jr.,  b.  at  Chicago,  July  5,  1895.  B.A. 
Yale,  1917.  1st  Lieut.  U.  S.  A.,  11th  Field  Art'y. 
Served  in  France.    Unm. 

V.  Adaline  Button^*  Kent,  b.  at  Kentfield,  Cal.,  Aug.  7, 
1900. 
VI.  Sherman^*  Kent,  b.  at  Chicago,  Dec.  6  1904. 
VII.  Roger^*  Kent,  b.  at  Chicago,  June  8,  1906. 

113.  ANNA13  GREENE  (71.  Mary^^  (Evarts)  Greene,  Meheta- 
beP^  (Sherman)  Evarts,  Hon.  Roger^*^  Sherman,  William,' 
Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^  John,*'  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,' 
John,2  Thomas^),  b.  at  Boston,  Mass.,  May  28,  1833.  m.  at 
Windsor,  Vt.,  Dec.  22,  1852,  Lewis  Henry  Boutell,  son  of 
Lewis  and  Mary  (Bartlett)  Boutell,  b.  at  Boston,  July  21, 
1826.  B.A.  Brown,  1844.  LL.B.  Harvard,  1847.  LL.D. 
Maryville  College,  1890.  Lawyer.  Private  in  Company  A, 
45th  Reg.,  Mass.  Vol's,  nine  months;  discharged  July  8,  1863. 
Major,  45th  Missouri  Reg.  Author  of  "Life  of  Roger  Sher- 
man," 1896,  and  of  essays  on  Alexander  Hamilton  and 
Thomas  JeflPerson.  He  d.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  July  15, 
1899.  She  d.  at  Clifton  Springs,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  28,  1916. 
Children : 

I.  Evarts  Greene^*  Boutell,  b.  at  Westboro,  Mass.,  Oct. 
16,  1854;  d.  at  Evanston,  111.,  May  21,  1870. 


Sherman  Genealogy  367 

II.  Henry  Sherman^*  Boutell,  b.  at  Boston,  Mar.  14,  1856. 
B.A.  Northwestern  University,  1874;  M.A.,  1879; 
LL.D.,  1903;  B.A.  Harvard,  1876;  M.A.,  1877.  Law- 
yer, Admitted  to  Bar  of  Illinois,  Sept.,  1879.  Rep- 
resentative in  Illinois  Legislature,  1885.  Trustee 
Northwestern  University,  1899-1911.  Representative 
in  Congress  for  Illinois,  Nov.  23,  1897,  to  Mar.  3, 
1911.  Appointed  United  States  Minister  to  Portugal, 
Mar.  2,  1911.  Minister  to  Switzerland,  Apr.  24,  1911 ; 
resigned  Sept.,  1913.  Declined  appointment  as  Chief 
Justice  of  United  States  Court  of  Claims  by  President 
.  Taft,  Jan.  2,  1913,  Professor  of  Constitutional  Law 

7/')/'/,.  Georgetown  University  since  1914.     Member  of  law 


1^1/^ 


firm  of  Boutell  &  Son,  Washington,  D.  C.  m.  at 
Providence,  R.  I.,  Dec.  29,  1880,  Euphemia  Lucia 
Clara  Gates,  daughter  of  Charles  Horatio  Gates, 
B.A.  Harvard,  1835,  and  Sarah  White  (Nason)  Gates, 
b.  at  Hamilton,  Ontario,  Sept.  24,  1859.    Children : 

1.  Roger  Sherman  Gates^^  Boutell,  b.  at  Chicago,  Oct. 
21,  1881.  B.A.  Harvard,  1903.  B.A.  George 
Washington  University,  1912.  Secretary  of  Ameri- 
can Legation  at  Berne,  Switzerland,  1903.  Secre- 
tary of  American  Legation  at  the  Hague,  Holland, 
1905.  Secretary  of  American  Legation  at  Argen- 
tine. Resigned  1907.  Chief  Petty  Officer,  U.  S. 
Naval  Reserves,  m.  at  Chicago,  June  1,  1904, 
Avis  Burley,  daughter  of  Clarence  Augustus  and 
Avis  Hannah  (Blodgett)  Burley,  b.  at  Waukegan, 
111.,  Mar.  14,  1883.  Children:  (1)  Henry  Sher- 
man^^  Boutell,  Second,  b.  at  Berne,  Switzerland, 
Aug.  11,  1905.  (2)  Clarence  Burley^«  Boutell,  b. 
at  Washington,  D.  C,  Feb.  8,  1908.  (3)  Roger 
Sherman  Gates^*'  Boutell,  Jr.,  b.  at  Washington, 
D.  C,  Apr.  10,  1914. 

2.  Hugh  Gates^^  Boutell.  b.  at  Chicago,  Mar.  9.  1890. 
B.S.  George  Washington  University,  1912;  m.  at 
Kennebunk,  Me.,  Sept.  14,  1915,  Mary  Maling 
Bourne,  daughter  of  George  William  and  Susan 
(Maling)  Bourne,  b.  at  Kennebunk,  Nov.  4,  1889. 


368  Sherman  Genealogy 

Child:  (1)  Susan  Mary^*'  Boutell,  b.  at  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  Dec.  12,  1918. 

3.  Alice  Gates^=  Boutell,  b.  at  Chicago,  Sept.  3,  1891 ; 
m.  (1)  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Nov.  28,  1912,  John 
Wood  Brooks  Ladd,  son  of  Babson  Savilion  and 
Ella  Cora  (Brooks)  Ladd,  b.  at  Boston,  Mass., 
Mar.  28,  1889.  B.A.  Harvard,  1911.  B.E.  Mass. 
Inst,  of  Technology,  1913.  Child:  (1)  Arnold 
BoutelP^  Ladd,  b.  at  Saginaw,  Mich.,  July  20,  1913. 
Divorced,  Dec.  4,  1916.  m.  (2)  at  Washington, 
Oct.  10,  1918,  Dr.  Malcolm  Kinmonth  Smith,  son 
of  Dr.  E.  Fayette  and  Annie  Moncrief  (Kin- 
month)  Smith,  b.  at  Newark,  N.  J.,  Dec.  11,  1897. 
M.D.  Cornell,  1910. 
IIL  Samuel  Hoar"  Boutell,  b.  and  d.  at  Westboro,  Mass., 

1858. 
IV.  Caroline^*  Boutell,  b.  at  Evanston,  111.,  Mar.  9,  1865. 

Unm. 
V.  Arnold"  Boutell,  b.  at  Evanston,  III.,  Sept.  8,  1869. 

Manufacturer,     m.   at   Marblehead,    Mass.,    Sept.    5, 

1895,  Anna  Gertrude  Graves,  daughter  of  Amos  Evans 

and  Eliza  Smith  (Pitman)  Graves,  b.  at  Marblehead, 

Mass.,  July  18,  1871.    No  issue. 

114.  ROGER  SHERMAN^^  GREENE  (71.  Mary^^  (Evarts) 
Greene,  MehetabeP^  (Sherman)  Evarts,  Hon.  Roger^°  Sher- 
man, William,"  Joseph,®  Capt.  John,'^  John,*'  Henry ,^  Henry,* 
Thomas,^  John,-  Thomas^),  b.  at  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Dec.  14, 
1840.  B.A.  Dartmouth,  1859.  LL.D.  University  of  Wash- 
ington, 1887.  Lawyer.  Studied  law  in  office  of  Evarts, 
Southmayd  &  Choate,  New  York  City,  1859-1862.  Ad- 
mitted to  Bar  of  New  York,  1862.  Second  Lieutenant  Com- 
pany I,  3rd  Missouri  Vol's,  Oct.,  1862.  1st  Lt.,  Mar.,  1863. 
Captain  Company  C,  51st  U.  S.  Colored  Infantry,  Aug.,  1863, 
to  Nov.,  1865.  Judge  Advocate,  District  of  Vicksburg,  on 
Staff  of  Major  General  Cadwallader  C.  Washburn,  1864. 
Chief  Engineer  on  Staff  of  Major  General  J.  P.  Hawkins, 
1865.  Judge  Advocate  Western  Division  of  Louisiana.  Prac- 
ticed Law  in  Chicago,  111.,  1866-1870.     Associate  Justice  of 


CHARLES  ATWOOD  WHITK 

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LIEUT.  ROBERT  H.  GAMBLE,  U.  S.  A. 

Killed  in  action  Scjit.  12,  1418,  at  St.  Mihiel  Salirnt 


Sherman  Genealogy  369 

Supreme  Court  of  Washington  Territory,  1870-1879.  Chief 
Justice  of  this  Court,  1879-1887.  Practicing  law  in  Seattle, 
Washington,  since  1887.  Ordained  a  Baptist  Minister,  1872^ 
Member  of  Commission  to  frame  the  Charter  of  Seattle. 
Author,  m.  (1)  at  Whitewater,  Wis.,  Aug.  17,  1866,  Grace 
Estelle  Wooster,  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Rhoda  (Brockett) 
Wooster,  b.  at  Naugatuck,  Conn.,  May  2,  1833 ;  d.  at  Seattle, 
Sept.  4,  1917.  m.  (2)  at  Oakland,  Cal.,  Aug.  4,  1918,  May 
ColHns  Jones,  widow  of  Amos  Wilson  Jones  and  daughter  of 
Philip  Sargent  and  Priscilla  Peaselee  (Mclntire)  Kimball, 
b.  at  Sutton,  N.  H.,  Nov.  5,  1844. 

Children  by  first  wife : 

I.  Agnes  Margaret^*  Greene,  b.  at  Chicago,  Oct.  18,  1868. 
m.  by  her  father  at  Seattle,  Wash.,  Oct.  18,  1898,  Ar- 
thur Lyle  Veazie,  son  of  Edmund  Fuller  and  Harriet 
(Lyle)  Veazie,  b.  at  Dallas,  Ore.,  Sept.  8,  1868.  B.A. 
Univ.  Ore.,  1890.  M.A.,  LL.B.,  1893.  Lawyer.  Mem- 
ber of  firm  of  Veazie,  McCourt  &  Veazie,  of  Portland. 
Children  born  at  Portland,  Ore. : 

1.  Grace  Ellen^^  Veazie,  b.  July  26,  1899. 

2.  Emily  Agnes^^  Veazie,  b.  Mar.  3,  1902. 

3.  Harriet  Lyle^^  Veazie,  b.  Sept.  25,  1903. 

4.  Edmund  Arthur"  Veazie,  b.  May  28,  1905. 

II.  Roger  Sherman^*  Greene,  Jr.,  b.  at  East  Berlin.  Conn., 
Sept.  29,  1870.  m.  by  his  father  at  Seattle,  Sept. 
6,  1907,  Edith  Jones,  daughter  of  Halsey  Mon- 
roe and  Hattie  DeEtte  (Gage)  Jones,  b.  at  Browns- 
ville, Wis.,  Sept.  8,  1874.    Children  b.  at  Seattle: 

1.  Roger  Sherman"  Greene,  3rd,  b.  July  6.  1908. 

2.  David  Monroe"  Greene,  b.  Sept.  27,  1911. 

III.  Grace  Evarts^*  Greene,  b.  at  Olympia,  Wash.,  Jan.  15, 
1875.  m.  by  her  father  at  Seattle,  Sept.  25,  1906, 
George  Kerr  McConkey,  son  of  William  and  Sarah 
(Carothers)  McConkey,  b.  in  Bruce  County,  Ontario, 
Canada,  Jan.  4,  1877.     No  issue. 

IV.  Mary  Rhoda^*  Greene,  b.  at  Olympia,  July  27,  1876. 
m.  by  her  father  at  Seattle,  Aug.  8,  1905,  Cyrus  Avery 


370  Sherman  Genealogy 

Whipple,  son  of  Edmund  P.  and  Minnie  (Rinder- 
knecht)  Whipple,  b.  at  Marion,  Iowa,  Feb.  26,  1876. 
Children  b.  at  Seattle: 

1.  Cyrus  Averyi^  Whipple,  Jr.,  b.  July  1,  1906. 

2.  Evarts  Wooster^=*  Whipple,  b.  Nov.  1,  1919. 

115.  DANIEL  CROSBY13  GREENE  (71.  Mary^^  (Evarts) 
Greene,  Mehetabel^^  (Sherman)  Evarts,  Hon.  Roger^°  Sher- 
man, William, °  Joseph,^  Capt.  John,''  John,®  Henry,^  Henry,* 
Thomas,^  John,-  Thomas^),  b.  at  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Feb.  11, 
1843.  B.A.  Dartmouth,  1864.  Andover  Theological  Semi- 
nary, 1869.  D.D.  Rutgers,  1879.  LL.D.  Dartmouth,  1909. 
Private,  Company  B,  7th  Squadron,  Rhode  Island  Cavalry, 
May-Sept.,  1862.  Missionary  in  Japan,  1869-1913.  At  Tokyo, 
1869.  At  Kobe,  1870-1874.  At  Yokohama.  1874-1880. 
Doshisha  University,  Kyoto.  1881-1887.  President  of  Asiatic 
Society  of  Japan,  1896  and  1901-1902.     1913,  received  from 

...Emperor  of  Japan  the  order  of  the  Rising  Sun,  Third  Class, 

in  recognition  of  his  services  to  the  Japanese  people.  Au- 
thor, Translator,  Editor,  m.  at  Westboro,  Mass.,  July  29, 
1869,  Mary  Jane  Forbes,  daughter  of  Daniel  H.  and  Mary 
Avery  (White)  Forbes,  b.  at  Charlestown,  Mass.,  Oct.  3, 
1845 ;  d.  Tokyo,  Japan,  Apr.  17,  1909.  He  d.  at  Hayama, 
Japan,  Sept.  15,  1913.    Children: 

I.  Evarts  Boutell^*  Greene,  b.  at  Kobe,  Japan,  July  8, 

1870.  At  Northwestern  University,  1885-1888.  B.A. 
Harvard.  1890.  M.A.  1891.  Ph.D.,  1893.  Assistant 
in  History  at  Harvard,  1890-1893.  At  University  of 
Illinois :  Assistant  professor  1895-1897,  Professor  of 
History  1897,  Dean  of  College  of  Literature  1906- 
1913.  President  of  Trustees  of  Illinois  State  His- 
torical Library,  1910.  Member  of  the  Illinois  Centen- 
nial Commission,  1913-1918,  and  chairman  of  its  com- 
mittee on  publications.     Author.     Unm. 

II.  Fanny  Bradley**  Greene,  b.  at  Kobe,  Japan,  Aug.  29, 

1871.  B.A.  Wellesley  College,  1894.  Teacher,  Joshi 
Daigakko,  Tokyo.  Japan.  1902-1908  and  Joshi  Eigaku 
Jiuku.  Tokyo,  1903-1913.    Unm. 


Sherman  Genealogy  371 

III.  Daniel  Crosby^^  Greene,  Jr.,  b.  at  Kobe,  Japan,  Jan. 
29,  1873.  B.A.  Harvard,  1895.  M.D.,  1899.  m.  at 
Lexington,  Mass.,  Sept.  15,  1904,  Marion  Lockwood, 
daughter  of  Rhodes  and  Henrietta  (Niles)  Lockwood, 
b.  at  ArHngton,  Mass.,  June  25,  1876.    Children: 

1.  Marion^^   Greene,  b.   at   Boston,   Mass.,  Jan.   30, 
1906. 

2.  Jeremiah   Evarts^^    Greene,   b.   at    Milton,   Mass., 
July  29,  1908. 

3.  Daniel  Crosby^^  Greene,  b.  at   Boston,   Mar.  29, 
1910. 

4.  Roger  Sherman^'   Greene,  b.  at  Newton  Centre, 
Mass.,  Sept.  28,  1912. 

5.  Emily  Lockwood^ ^  Greene,  b.  at  Newton  Centre, 
Aug.  12,  1915. 

IV.  Jerome  Davis^*  Greene,  b.  at  Yokohama,  Japan,  Oct. 
12,  1874.  B.A.  Harvard,  1896.  M.A.  (Hon.)  1914. 
Rutgers,  1915.  At  University  of  Geneva,  Switzerland, 
1896-97.  At  Harvard  Law  School,  1897-99.  Secretary 
to  President  of  Harvard,  1901-05.  Secretary  to  Cor- 
poration of  Harvard  and  member  of  faculty  of  Arts 
and  Sciences,  1905-10.  Overseer,  1911-13.  General 
Manager  of  Rockefeller  Inst,  for  Med.  Research,  N. 
Y.,  1910-12.  Trustee  of  same,  1912.  Trustee  and 
Secretary  of  Rockefeller  Foundation,  1913-17;  re- 
signed Mar.  1,  1917.  Served  in  France.  Joint  Sec- 
retary of  Reparation  Commission  of  Peace  Conference, 
1919.  Executive  Secretary  American  Section  of  Allied 
Transport  Council,  London,  1918-19.  Arbitrator  be- 
tween Great  Britain  and  France  on  Clementel-Runci- 
man  Agreement,  July,  1918.  Chevalier  Legion  of  Honor, 
July,  1919.  Resident  Toynbee  Hall,  London,  1919. 
Member  of  firm  of  Lee,  Higginson  &  Co.,  Bankers, 
N.  Y.  m.  at  Bryn  Mawr,  Penn.,  Apr.  28,  1900,  May 
Tevis,  daughter  of  Marshall  and  Clara  (Garrett) 
Tevis,  b.  at  Ardmore,  Penn.,  May  2,  1875.    Child : 

1.    Jerome  Crosby^ ^  Greene,  b.  at  Cambridge,  Mass.j 
June  14,  1902.    Class  of  1922,  Harvard. 


372  Sherman  Genealogy 

V,  Mary  Avery ^*  Greene,  b.  at  Yokohama,  Japan.  Feb. 
20,  1877.  B.A.  Radcliffe  College,  1899.  m.  at  Tokyo, 
Japan,  July  29,  1901,  Charles  Sumner  Griffin,  son  of 
Andrew  Jackson  and  Mary  (Carroll)  Griffin,  b.  at 
Lawrence,  Kans.,  Oct.  15,  1872.  B.A.  University  of 
Kansas,  1894.  B.A.  Harvard,  1895.  M.A.,  1896.  He 
d.  at  Lake  Hakome,  Japan,  Sept.  10,  1904.  Children 
b.  at  Tokyo : 

1.  Charles  Carroll^^  Griffin,  b.  May  24,  1902. 

2.  Mary  Avery^^  Griffin,  b.  Jan.  6,  1904. 

VL  Roger  Sherman"  Greene,  b.  at  Westboro,  Mass., 
May  29,  1881.  B.A.  Harvard,  1901.  M.A.,  1902. 
Vice  and  Deputy  United  States  Consul  General  at  Rio 
de  Janeiro,  Brazil,  1903-1904.  Vice-Consul  at  Naga- 
saki, Japan,  1904-1905.  Vice  and  Deputy  Consul  at 
Kobe,  1905.  Commercial  Agent  and  later  Consul  at 
Vladivostok,  Siberia,  1905-1907.  Consul  at  Dalny, 
Manchuria,  China,  1907-1909.  Consul  at  Harbin, 
China,  1909-1911.  Consul  General  at  Hankow,  China, 
1911-1914.  Resident  Director  in  China  of  China 
Medical  Board  of  Rockefeller  Foundation  since  1914. 
Unm. 
VIL  Elizabeth  Grosvenor^*  Greene,  b.  at  Kyoto,  Japan, 
Oct.  20,  1882.  B.A.  University  of  Illinois,  1904. 
B.L.S.,  1905.  Unm. 
VHL  Edward  Forbes^*  Greene,  b.  at  Kyoto,  Japan,  Dec. 
22,  1884.  U.  S.  Naval  Academy,  1900-1904.  Ensign, 
U.  S.  Navy,  1904-1909.  Lieut.,  junior  grade,  and 
Lieutenant,  1909.  Resigned  1909.  Reappointed  by 
Act  of  Congress,  1911.  Retired  for  disability  in- 
curred in  line  of  duty,  1911.  Ordered  to  active  duty, 
1917.  and  served  at  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  but  relieved 
for  disability.  Again  ordered  to  active  duty  as  in- 
structor at  Harvard,  1917;  d.  in  service  at  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  Dec.  18,  1917.    Unm. 

116.JEREML^H  EVARTS"  TRACY  (72.  Martha  Sherman" 
(Evarts)  Tracy,  MehetabeU^  (Sherman)  Evarts,  Hon. 
Roger^"   Sherman,   William,"  Joseph,^    Capt.   John,^  John,* 


Sherman  Genealogy  373 

Henry ,°  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at  Windsor, 
Vt,  Jan.  31,  1835.  LL.B.  Yale,  1857.  Lawyer.  Member  of 
New  York  City  firms  of  Evarts,  Southmayd  &  Choate,  June 
1,  1859,  to  July  1,  1884;  Evarts,  Choate  &  Beaman,  July  1, 
1884,  to  Jan.  1,  1902;  Evarts,  Tracy  &  Sherman,  Jan.  1,  1902, 
to  Nov.  12,  1907.  m.  at  Windsor,  Sept.  30,  1863,  his  first 
cousin,  Martha  Sherman^^  Greene,  daughter  of  Rev.  David 
and  Mary^-  (Evarts)  Greene,  b.  at  Roxbury,  Mass.,  May  24, 
1839;  d.  at  Plainfield,  N.  J.,  Feb.  19,  1910.    Children: 

I.  Emily  Baldwin^*  Tracy,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Nov. 
30,  1864.    Unm. 

n,  Howard  Crosby^*  Tracy,  b.  at  Westboro,  Mass., 
Aug.  1,  1866.  B.A.  Yale,  1887.  LL.B.  Columbia,  1889. 
Lawyer.  Member  New  York  City  firm  of  Dean, 
King,  Tracy  &  Smith,  m.  at  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  June  24, 
1893,  Minerva  Bingham  Lamson,  daughter  of  East- 
burn  Ebenezer  and  Martha  (Wardner)  Lamson,  b.  at 
Windsor,  Vt.,  Nov.  11,  1872.    No  issue. 

HL  Evarts^^  Tracy,  b.  at  New  York  City,  May  23,  1868. 
B.A.  Yale,  1890.  ficole  des  Beaux  Arts,  Paris,  France, 
1892-1894.  Architect.  Member  of  New  York  City 
firm  of  Tracy  &  Swartwout.  Major  U.  S.  A.  Served 
in  France,  m.  at  Plainfield,  N.  J.,  June  23,  1894,  Caro- 
line Frederica  Streuli,  daughter  of  Hermann  Alfred 
and  Frederica  Michelle  Dwyer  (Hooper)  Streuli,  b. 
at  Philadelphia,  Penn.,  July  13,  1868.    No  issue. 

IV.  Mary  Evarts^*  Tracy,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Dec.  22, 

1869.    Unm. 
V.  Robert  Storer^*  Tracy,  b.  at  New  York,  Oct.  6,  1871. 
B.A.  Yale,  1892.    M.D.  Columbia,  1896.    d.  at  Saranac 
Lake,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  13,  1899.    Unm. 

VL  Margaret  Louisa^*  Tracy,  b.  at  Windsor,  Vt.,  May  11, 
1873.  m.  at  Plainfield.  July  6,  1905,  Charles  Melvin 
Mix,  son  of  Charles  Milford  and  Rose  (Kenyon)  Mix, 
b.  at  Wirt,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  7,  1873.  B.A.  Cornell,  1898. 
M.D.,  1902.  Practicing  physician.  Children  born  at 
Muncie,  Ind. : 
1.    Martha"  Mix,  b.  Feb.  23,  1907;  d.  Mar.  13,  1907. 


374  Sherman  Genealogy 

2.  Emilyi^  ^j^^  b.  Apr.  24,  1908. 

3.  Margaret  Kenyon^^  Mix,  b.  Feb.  13,  1910. 

4.  Mary  Tracy^^  Mix,  b.  Oct.  14,  1918. 

VII.  Edith  Hastings^*  Tracy,  b.  at  Plainfield,  Dec.  13, 
1874.  Unm. 
VIII.  Martha^*  Tracy,  b.  at  Plainfield,  Apr.  10,  1876.  B.A. 
Bryn  Mawr  College,  1898.  M.D.  Woman's  Medical 
College  of  Pennsylvania,  1904.  Professor  of  Physical 
Chemistry  in  Woman's  Medical  College  of  Penn.  since 
1912.  Fellow  of  American  Medical  Academy.  Unm. 
IX.  William  Evarts"  Tracy,  b.  at  Plainfield,  Sept.  24,  1878. 
B.A.  Yale,  1900.  Mining  Engineer,  Columbia  1904. 
m.  at  Helena,  Mont.,  Sept.  15,  1911,  Edith  Ann  Jack- 
son, daughter  of  William  and  Frances  Ann  (Harri- 
son) Jackson,  b.  at  Dudley  Hill,  Yorkshire,  England, 
Sept.  9,  1878.  He  d.  at  Helena,  Feb.  8,  1916.  Chil- 
dren: 

1.  William  Evarts^^  Tracy,  b.  at  Telluride,  Colo.,  July 
15,  1912. 

2.  Robert  Jackson^  ^  Tracy,  b.  at  Telluride,  Apr.  10, 

1914. 

3.  Ann  Hoar^^  Tracy,  b.  at  Helena,  Apr.  19,  1916. 

117.  HETTIE  SHERMAN"  EVARTS  {7Z.  Hon.  William  M.^^* 
Evarts,  MehetabeP^  (Sherman)  Evarts,  Hon.  Roger^°  Sher- 
man, William,^  Joseph,*  Capt.  John,^  John,®  Henry,^  Henry,* 
Thomas,^  John,'  Thomas^),  b.  at  New  York  City,  Nov.  28, 
1852.  m.  in  St.  Paul's  Church  at  Windsor,  Vt.,  Aug.  19, 
1874,  Charles  Cotesworth  Beaman,  son  of  Rev.  Charles 
Cotesworth  and  Mary  (Stacy)  Beaman,  b.  at  Houlton,  Me., 
May  7,  1840.  B.A.  Harvard,  1861.  M.A.  1865.  Overseer 
of  Harvard,  1888-1900.  Admitted  to  Bar  of  Massachusetts, 
Nov.  22,  1865.  Admitted  to  Bar  of  New  York,  1867.  As- 
sistant Solicitor  of  the  United  States  at  the  Geneva  Arbitra- 
tion as  to  the  Alabama  Claims,  1871.  Appointed  Examiner 
of  claims  in  U.  S.  State  Department,  Nov.,  1871.  Lawyer. 
Member  of  New  York  City  firms  of  Jackson  &  Beaman; 
Beaman  &  Marden;  Diefendorf,  Beaman  &  Marden;  Dick- 


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erson  &  Beaman;  Evarts,  Southmayd  &  Choate,  May  1, 
1879,  to  July  1,  1884;  Evarts,  Choate  &  Beaman,  July  1,  1884, 
until  his  death.  President  of  the  University  Club  of  New 
York,  1899  to  his  death  1900.  He  d.  at  New  York  City,  Dec. 
15,  1900.  She  d.  at  Boston,  Mass.,  May  4,  1917.  They  lived 
in  New  York  City  and  "Blowmedown,"  their  country  place 
at  Cornish,  N.  H.,  near  Windsor,  Vt.  Both  buried  at  Wind- 
sor.   Children : 

I.  Mary  Stacy ^*  Beaman,  b.  at  New  York  City,  May  6, 
1875.  m.  in  St.  Paul's  Church,  at  Windsor,  Vt.,  July 
8,  1897,  Edward  Jackson  Holmes,  son  of  Edward 
Jackson  Holmes,  B.A.  Harvard  1867,  and  Henrietta 
Goddard  (Wiggles worth)  Holmes,  b.  at  Boston,  A, 
Mass.,  Jan.  3,  1873.  B.A.  Harvard,  1895.  LL.B., 
1899.  No  issue. 
II.  Helen  Wardner^*  Beaman,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Feb. 

10,  1877.  m.  at  Cornish,  N.  H.,  Oct.  8,  1902,  Herbert 
Conrad  Lakin,  son  of  George  Boyer  and  Ellena  Kim- 
ball  (Putnam)   Lakin,  b.  at  Worcester,  Mass.,  Mar. 

11,  1872.  B.A.  Harvard,  1894.  LL.B.,  1898.  Ad- 
mitted to  Bar  of  New  York,  Feb.,  1899.  Lawyer. 
Member  of  New  York  City  firm  of  Lord,  Day  &  Lord 
since  1905.     Children: 

1.  Hettie  Beaman^°  Lakin,  b.  at  Cornish,  N.  H.,  Sept. 
1,  1903. 

2.  Eleanor  Putnam^^  Lakin,  b.  at  New  York  City, 
Nov.  11,  1904. 

3.  Charles  Beaman^^  Lakin,     b.  at  New  York  City, 
Dec.  12,  1907. 

4.  Mary  Stacy^^  Lakin,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Dec.  14, 
1909. 

III.  Margaret^*  Beaman,  b.  at  Windsor,  Vt.,  Sept.  21, 
1878.  m.  at  Cornish,  N.  H.,  June  16,  1909,  John 
Erikson,  son  of  Erik  Olson  and  Kajsa  Petterson 
Erikson,  b.  at  Byn  Longserud,  Sweden,  Sept.  23,  1861. 
Mining  Engineer.     Children : 

1.    John^'  Erikson,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Nov.  24, 
1911  ;d.  Nov.  25,  1911. 


376  Sherman  Genealogy 

2.  Margaret  Beaman^^  Erikson,  b.  at  Seattle,  Wash., 
Oct.  21,  1913. 
IV.  William  Evarts^*  Beaman,  b.  at  New  York,  Jan.  25, 
1881.  Farmer  at  Cornish,  N.  H.  Representative  in 
New  Hampshire  Legislature,  1915-1917.  m.  at  Mys- 
tic, Conn.,  Mar.  2,  1912,  Vera  lone  Benjamin,  daugh- 
ter of  Robert  Phelps  and  Harriet  Isbel  (Scofield)  Ben- 
jamin, b.  at  Preston,  Conn.,  Aug.  25,  1886.  Children 
b.  at  Cornish : 

1.  Mary  Stacy^^  Beaman,  b.  Aug.  9,  1913. 

2.  Charles  Cotesworth^^  Beaman,  b.  May  31,  1916. 

118.  HELEN  MINERVA"  EVARTS  {72>.  Hon.  William  M." 
Evarts,  MehetabeP^  (Sherman)  Evarts,  Hon.  Roger^°  Sher- 
man, William,"  Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^  John,®  Henry,^  Henry,* 
Thomas,^  John,"  Thomas^),  b.  at  New  York  City,  Mar.  8, 
1856.  m.  in  St.  Paul's  Church,  at  Windsor,  Vt.,  Oct.  27, 
1881,  Charles  Harrison  Tweed,  son  of  Harrison  and  Huldah 
Ann  (Pond)  Tweed,  b.  at  Calais,  Me.,  Sept.  26,  1844;  d.  at 
New  York  City,  Oct.  11,  1917.  Buried  at  Windsor.  B.A. 
Harvard,  1865.  Admitted  to  Bar  of  New  York,  May  18, 
1868.  Lawyer.  Member  of  firm  of  Evarts,  Southmayd  & 
Choate,  Jan.  1,  1874,  to  Jan.  1,  1883.  Afterwards  general 
counsel  of  Central  Pacific  and  other  railroads  for  several 
years.  Chairman  of  board  of  directors  of  Southern  Pacific 
R.  R.,  1900-1902.  President  of  Pacific  Mail  S.S.  Co.  Bank- 
er. Member  of  New  York  firm  of  Speyer  &  Co.,  Jan.  1, 
1903,  "^to  Jan.  1,  1907.  Retired,  1907.  Lived  in  New  York 
City  and  Beverly,  Mass.    Children : 

I.  Helen"  Tweed,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Oct.  25,  1883. 
m.  at  New  York,  May  23,  1912,  William  Wadsworth, 
son  of  Charles  David  and  Clara  Lewinia  (Blanchard) 
Wadsworth,  b.  at  Plainfield,  N.  J.,  June  18,  1882.  B.A. 
Harvard,  1904.     Children: 

1.  Helen   Minerva^^   Wadsworth,  b.  at   New  York, 
Feb.  5,  1914. 

2.  William   Blanchard^^   Wadsworth,  b.   at   Chappa- 
qua,  N.  Y.,  July  18,  1915. 


SHERMAN  BROTHERS 

(Standing)  left  to  right  Herbert  A.,  Thomas  T.,  Reginald  P., 
(Sitting)  Harold  E.,  Arthur  O. 


1st  LIEUT.  ROGER  SHERMAN.  U.  S.  A. 
Son  of  HorbtTt  A.  Shrrman 


Sherman  Genealogy  377 

3.  Charles  Harrison^''   Wadsworth,  b.  at  Hartsdale, 
N.  Y.,  May  24,  1918.    d.  at  Niverville,  N.  Y.,  Oct. 

'  5,  1919. 

4.  Clara^=^  Wadsworth,  b.  at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  23, 
1920. 

II.  Harrison^*  Tweed,  b.  at  New  York,  Oct.  18,  1885. 
B.A.  Harvard,  1907.  LL.B.,  1909.  Lawyer.  Mem- 
ber of  New  York  City  firm  of  Humes,  Smith  &  Tweed. 
Enlisted  in  U.  S.  A.  In  Field  Artillery,  Central 
Officers'  Training  School,  Camp  Zachary  Taylor. 
Received  diploma  and  honorably  discharged  at  close  of 
war,  1918.  m.  at  East  Greenwich,  R.  I.,  June  24,  1914, 
Eleanor  Roelker,  daughter  of  William  Greene  and 
Eleanor  (Jenckes)  Roelker,  b.  at  East  Greenwich, 
July  3,  1890.    Children  b.  at  New  York  City : 

1.  Eleanor^^  Tweed,  b.  Dec.  31,  1915. 

2.  Katharine  Winthrop^^  Tweed,  b.  Jan.  16,  1920. 

III.  Katharine  Winthrop^*  Tweed,  b.  at  Beverly,  Mass., 
Aug.  7,  1888.  m.  at  New  York  City,  Jan.  5,  1918, 
Graham  Burt  Blaine.  B.A.  Harvard,  1917.  2nd 
Lieut.  303rd  U.  S.  Infantry;  son  of  Charles  Hodge 
and  Emma  Josephine  (Burt)  Blaine,  b.  at  Taunton, 
Mass.,  Mar.  26,  1894.    Child: 

1.    Graham  Burt"   Blaine,  Jr.,  b.  at  Boston,  Mass., 
Oct.  16,  1918. 

IV.  Max"  Tweed,  b.  at  Pomfret,  Conn.,  Sept.  8,  1893 ;  d. 
there  Sept.  30,  1893. 

V.  Mary  Winthrop^*  Tweed,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Nov. 
19,1895.    Unm. 

119.  ELIZABETH  HOAR^^  EVARTS  (73.  Hon.  WilHam  M." 
Evarts,  MehetabeP^  (Sherman)  Evarts,  Hon.  Roger^*^  Sher- 
man, William, °  Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^  John,"  Henry ,^  Henry,* 
Thomas,^  John,-  Thomas^),  b.  at  New  York  City,  Jan.  4, 
1858.  m.  in  St.  Paul's  Church,  at  Windsor,  Vt.  Aug  2, 
1882,  Edward  Clifford  Perkins,  son  of  Charles  Callahan  Per- 
kins, B.A.  Harvard  1843,  M.A.,  and  Frances  (Bruen)  Per- 
kins, b.  at  Florence,  Italy,  Jan.   17,  1858.     B.A.  Harvard, 


yi^  Sherman  Genealogy 

1879.  Lawyer.  Admitted  to  Bar  of  New  York,  Nov.,  1882. 
Member  of  New  York  City  firms  of  Gray  &  Davenport; 
Davenport,  Smith  &  Perkins ;  Perkins  &  Jackson.  He  d.  at 
Plainfield,  N.  J.,  Oct.  31,  1902.  Buried  at  Windsor.  Chil- 
dren: 

I.  Edward  Newton^*  Perkins,  b.  at  New  York  City,  May 
4,  1883.  LL.B.  Columbia,  1912.  Lawyer.  Member 
of  N.  Y.  City  firm  of  Huntington,  Rhinelander  & 
Seymour,  m.  at  New  York,  Apr.  29,  1915,  Kate 
Cheeseman  Riggs,  daughter  of  George  Washington 
and  Kate  (Cheeseman)  Riggs,  b.  at  Lakewood,  N.  J., 
May  12,  1892.    Children  born  at  New  York  City: 

1.  Maria  Louisa^^  Perkins,  b.  Apr.  4,  1916. 

2.  Mary  Eleanor^^  Perkins,  b.  Dec.  19,  1917. 

3.  Edward  Clifford^^  Perkins,  b.  at  Ridgefield,  Conn., 
July  30,  1919. 

II.  William  Maxwell  Evarts^*  Perkins,  b.  at  New  York, 
Sept.  20,  1884.  B.A.  Harvard,  1907.  m.  at  Plain- 
field,  N.  J.,  Dec.  31,  1910,  Louise  Saunders,  daughter 
of  William  Lawrence  and  Bertha  Heyder  (Gaston) 
Saunders,  b.  at  New  York  City,  May  8,  1888. 
Children  born  at  Plainfield : 

1.  Bertha^'  Perkins,  b.  Dec.  21,  1911. 

2.  Elizabeth  Evarts^^^  Perkins,  b.  Jan.  20,  1914. 

3.  Louisa  Elvire^^  Perkins,  b.  Oct.  15,  1915. 

4.  Jane  Morton^^  Perkins,  b.  Aug.  2,  1918. 

III.  Charles  Callahan^*  Perkins,  b.  at  Plainfield,  N.  J., 
Oct.  23,  1886.  B.A.  Harvard,  1909.  2nd  Lieut. 
U.  S.  A.,  Coast  Art'y-  m.  at  Bala,  Penn.,  Sept.  16, 
1916,  Emily  Beatrice  Saunders,  daughter  of  Walter 
Burns  and  Frances  Taylor  (Baugh)  Saunders,  b.  at 
Philadelphia,  Penn.,  Jan.  17,  1894.    Children: 

1.  Charles  Callahan^^  Perkins,  Jr.,  b.  at  Philadelphia, 
May  23,  1917. 

2.  Frances    Saunders^^    Perkins,    b.    at    Overbrook, 
Penn.,  Oct.  19,  1918. 

IV.  Mary  Ann  Davenport**  Perkins,  b.  at  Plainfield,  May 
11,   1890.     m.  at  Plainfield.  Feb.  28,   1914,  Thomas 


Sherman  Genealogy  379 

Head  Thomas,  son  of  Alfred  Addison  and  Jennie 
(Head)  Thomas,  b.  at  Dayton,  Ohio,  Feb.  23,  1881. 
B.A.  Harvard,  1893.  Author.  1st  Lieut.  U.  S.  A. 
Children  b.  at  Galluzzo,  Italy : 

1.  Joan  Head^=  Thomas,  b.  June  17,  1915. 

2.  Frances  Bruen^=^  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  4,  1917. 

3.  Edward  Clifford  Perkins^^  Thomas,  b.  at  Windsor, 
Vt.,  Sept.  28,  1919. 

V.  Frances  Bruen^*  Perkins,  b.  at  Windsor,  Vt.,  Aug.  8, 
1892.  m.  at  Jamaica  Plain,  Mass.,  June  7,  1911, 
Archibald  Cox,  son  of  Rowland  and  Fanny  (Hill) 
Cox,  b.  at  Smyrna,  Del.,  Nov.  26,  1874.  B.A.  Har- 
vard, 1896,  LL.B.  Lawyer.  Children  b.  at  Plain- 
field: 

1.  Archibald^^  Cox,  Jr.,  b.  May  17,  1912. 

2.  Elizabeth  Evarts^^  Cox,  b.  Oct.  23,  1913. 

3.  Mary  Davenport^ ^  Cox,  b.  Sept.  24,  1916. 

4.  Robert  HilH^  Cox,  b.  Apr.  13,  1919. 

VI.  Louis  Anthony^*  Perkins,  b.  at  Windsor,  Vt.,  June  26, 
1896.  Harvard,  1918.  2nd  Lieut.,  12th  Machine  Gun 
Battery,  U.  S.  A,  Wounded  in  action  in  France. 
Unm. 

120.  SHERMAN13  eVARTS  {7Z.  Hon.  William  M.^^  Evarts, 
MehetabeP^  (Sherman)  Evarts,  Hon.  Roger^°  Sherman.  Wil- 
liam," Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^  John,^  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas.-'' 
John,2  Thomas^),  b.  at  New  York  City,  Oct.  10,  1859  (twin 
brother  of  Rev.  Prescott  Evarts).  B.A.  Yale,  1881.  Ad- 
mitted to  Bar  of  New  York,  Jan.,  1884.  Lawyer.  Member 
of  New  York  firm  of  Evarts  &  Moffat,  1896.  Retired,  m. 
at  New  York,  Apr.  30,  1895,  Alice  Haight  Cock,  daughter 
of  Effingham  and  Harriet  (Haight)  Cock,  b.  at  New  York 
City,  Sept.  28,  1866.    Children: 

I.  Roger  Sherman^*  Evarts,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Apr. 
28,  1896.    B.A.  Yale,  1917.    U.  S.  Military  Academy 
Class  of  1921.    2nd  Lieut,  U.  S.  A.,  Nov.  1,  1918. 
II.  Effingham  Cock^*  Evarts,  b.  at  Chappaqua,  N.  Y.,  July 


380  Sherman  Genealogy 

29,  1897.    B.A.  Yale,  1919.    Corporal  U.  S.  A.,  1918- 
1919.    302nd  Field  Art'y    Served  in  France. 

III.  Elizabeth   Prescott^*  Evarts,  b.  at  Plainfield,  N.  J., 
-^              Sept.  5,  1898. 

IV.  Prescott^*  Evarts,  2nd,  b.  at  Plainfield,  Dec.  16,  1901. 
V.  John^*  Evarts,  b.  at  Windsor,  Vt.,  Sept.  16,  1908. 

121.  REV.  PRESCOTT^^  EVARTS  {7Z.  Hon.  William  M." 
Evarts,  MehetabeF^  (Sherman)  Evarts,  Hon.  Roger^°  Sher- 
man, William,^  Joseph,^  Capt.  John,''  John,*'  Henry,°  Henry,* 
Thomas,''  John,-  Thomas^),  b.  at  New  York  City,  Oct.  10, 
1859  (twin  brother  of  Sherman  Evarts).  B.A.  Harvard, 
1881.  Ordained  Episcopal  Minister  June  20,  1886.  Assis- 
tant at  Church  of  the  Holy  Communion,  New  York  City, 
June  1,  1885,  to  Aug.  1,  1890.  Rector  of  Zion  Church,  Wap- 
pinger's  Falls,  New  York,  Aug.  3,  1890,  to  Feb.  3,  1901.  Rec- 
tor of  Christ  Church,  Cambridge,  Mass.,  since  Feb.  18,  1901. 
m.  at  South  Amboy,  N.  J.,  June  22,  1887,  Emily  Charlotte 
Potter  Conover,  daughter  of  Richard  Stevens  and  Sarah 
Jones  (Potter)  Conover,  b.  at  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  Sept.  22,  1860. 
Children : 

I.  William  MaxwelP*  Evarts,  b.  at  New  York  City,  June 
24,  1888.  B.A.  Harvard,  1909.  LL.B.,  1912.  Ad- 
mitted to  Bar  of  New  York,  1912.  Lawyer  in  New 
York  City.  1st  Lieut.  Battery  F,  307th  Field  Art'y., 
U.  S.  A.    Served  in  France.    Unm. 

II.  Richard  Conover^*  Evarts,  b.  at  New  York,  Mar.  11, 
1890.  B.A.,  Harvard,  1913.  LL.B.,  1916.  Admitted 
to  Bar  of  Massachusetts,  Oct.  3,  1916.  Lawyer  in 
Boston,  Mass.  Sergeant  Co.  M,  38th  Inf.,  U.  S.  A. 
Served  in  France.    Unm. 

III.  Sarah  Potter^*  Evarts,  b.  at  Wappinger's  Falls,  Jan. 
22,  1892.    Unm. 

IV.  Helen  Wardner^*  Evarts,  b.  at  Wappinger's  Falls, 
June  7,  1895.    B.A.  Vassar,  1917.    Unm. 

122.  LOUISA  WARDNER^='  EVARTS  {71.  Hon.  William  M.^' 
Evarts,  Mehetabel"  (Sherman)  Evarts,  Hon.  Roger^°  Sher- 
man, William,"  Joseph**  Capt.  John,^  John,*'  Henry,"^  Henry.* 


Sherman  Genealogy  381 

Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at  New  York  City,  June  10, 
1861.  m.  at  New  York,  Apr.  3,  1883,  Dr.  Charles  Davies 
Scudder,  son  of  Henry  Joel  and  Louisa  Henrietta  (Davies) 
Scudder,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Sept.  24,  1856.  B.A.  Trin- 
ity, 1875;  M.D.  Columbia,  1878.  Practicing  Physician  in 
New  York.  He  d.  at  Northport,  N.  Y.,  July  19,  1892. 
Buried  at  Windsor.    Child: 

I.  Louisa  Henrietta^*  Scudder,  b.  at  New  York  City, 
Apr.  14,  1884.  m.  at  Windsor,  Vt.,  Oct.  17,  1914, 
David  Pjige  Wheelwright,  son  of  George  William  and 
Sophia  Elizabeth  (Bond)  Wheelwright,  b.  at  Jamaica 
Plain,  Mass.,  Apr.  1,  1878.  B.A.  Harvard,  1901. 
Children  born  at  Jamaica  Plain : 

1.  Elizabeth    Scudder^^    Wheelwright,    b.    Oct.    11, 
1915. 

2.  CorneHa  Page^^  Wheelwright,  b.  Apr.  10,  1918. 

123.  MAXWELL^^*  EVARTS  {73.  Hon.  William  M.^-  Evarts, 
Mehetabel^^  (Sherman)  Evarts,  Hon.  Roger^°  Sherman,  Wil- 
liam,'' Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^  John,^  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,' 
John,2  ThomasO,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Nov.  15,  1862.  B.A. 
Yale,  1884.  At  Harvard  Law  School,  1885-1886.  Admitted 
to  Bar  of  New  York,  Nov.,  1887.  Lawyer.  Assistant  United 
States  Attorney  for  the  Southern  District  of  New  York, 
1890-1892.  Associated  with  Counsel  for  Southern  Pacific 
and  other  railroads  for  several  years.  Director  of  Southern 
Pacific  Railroad,  1904.  1910,  General  Counsel  of  Oregon 
Short  Line  Railroad  and  Oregon  Railroad  and  Navigation 
Company.  Director  of  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Company  and 
of  Union  Pacific  Land  Company.  Argued  many  important 
cases  in  the  United  States  Supreme  Court.  Representative 
in  Vermont  Legislature,  1906.  Farmer  at  Windsor.  Presi- 
dent of  State  National  Bank  of  Windsor.  President  of  the 
Vermont  State  Fair  Association.  Vice-President  Windsor 
Machine  Company.  President  Vermont  Fish  and  Game 
League,  m.  at  New  York  City,  Apr.  23,  1891,  Margaret  Al- 
len Stetson,  daughter  of  Charles  Augustus  and  Josephine 
(Brick)  Stetson,  b.  at  New  York  City,  May  17,  1866.  He  d. 
at  Windsor,  Oct.  7,  1913.    Buried  there.    Children: 


382  Sherman  Genealogy 

I.  Margaret  Allen^*  Evarts,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Aug. 
16,  1892.  Unm. 
II.  Mehetabel  Sherman^*  Evarts,  b.  at  Windsor,  May  17, 
1894.  m.  at  St.  Paul's  Church,  Windsor,  Aug.  17, 
1918,  Shelton  Hale,  son  of  James  Richards  and  Annie 
Strong  (Riley)  Hale,  b.  at  Rogersville,  Tenn.,  Jan.  11, 
1891.  B.A.  Univ.  Penn.,  1913.  LL.B.,  Harvard,  1916. 
Lawyer.  Admitted  to  Bar  of  New  York,  Nov.,  1917. 
Asst.  Secy.  War  Trade  Board,  U.  S. 

III.  Jeremiah  MaxwelP^  Evarts,  b.  at  Windsor,  Jan.  28, 
1896.  B.A.  Yale,  1917.  Captain  18th  U.  S.  Inf'y. 
Served  in  France.  Gassed.  Cited  for  excellence, 
courage  and  intelligence  as  an  officer  during  the  occu- 
pation of  Villers-Tournelle,  Apr.  24- July  1,  1918. 
Cited  for  conduct  during  attack  on  Cantigny,  May  28, 
1918,  commanding  platoon.  Cited  for  distinguished 
conduct  during  battle  of  Marne  Salient,  July  18-22, 
1918,  when  upon  the  wounding  of  his  captain,  he  took 
command  of  his  company  and  commanded  it  through- 
out the  battle  with  excellent  judgment  and  efficiency. 
m.  at  Westbury,  L.  I.,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  3,  1918,  Katharine 
Avery    Morgan,   daughter   of    Edwin    Dennison   and 

;  Elizabeth  (Moran)  Morgan,  b.  at  Westbury,  Oct.  29, 

1898.    Child: 
1.    Maryi^  Evarts,  b.  at  New  York  City,  July  20,  1919. 

IV.  Mary^*  Evarts,  b.  at  Windsor,  Dec.  26,  1897;  d.  at 
Cambridge,  Mass.,  Jan.  8,  1919. 

V.  Josephine  Ellen  Guernsey^*  Evarts,  b.  at  Windsor, 
Aug.  16,  1901. 

124.  ROGER  SHERMAN^^  DAY  (74.  Sherman^^  ^^y^  Martha" 
(Sherman)  Day,  Hon.  Roger^°  Sherman,  William,"  Joseph," 
Capt.  John,^  John,"  Henry,°  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,' 
Thomas^),  b.  at  Circleville,  Ohio,  July  6,  1838.  Mining  En- 
gineer, Assayer  of  Metals,  Superintendent  of  Mines,  m.  at 
Folsom,  Cal.,  Jan.  31,  1861,  Harriet  Eliza  Oilman  Clark, 
daughter  of  Francis  and  Elizabeth  (Murray)  Clark,  b.  at 
Boston,  Mass.,  Apr.  7,  1843.  He  d.  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
Oct.  26,  1898.    Children: 


Sherman  Genealogy  383 

I.  Martha  Sherman^*  Day,  b.  at  Ashland,  Cal,  Nov.  24, 
1861;  B.A.  University  of  California,  1883.  m.  by 
President  Timothy  Dvvight,  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  in 
the  Thacher,  formerly  the  President  Jeremiah  Day 
house,  on  Crown  Street,  June  28,  1888,  Professor 
Washington  Irving  Stringham,  B.A.  cum  laude,  Har- 
vard, 1877.  Ph.D.  Johns  Hopkins,  1880.  Professor  of 
Mathematics,  Univ.  of  Cal.,  1882-1909.  Dean,  1886- 
1909.  Author  of  many  Mathematical  treatises.  Son 
of  Henry  and  Eliza  (Tomlinson)  Stringham,  b.  at 
Yorkshire,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  10,  1847;  d.  at  Berkeley,  Cal., 
Oct.  5,  1909.  For  many  years  used  name  Irving 
Stringham.    Children  born  at  Berkeley,  Cal. : 

1.  Harriet  Day^°  Stringham,  b.  Aug.  21,  1889;  m.  at 
Berkeley,  Cal.,  Jan.  6.  1914,  William  Andrew  De- 
Witt,  son  of  Cornelius  John  and  Margaret  (Kelty) 
DeWitt,  b.  at  New  York  City,,  Jan.  17,  1884.  B.A. 
Yale,  1908.  1st  Lieut.  Art'y.,  U.  S.  A.  Children: 
(1)  Anne^«  DeWitt  and  (2)  Harriet^«  DeWitt, 
twins,  b.  at  Berkeley,  Dec.  12,  1918. 

2.  Alartha  Sherman^^  Stringham,  b.  Mar.  5,  1891; 
m.  at  Berkeley,  May  16,  1912,  Leonard  Bacon,  son 
of  Nathaniel  Terry  and  Helen  (Hazard)  Bacon,  b. 
at  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  May  25,  1887.  B.A.  Yale, 
1909.  2nd  Lieut.  U.  S.  A.  Radio  Officer  Ground 
School  of  Aviation.     Children  born  at  Berkeley: 

(1)  Martha  Sherman^^  Bacon,  b.  Apr.  2,  1917. 

(2)  Helen  Hazard^«  Bacon,  b.  Mar.  9,  1919. 

3.  Roland  Irving^^  Stringham,  b.  May  24,  1892.  B.S. 
College  of  Architecture,  Univ.  of  Cal.,  1913.  Junior 
Lieut.  U.  S.  N.,  Submarine  Service.    Unm. 

II.  Annie  Clark^*  Day,  b.  at  Folsom,  Cal.,  Jan.  22,  1864. 
Unm. 

III.  Olivia"  Day,  b.  at  Folsom,  Jan.  29,  1866;  m.  at  Berk- 
eley, July  3,  1901,  Charles  Samuel  Greene,  son  of  Na- 
thaniel and  Hannah  Wells  (Eldridge)  Greene,  b.  at 
Bridgeport,  Conn.,  Dec.  6,  1856.  B.A.  University  of 
California,  1886.    No  issue. 


384  Sherman  Genealogy 

IV.  Roger  Sherman^*  Day,  Jr.,  b.  at  San  Francisco,  Sept. 
20,  1872.  Captain  Inf.,  U.  S.  A.  m.  at  Pasadena, 
Cal.,  Dec.  23,  1905,  Abby  Louise  Marston,  daughter 
of  Frank  Augustus  and  Annie  (Palmer)  Marston,  b. 
at  Oakland,  Cal,  June  24,  1875 ;  d.  at  Palo  Alto,  Cal., 
Jan.  19,  1906.    No  issue. 

125.  JANE  OLIVIA^'^  DAY  (74.  Sherman^-  Day,  Martha" 
(Sherman)  Day,  Hon.  Roger^°  Sherman,  William,^  Joseph,' 
Capt.  John,^  John,^  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,* 
Thomas^),  b.  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  6,  1844;  m.  at  Oak- 
land, Cal.,  Feb.  6,  1867,  Henry  Austin^*  Palmer,  son  of  Ben- 
jamin Franklin  and  Eliza  Harriet^^  (Hart)  Palmer,b.at  Mys- 
tic Bridge,  Conn.,  Dec.  23,  1842.  He  was  Cashier  of  the 
United  States  Sub-treasury  and  Mint  at  San  Francisco,  Cal., 
1865-1867.  Vice-President  of  Oakland  Union  Savings  Bank. 
President  of  the  Union  National  Bank  of  Oakland.  He  d. 
at  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,-  Feb.  4,  1917.  She  d.  there  July  12, 
1910.     (See  above,  46.)     Children: 

I.  Theodore  Sherman^*  Palmer,  b.  at  Oakland,  Cal.,  Jan. 
26,  1868;  m.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Nov.  21,  1911, 
Bertha  Marilla  Ellis,  daughter  of  Charles  William 
Henry  and  Marion,  Collins  (DeVau)  Ellis,  b.  at  Wal- 
tham,  Mass.,  Apr.  7,  1877.    No  issue. 

II.  Elizabeth  Day^*  Palmer,  b.  at  Oakland,  Nov.  30,  1872. 
B.A.  University  of  California,  1894.     Unm. 

III.  Harold  King"  Palmer,  b.  at  Berkeley,  Cal.,  Jan.  20, 
1878.  Univ.  of  Cal.,  B.S.,  1898;  Ph.D.,  1903;  m.  at 
Price,  Utah,  July  31,  1918,  Dorothy  Marie  Beggs, 
daughter  of  Carey  Temple  and  Emma  Laura  (Bart- 
lett)  Beggs,  b.  at  Stockville,  Neb.,  Aug.  16,  1891. 

126.  CLINTON^^  DAY  (74.  Sherman^^  Day,  Martha"  (Sher- 
man) Day,  Hon.  Roger^"  Sherman,  William,"  Joseph,^  Capt. 
John,''  John,"  Henry ,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,-  Thomas,^), 
b.  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  17,  1847.  B.A.  University  of 
California,  1868.  M.A.,  1874.  LL.D.,  1910.  Architect  of 
distinction,     m.  at  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Jan.  21,  1875,  Grace 


Sherman  Genealogy  385 

Wakefield,  daughter  of  Enoch  Hemingway  and  Caroline  Hul- 
dah  (Kingsbury)  Wakefield,  b.  at  Chelsea,  Mass.  He  d.  at 
Berkeley,  Cal.,  Jan.  11,  1916.    Child: 

I.  Caroline^*  Day,  b.  at  Berkeley,  Cal.,  Aug.  20,  1882. 
Unm. 

127.  SAMUEL^^  HOAR  (75.  Hon.  Ebenezer  R.^-  Hoar,  Sarah^^ 
(Sherman)  Hoar,  Hon.  Roger^"  Sherman,  William,^  Joseph,^ 
Capt.  John,^  John,«  Henry,'^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^ 
Thomas^),  b.  at  Concord,  Mass.,  Sept.  27,  1845.  Served  in 
U.  S.  Army,  Sept.  1862,  to  Aug.,  1863,  in  48th  Regiment, 
Massachusetts  Volunteer  Infantry.  B.A.  Harvard,  1867. 
Admitted  to  Massachusetts  Bar,  June,  1870.  Representative 
in  Massachusetts  Legislature,  1881.  Chairman  of  Selectmen 
of  Concord,  1885  and  1886.  Overseer  of  Harvard,  1887- 
1895.  Fellow,  1894-1904.  Lawyer,  m.  (1)  at  Baltimore, 
Md.,  Oct.  12,  1871,  Kate  Wise,  daughter  of  Commodore 
George  Douglas  and  Laura  (May)  Wise,  b.  at  Baltimore, 
May  15,  1847.  She  d.  at  Concord,  Feb.  3,  1877.  m.  (2)  at 
Boston,  Oct.  '20,  1886,  Helen  Putnam  Wadleigh,  daughter  of 
Hon.  Bainbridge  Wadlegh,  Lawyer,  U.  S.  Senator  for  New 
Hampshire,  1873-1879,  and  Ann  Maria  (Putnam)  Wadleigh, 
b.  at  Milford,  N.  H.,  May  5,  1859.  He  d.  at  Concord,  Apr. 
11,  1904.    Children  by  second  wife,  bom  at  Concord: 

L  SamueP*  Hoar,  b.  Aug.  21,  1887.  B.A.  Harvard, 
1909.  LL.B.,  1912.  Lawyer.  Member  of  Boston 
firm  of  Goodwin,  Proctor  &  Ballantine.  Served  in 
U.  S.  A.  at  Fort  Zachary  Taylor,  m.  at  Concord, 
June  6,  1914,  Helen  Warren,  daughter  of  William 
Ross  and  Helen  (Van  Voast)  Warren,  b.  at  New  York 
City,  Dec.  16,  1895.  Child : 
1.    Cynthia^«  Hoar,  b.  at  Concord,  Apr.  17,  1915. 

n.  John^*  Hoar,  b.  Dec.  7,  1889.  B.A.  Harvard,  1912. 
1st  Lieut  Infantry,  U.  S.  A.  Served  in  France, 
m.  at  Dobbs  Ferry,  N,  Y.,  June  17,  1916,  Dorothy 
Emma  Brown,  daughter  of  Franklin  Quimby  and  Ida 
Prescott  Bigelow  (Eldredge)  Brown,  b.  at  Boston, 
Mass.,  Mar.  10,  1894.    Child : 


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386  Sherman  Genealogy 

1.    John^^  Hoar,  Jr.,  b.  at  Concord,  Mass.,  Oct.  23, 
1917. 

128.  ELIZABETH"  HOAR  (75.  Hon.  Ebenezer  R.^^  Hoar, 
Sarah"  (Sherman)  Hoar,  Hon.  Roger^°  Sherman,  WilHam,® 
Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^  John,®  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^ 
John,-  Thomas^),  b.  at  Concord,  Nov.  25,  1854.  m.  at  Con- 
cord, June  12,  1884,  Samuel  Bowles,  son  of  Samuel  and  Mary 
Dwight  (Schermerhorn)  Bowles,  of  Springfield,  Mass.,  b.  at 
Springfield,  Oct.  15,  1851.  Took  a  special  course  at  Yale 
for  two  years.  M.A.  (Hon.)  Amherst,  1879.  L.H.D.  Olivet 
College,  1913.  Assistant  in  Editorial  department  of  the 
"Springfield  Republican,"  1873-1875.  Business  Manager, 
1875-1878.  Editor,  1878,  until  his  death,  d.  at  Springfield, 
Mar.  14,  1915.    Children  born  at  Springfield: 

I.  SamueH*  Bowles,  b.  July  31,  1885.     B.A.  Harvard, 
1908.    Unm. 
II.  Sherman  Hoar"  Bowles,  b.  Apr.  24,  1890.    B.A.  Har- 
vard, 1912.     Lieut.  U.  S.  Marine  Corps.     Served  in 
France.    In  army  of  occupation  of  Germany.    Unm. 

129.  SHERMAN^^  HOAR  (75.  Hon.  Ebenezer  R.^-  Hoar, 
Sarah^^  (Sherman)  Hoar,  Hon.  Roger^"  Sherman,  William,' 
Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^  John,*^  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,' 
Thomas^,  b.  at  Concord,  Mass.,  July  30,  1860.  B.A.  Har- 
vard, 1882.  Admitted  to  Massachusetts  Bar,  1885.  Repre- 
sentative in  Congress,  1891-1893.  United  States  Attorney  for 
Massachusetts,  Aug.  1,  1893-1897.  Trustee  of  Phillips  Exe- 
ter Academy.  Member  of  Boston  law  firm  of  Storey,  Thorn- 
dike  &  Hoar.  Director  of  the  Massachusetts  Volunteer  Aid 
Association  in  war  with  Spain  and  served  in  Army  Hospital 
in  the  South,  m.  (1)  at  Concord,  June  2,  1886,  Caroline 
Prescott  Wood,  daughter  of  James  Barrett  and  Ellen  Smith 
(Oldham)  Wood,  b.  at  Dorset,  Vt.,  Oct.  2,  1860;  d.  Aug.  24, 
1891.  m.  (2)  at  Concord,  Dec.  6,  1892,  Mary  Tolman  But- 
trick,  daughter  of  William  and  Florence  (King)  Buttrick,  b. 
at  Concord,  Mass.,  May  30,  1867.  He  d.  at  Concord,  Oct. 
7,  1898.    Children  by  first  wife: 


Sherman  Genealogy  387 

I.  Roger  Sherman^*  Hoar,  b.  at  Waltham,  Mass.,  Apr. 
8,1887.  B.A.  Harvard,  1909;  LL.B.,  1911.  1st  Lieut. 
U.  S.  A.  Coast  Artillery.  Instructor  at  Fort  Monroe, 
1918.  m.  at  Edgartown,  Mass.,  June  25,  1913,  Elva 
Stuart  Pease,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Warren  and  An- 
nie Baird  (Currier)  Pease,  b.  at  Cottage  City,  Mass., 
Dec.  8,  1892.    Children  born  at  Concord: 

1.  Caroline  Prescott^^  Hoar,  b.  May  3,  1914. 

2.  Sherman^^  Hoar,  b.  Apr.  7,  1917. 

3.  Benjamin  Stuart^"  Hoar,  b.  at  Aberdeen,  Md.,  Feb. 
7,  1920. 

n.  Ellen^*  Hoar,  b.  at  Waltham,  Aug.  13,  1891.  m.  at 
Concord,  Feb.  12,  1914,  Stephen  Coburn  Pepper,  son 
of  Charles  Hovey  and  Frances  Elizabeth  (Coburn) 
Pepper,  b.  at  Newark,  N.  J.,  Apr.  29,  1891.  B.A. 
Harvard,  1913,  c.  1.  M.A.,  1914.  Served  in  U.  S.  A. 
in  Coast  Artillery  School,  1918.  Children  born  at 
Concord : 

1.  Sherman  Hoar^^  Pepper,  b.  Aug.  29,  1915. 

2.  Elizabeth^s  Pepper,  b.  July  31,  1917. 
Children  by  second  wife,  born  at  Concord : 

III.  Stedman  Buttrick^*  Hoar,  b.  Sept.  1,  1893.  B.A. 
Harvard,  1915.  2nd  Lieut.  U.  S.  A.  Field  Artillery. 
Served  in  France.    Unm. 

IV.  Elizabeth"  Hoar,  b.  Dec.  18,  1897.    Unm. 

130.  ROCKWOOD^''  HOAR  (78.  Hon.  George  F.^-  Hoar, 
Sarah^^  (Sherman)  Hoar,  Hon.  Roger ^°  Sherman,  William,^ 
Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^  John,^  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,'^ 
Thomas^),  b.  at  Worcester,  Mass.,  Aug.  24,  1855.  B.A.  Har- 
vard, 1876.  LL.B.,  1878.  M.A.,  1879.  Admitted  to  Massa- 
chusetts Bar,  June  16,  1879.  Lawyer.  Assistant  District 
Attorney  for  Middle  District  of  Massachusetts,  1884-1887. 
Member  of  Common  Council  of  Worcester,  1887-1891.  Aide- 
de-camp  on  staff  of  Governor  Oliver  Ames  with  rank  of  Col- 
onel, 1887-1890.  Judge  Advocate  General  on  Staff  of  Gov- 
ernor Oliver  Wolcott.  District  Attorney,  Jan.,  1899-Jan., 
1905.    Representative  in  Congress,  1905  until  his  death,    m. 


388  Sherman  Genealogy 

at  Worcester,  June  1,  1893,  Christine  Rice,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Ellis  and  Frances  Helen  (Randlett)  Rice,  b.  at  Worces- 
ter, Jan.  11,  1872.  He  d.  at  Worcester,  Nov.  1,  1906.  His 
widow  m.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Nov.  25,  1915,  Hon.  Fred- 
erick Huntington  Gillett,  son  of  Edward  Bates  and  Lucy- 
Douglas  (Fowler)  Gillett,  b.  at  Westfield,  Mass.,  Oct.  16, 
1851.  B.A.  Amherst,  1874.  M.A.,  1877.  LL.D.,  1906. 
LL.B.  Harvard,  1877.  Lawyer.  Asst.  Attorney  General  of 
Massachusetts,  1879-1882.  Member  Mass.  House  of  Rep., 
1890,  1891.  Representative  in  U.  S.  Congress  for  Mass. 
since  1893.    Republican  Floor  Leader,  1918.    Speaker,  1919. 

Children  born  at  Worcester : 

L  Frances  Helen^*  Hoar,  b.  Nov.  24,  1894.    Unm. 
H.  Louisa  Ruth"  Hoar,  b.  Aug.  22,  1898.    Unm. 

131.  CHARLES  TAYLOR^^  SHERMAN  (79.  Hon.  Charles 
R.,12  Taylor,^ ^  Daniel,^°  John,"  John.^  Samuel,^  Edmund," 
Edmund,^  Henry,*  Thomas,'  John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at  Nor- 
walk.  Conn.,  Feb.  3,  1811.  m.  at  Mansfield,  O.,  Feb.  2,  1841, 
Eliza  Jane  Williams,  daughter  of  John  Herbert  and  his  sec- 
ond wife,  Elizabeth  (Crane)  (Boal)  Williams,  b.  at  Dayton, 
O.,  June  13,  1822;  d.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Oct.  1893.  He 
was  Judge  of  U.  S.  District  Court  for  Northern  District  of 
Ohio,  Mar.,  1867-1872.     d.  at  Cleveland,  O.,  Jan.  1,  1873. 

Children  born  at  Mansfield : 

L  Mary  Hoyt"  Sherman,  b.  June  7,  1842;  m.  at  Cleve- 
land, O.,  June  30,  1868,  Lt.  Gen.  Nelson  Appleton 
Miles,  U.  S.  A.,  son  of  Daniel  and  Mary  (Curtis) 
Miles,  b.  at  Westminster,  Mass.,  Aug.  8,  1839.  She  d. 
at  West  Point,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  1,  1904.    Children : 

1.  Cecelia  Sherman^ ^  Miles,  b.  at  Qeveland,  Sept.  12, 
1869;  m.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Jan.  10,  1900,  Sam- 
uel Reber,  Colonel  U.  S.  A.  Signal  Corps.  U.  S. 
M.  Acad.,  1886.  P.E.  Johns  Hopkins,  1894; 
served  in  France,  son  of  Hon.  Samuel  and  Mar- 
garet Messier  (Reese)  Reber,  b.  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.. 
Oct.  16,  1864.    Children:  (1)  Miles^«  Reber,  b.  at 


Sherman  Genealogy  389 

Washington,  Mar.  27,  1902.  (2)  Samuel^«  Reber, 
Jr.,  b.  at  East  Hampton,  N.  Y.,  July  15,  1903. 
2.  Sherman^^  Miles,  b.  Dec.  5,  1882.  Captain  U.  S.  A. 
Served  in  France,  m.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Nov. 
24,  1909,  Yulee  Noble,  daughter  of  William  Belden 
and  Nannie  (Yulee)  Noble,  b.  at  Washington,  Nov. 
28,  1888.  Child:  (1)  Nelson  Appleton^«  Miles, 
Jr.,  b.  at  Washington,  Oct.  19,  1917. 

II.  Henry  Stoddard"  Sherman,  b.  Apr.  29,  1844.  B.A. 
Dartmouth,  1866.  Lawyer,  of  firm  of  Sherman,  Hoyt 
&  Dustin.  Served  in  the  Civil  War.  1st  Lieut.  Co.  A, 
120th  Ohio  Vols,  and  Adjutant  of  Regt.  m.  at  Cleve- 
land, O.,  June  2,  1875,  Harriet  Amelia  Benedict, 
daughter  of  George  Amos  and  Sarah  Frances  (Rath- 
bone)  Benedict,  b.  at  Cleveland,  Oct.  23,  1848.  He  d. 
at  sea,  Feb.  24,  1893.    Children  born  at  Cleveland : 

1.  Sarah  Rathbone^^  Sherman,  b.  Mar.  28,  1876;  m. 
at  Cleveland,  Apr.  18,  1900,  Dr.  Edward  Perkins 
Carter,  son  of  Franklin  Carter,  B.A.  Williams 
1862,  M.A.,  LL.D.,  President  of  Williams  College, 
and  Sarah  (Kingsbury)  Carter,  b.  at  New  Haven, 
Conn.,  Mar.  23,  1871 ;  in  class  of  1891  at  Williams. 
M.D.  Univ.  of  Penn.,  1894.  Fellow,  Pathology, 
Johns  Hopkins ;  Asst.  Clinical  Prof.  Med.,  Western 
Reserve.  Children:  (1)  Ruth"  Carter,  b.  May  24, 
1902;  d.  Dec.  8,  1903.  (2)  Edward  Perkins^" 
Carter,  Jr.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1904. 

2.  Henry  Stoddard^^  Sherman,  b.  Oct.  11,  1879.  B.A. 
Yale,  1902.  Major,  American  Red  Cross.  Served 
in  France;  m.  at  Cleveland,  Nov.  21,  1906,  Edith 
Lydia  McBride,  daughter  of  John  Harris  and 
Elizabeth  (Wright)  McBride,  b.  Feb.  17,  1880. 
Children:  (1)  Henry  Stoddard^«  Sherman,  Jr.,  b. 
May  31,  1908.  (2)  John^^  Sherman,  b.  Apr.  25, 
1910.     (3)  Elizabeth"  Sherman,  b.  Dec.  18,  1914. 

3.  George  Benedict^"  Sherman,  b.  Jan.  13,  1886;  d. 
at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  Oct.  26,  1903. 

III.  Edward"  Sherman,  b.  1846;  d.  in  infancy. 


390  Sherman  Genealogy 

IV.  John^^  Sherman,  b.  Sept.  4,  1847;  d.  at  Washington, 

D.  C,  May  30,  1890;  Unm. 
V.  Anna  Wallace^*   Sherman,  b.   Sept.  21,   1850;  d.  at 
Cleveland,  O.,  Jan.  1,  1870.    Unm. 

VI.  Lida  Williams"  Sherman,  b.  Aug.  22,  1852;  m.  at 
Cleveland,  Oct.  16,  1873.  Colgate  Hoyt,  M.A.  (Hon.) 
University  of  Rochester,  1895.  Banker,  Director  and 
officer  of  several  railroads,  son  of  James  Madison  and 
Mary  Ella  (Beebe)  Hoyt,  b.  at  Cleveland,  Mar.  2, 
1849.  She  d.  at  Oyster  Bay,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  15,  1908. 
He  m.  (2)  Katharine  L.  (Sharp)  Cheeseman.  Chil- 
dren : 

1.  Anne  Sherman^^  Hoyt,  b.  at  Cleveland,  Jan.  12, 
1875.    Unm. 

2.  Charles  Sherman^ °  Hoyt,  b.  at  Cleveland,  Oct.  28, 
1879.  B.A.  Brown,  1901.  Lieut.  U.  S.  Navy. 
Unm. 

3.  Colgate^^  Hoyt,  Jr.,  b.  at  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  1, 
1883.  B.A.  Brown,  1905.  Captain  U.  S.  A.  m. 
at  Hempstead,  N.  Y.,  June  12,  1912,  Jeannette 
Myers,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Anna  (Freeborn) 
Myers,  b.  at  New  York  City,  June  26,  1883.  Chil- 
dren: (1)  Sherman^*'  Hoyt,  b.  at  New  York  City, 
Mar.  9,  1915.  (2)  Jeannette^^  Hoyt  and  (3)  Bar- 
bara^® Hoyt  (twins),  b.  at  New  York  City,  Feb. 
28,  1918. 

4.  Elizabeth  Bancroft  Sherman^^  Hoyt,  b.  at  Yonkers, 
Oct.  16,  1885.    Unm. 

VII.  Elizabeth"  Sherman,  b.  Nov.  10,  1857;  m.  at  Cleve- 
land, Ohio,  May  9,  1878,  as  his  second  wife,  Hon. 
James  Donald  Cameron,  son  of  Hon.  Simon  and  Mar- 
garet (Brua)  Cameron,  b.  at  Middletown,  Penn.,  May 
14,  1833.  B.A.  Princeton,  1852.;  M.A.  1855.  U.S. 
Secretary  of  War,  1876-1877.  U.S.  Senator  for  Penn- 
sylvania, 1877-1897.  He  d.  at  Donegal,  Penn.,  Aug. 
30,  1918.  His  first  wife,  Mary  McCormick.  d.  Mar. 
23,  1874.  Child: 
1.    Martha^'^  Cameron,  b.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  June 


Sherman  Genealogy  391 

25,  1886.  m.  at  Washington,  Mar.  18,  1909,  Hon. 
Ronald  Charles  Lindsay,  fourth  son  of  James  Lu- 
dovic,  26th  Earl  of  Crawford,  and  Emily  Flor- 
ence Wilbraham,  b.  at  Haigh  Hall,  Wigan,  Lan- 
cashire, England,  May  3,  1877.  C.V.O. ;  Under 
Secretary  of  State  for  Finance  in  Egypt  1913-19. 
Counsellor  of  the  British  Embassy  at  Washington, 
1920.  She  d.  at  Stepleton  House,  Blandford,  Dor- 
set, England,  Apr.  29,  1918.    No  issue. 

132.  MARY  ELIZABETH"  SHERMAN  (79.  Hon.  Charles 
R.,^2  Taylor,^^  Daniel,^"  John,^  John,«  Samuel,^  Edmund," 
Edmund,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,-  Thomas^),  b.  at  Lancas- 
ter, Ohio,  Apr.  21,  1812;  d.  there  Aug.,  1900.  m.  at  Lancas- 
ter, Oct.  29,  1829,  William  James  Reese,  son  of  Jacob  and 
Leah  (James)  Reese,  b.  at  Philadelphia,  Penn.,  Aug.  5,  1804; 
d.  at  Lancaster,  Dec.  17,  1883.  B.A.  Univ.  Penn.  Admitted 
to  Bar  of  Penn.  and  to  Bar  of  Ohio.  Lawyer.  Merchant. 
Major  General  of  Ohio  Militia.  Grand  Master  of  Grand 
Lodge  of  Ohio  Freemasons  for  8  years.    Children: 

L  Henry  Bickham^*  Reese,  b.  at  Lancaster,  Apr.  17, 
1832;  d.  there  Nov.  30,  1902.  Major,  Paymaster, 
U.  S.  A.  Brevetted  Lt.  Col.  Vols.,  Mar.  13,  1865,  for 
faithful  and  meritorious  services  during  the  war.  Re- 
tired July  3,  1888.  m.  at  Philadelphia,  Dec.  2,  1854, 
Helen  Catherine  Kirke,  b.  at  Wilmington,  Del.,  Nov. 
4,  1832;  d.  at  Lancaster,  O.,  Mar.  23,  1861.  Chil- 
dren: 

1.  William  Kirke^^  Reese,  b.  at  Lancaster,  Feb.  6, 
1856;  m.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Oct.  11,  1877, 
Mary  Hoyt^*  Bartley,  daughter  of  Hon.  Thomas 
Wells  and  Susan  Denman  (Sherman)  Bartley,  b. 
at  Mansfield,  Ohio,  Aug.  11,  1859.  Children:  (1) 
William  Kirke^^  Reese,  Jr.,  b.  at  Washington, 
D.  C,  Aug.  13,  1878;  m.  July  31,  1912.  Bird  Chans- 
lor,  daughter  of  John  and  Sara  Ellen  (Field) 
Chanslor,  b.  in  Clay  Co.,  Mo.,  Jan.  1880.  No  is- 
sue. (2)  Stella  Bartley^«  Reese,  b.  Nov.  29,  1879; 
d.  Aug.  20,  1880. 


392  Sherman  Genealogy 

2.  Kate  Evans^^  Reese,  b.  at  Lancaster,  Mar.  18, 
1857 ;  m.  Rush  Tevis,  who  d.  Child :  Helen  Reese^' 
Tevis,  b.  1878.    Unm. 

3.  Mary  Elizabeth^^  Reese,  b.  at  Lancaster,  Dec.  22, 
1858;  m.  at  Lancaster,  Feb.  10,  1880,  Asher  Carter 
Baker,  U.  S.  N.  A.,  1871.  Captain  U.  S.  Navy. 
Retired  June  30,  1905.  Attache  at  Constantinople, 
1877-79.  On  U.  S.  Fish  Commission.  Instructor 
U.  S.  Military  Academy,  1888-90.  Commissioner 
at  Chicago  Exposition,  1890.  Served  at  Paris  Ex- 
position, 1898-1900.  Chevalier  of  French  Legion 
of  Honor.  Director  of  Exhibits  of  the  Panama- 
Pacific  International  Exposition,  1911-1915.  April 
3,  1917,  mobilized  for  active  service  in  France  with 
Director  General  of  Transportation  of  American 
Expeditionary  Forces.  Son  of  Elihu  and  Charlotte 
(Carter)  Baker,  b.  at  Matawan,  N.  J.,  Dec  .18, 
1850.  Children:  (1)  Cecil  Sherman^^  Baker  (now 
Sherman  Baker)  b.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Dec.  9, 
1880.  Commander  Supply  Corps,  U.  S.  N.,  in  ac- 
tive service,  m.  at  Torrington,  Conn.,  Oct.  19,  1904, 
Lillian  Wheeler  Holley,  daughter  of  Edward 
Hotchkiss  and  Nellie  (Wheeler)  Holley,  b.  at 
Westchester,  Penn.,  Sept.  26,  1881.  Children:  (a) 
Eleanor  Holley^'^  Baker,  b.  at  Culebra,  Virgin  Isl- 
ands, West  Indies,  Oct.  18,  1905.  (b)  Cecil  Sher- 
man^^  Baker,  Jr.,  b.  at  Norfolk,  Va.,  Oct.  23,  1906. 
(2)  Charlotte  Carter^®  Baker,  b.  at  Washington, 
D.  C,  Mar.  7,  1882.  m.  at  Atlantic  City,  N.  J., 
Feb.  5,  1910,  Alexander  Taylor  Cooper,  Lieut.  Col. 
U.  S.  A.,  Medical  Corps,  son  of  James  Reynolds 
and  Sarah  (Taylor)  Cooper,  b.  at  Yutan,  Neb., 
Apr.  8,  1883.  No  issue.  (3)  Mary  Elizabeth^" 
Baker,  b.  at  Wood's  Hole,  Mass.,  Aug.  22,  1884. 
m.  at  Annapolis,  Md.,  Feb.  10,  1906,  Charles  Rees 
Lloyd,  Colonel  Field  Artillery,  U.  S.  A.,  son  of 
Charles  Rees  and  Marion  Frances  (Ingram)  Lloyd, 
b.  at  Leeds,  Yorks.,  England,  Nov.  14,  1876.  Served 
in   France   and   Germany    1917-1919.     No  issue. 


Sherman  Genealogy  393 

(4)  Helen  Margaret^®  Baker,  b.  at  Washington, 
D.  C,  Nov.  9,  1890.  Served  with  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
in  France,  m.  at  Paris,  France,  May  16,  1919, 
Eugene  Warren  Fales,  Major  U.  S.  A.,  son  of 
Henry  Marshall  and  Sarah  Christiana  (Smith) 
Fales,  b.  at  La  Salle,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  16,  1887.  (5) 
Asher  Carter^®  Baker.  Jr.,  b.  at  Annapolis,  Md., 
Mar.  20,  1892.  2nd  Lt.,  62nd  U.  S.  Inf.  Unm. 
(6)  Hoyt  Sherman"  Baker,  Sergt.,  23rd  U.  S.  Inf., 
served  in  France.  Gassed.  Unm.,  and  (7)  Gerald 
Pomeroy^^  Baker,  twins,  b.  at  Burlington,  N.  J., 
Oct.  24,  1898.  Gerald  d.  July  24,  1899: 
4.  Helen  Catherine^''  Reese,  b.  at  Lancaster,  June  10, 
1860.  m.  at  Lancaster,  Nov.  26,  1879,  Samuel 
Butler,  son  of  John  and  Emily  Sortore  (Blue) 
Butler,  b.  at  Columbus,  O.,  Mar.  23,  1844.  Chil- 
dren: (1)  Henry  Reese^^  Butler,  b.  at  Lancaster, 
Sept.  24,  1880;  m.  at  Cleveland,  O.,  Nov.  28,  1913, 
Alida  Victoria  O'Hara,  daughter  of  William  Te- 
cumseh  Sherman  and  Anna  Gertrude  (Sims) 
O'Hara,  b.  at  Ada,  Ohio,  Apr.  29,  1892.  No  issue. 
(2)  John"  Butler,  b.  at  Lancaster,  Mar.  25,  1883. 
Unm.  (3)  Alexander  Beattie^^  Butler,  b.  at  Lancas- 
ter, Apr.  1,  1885;  d.  at  Columbus,  Mar.  1,  1901. 
(4)  Samuel"  Butler,  Jr.,  b.  at  Columbus  Apr.  3, 
1891,  Sergeant  U.  S.  A.  m.  at  Montgomery,  Ala., 
Nov  17,  1917,  Mary  Dell  Lamb,  daughter  of  Jos- 
eph and  Ellen  (Steen)  Lamb,  b.  at  New  Lexington, 
O.,  July  14,  18—.  No  issue.  (5)  Sherman"  But- 
ler, b.  at  Columbus,  Feb.  10,  1893 ;  d.  Nov.  8,  1894. 

II.  Mary  Leah^*  Reese,  b.  at  Lancaster,  Sept.  21,  1833;  d. 
there  Aug.  16,  1834. 

III.  Rosina  Elizabeth^*  Reese,  b.  at  Lancaster,  Feb.  24, 
1835;  m.  at  Lancaster,  Oct.  20,  1858,  Alfred  Miller 
Hoyt,  son  of  James  Moody  and  Mary  (Nesbitt)  Hoyt, 
b.  at  New  York  City,  Dec.  22,  1828 ;  d.  there  June  18, 
1903.  Children  b.  at  New  York  City: 
1.    Florence  Cecelia"  Hoyt,  b.  Feb.  28,  1860;  m.  at 


394  Sherman  Genealogy 

Ne\\^  York  City,  Apr.  22,  1887,  Dr.  William  Kelly 
Otis,  B.A.  Columbia  1882,  M.D.  1885,  son  of  Fes- 
senden  Nott  (M.  D.  N.  Y.  Medical  College,  1852; 
M.A.  Union,  1851;  LL.D.  Columbia,  1892)  and 
Frances  (Cooke)  Otis,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Sept. 
9,  1860;  d.  there  Sept.  22,  1907.  Child:  (1)  Ro- 
sina  Hoyt^"  Otis,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Jan.  30, 
1888;  m.  there  Nov.  4,  1914,  Capt.  Edgar  Farrar 
Bateson,  U.  S.  A.,  son  of  Charles  Edwin  and  Mary 
McLaughlin  (Stamps)  Bateson,  b.  at  New  Orleans, 
La.,  Jan.  9,  1887.  Children  born  at  New  York 
City:  (a)  Edgar  Farrar'^  Bateson,  Jr.,  b.  July  19, 
1915.  (b)  Florence  Cecelia^^  Bateson,  b.  Mar.  26, 
1917. 
2.  Henry  Reese^^  Hoyt,  b.  May  1,  1861.  B.A.  Har- 
vard, 1882;  LL.B.  Columbia,  1884.  Admitted  to 
New  York  Bar,  1884.  Lawyer.  Member  of  firm 
of  Daly,  Hoyt  &  Mason,  m.  at  Berlin,  Germany, 
Dec.  9,  1885,  Emy  Otto,  daughter  of  Carl  August 
and  Margaret  Mesier  (Lydig)  Otto,  b.  at  Berlin, 
Germany,  Dec.  9,  1861.  Children:  (1)  Gretchen 
Rosina"  Hoyt,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Oct.  16,  1886; 
m.  at  Portland,  Ore.,  June  3,  1908,  Henry  Ladd 
Corbett,  son  of  Henry  Jagger  and  Helen  (Ladd) 
Corbett,  b.  at  Portland,  Ore.,  July  29,  1881.  Chil- 
dren born  at  Portland:  (a)  Helen  Elizabeth^^ 
Corbett,  b.  Feb.  17,  1910.  (b)  Henry  Ladd"  Cor- 
bett, Jr.,  b.  Aug.  9,  1912.  (c)  Alfred  Hoyt"  Cor- 
bett, b.  July  22,  1915.  (2)  Elizabeth  Sherman^" 
Hoyt,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Jan.  8,  1891 ;  m.  at 
New  York  City,  Jan.  20,  1915,  Thomas  Harris 
Frothingham,  B.A.  Harvard  1913,  son  of  Theo- 
dore and  Lucy  (Harris)  Frothingham,  b.  at  Phila- 
delphia, Penn.,  Apr.  5,  1891.  Children  born  at 
New  York  City:  (a)  Elizabeth  Emy"  Frothing- 
ham, b.  Nov.  6,  1915.  (b)  Henry  Hoyt"  Froth- 
ingham, b.  Jan.  27,  1918.  (3)  Alfred  Otto"  Hoyt, 
b.  at  Southampton,  N.  Y.,  June  1,  1892,  Capt. 
U.  S.  A.     Served  in  France.     Unm.     (4)  Henry 


Sherman  Genealogy  395 

Reese^"  Hoyt,  Jr.,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Dec.  5, 
1902. 

3.  Alfred  William^ ^  Hoyt,  b.  Jan.  22,  1863 ;  d.  at  New 
York  City,  Nov.  20,  1911.    Unm. 

4.  Mary  Elizabeth^^  Hoyt,  b.  Sept.  5,  1867;  d.  at  New 
York  City,  Dec.  14,  1891.     Unm. 

5.  John  Sherman^^  Hoyt,  b.  July  29,  1869,  B.A.  Co- 
lumbia, 1890;  m.  at  Lenox,  Mass.,  Oct.  31,  1895, 
Ethel  Phelps  Stokes,  daughter  of  Anson  Phelps 
and  Helen  L.  (Phelps)  Stokes,  b.  at  Staten  Island, 
N.  Y.,  Feb.  14,  1876.  Children:  (1)  John  Sher- 
mani°  j^q^^^  j^,^  ^  ^^  p.yg^  ^  Y.,  Sept.  16,  1896; 
d.  at  Lenox,  Mass.,  May  26,  1897.  (2)  Anson 
Phelps  Stokes^°  Hoyt,  b.  at  Lenox,  Sept.  24,  1897. 
Yale  1920.  (3)  Sherman  Reese^'^  Hoyt,  b.  at  New 
York  City,  Jan.  13,  1900.  (4)  Helen  Phelps 
Stokes^*'  Hoyt,  b.  at  Lakewood,  N.  J.,  Dec.  27, 
1903.  (5)  Ethel  Stokes^ «  Hoyt,  b.  at  Rowayton, 
Conn.,  June  25,  1907.  (6)  Graham^"  Hoyt,  b.  at 
New  York  City,  Mar.  12,  1910. 

6.  Rosina  Sherman^^  Hoyt,  b.  Mar.  11,  1874.    Unm. 
IV.  Margaret  Messier^*  Reese,  b.  at  Philadelphia,  June  18, 

1839;  m.  at  Lancaster,  June  18,  1862,  Hon.  Samuel 
Reber,  son  of  Valentine  and  Magdeleen  (Van  Reed) 
Reber,  b.  at  Royalton,  Ohio,  Feb.  24,  1815;  d.  at  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio,  Dec.  1,  1879.  Lawyer,  Judge  of  Court 
of  Common  Pleas  and  of  Circuit  Court  of  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  1856-1867.    Children: 

1.  Maud^^  Reber,  b.  at  Lancaster,  Aug.  14,  1863;  m. 
at  Old  Orchard,  Mo.,  Oct.  12,  1897,  Rev.  Carroll 
Melvin  Davis,  son  of  Thomas  Franklin  and  Sarah 
Miranda  (Chase)  Davis,  b.  at  Campo,  Seco,  Cal., 
Sept.  9,  1857.  She  d.  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Nov.  3, 
1903.  Child:  (1)  Carroll  Melvin^"  Davis,  Jr.,  b. 
at  St.  Louis,  July  28,  1898;  d.  there  May  17,  1901. 

2.  Samuel^=  Reber,  b.  at  St.  Louis,  Oct.  16,  1864. 
U.  S.  Military  Academy,  1886.  P.E.  Johns  Hop- 
kins, 1894.     Col.  Signal  Corps,  U.  S.  A.     Served 


396  Sherman  Genealogy 

in  France ;  m.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Jan.  10,  1900, 
Cecelia  Sherman^^  Miles,  daughter  of  Lieut.  Gen. 
Nelson  Appleton  Miles,  U.  S.  A.,  and  Mary  Hoyt^* 
(Sherman)  Miles,  b.  at  Cleveland,  O.,  Sept,  12, 
1869.  Children:  (1)  Miles^°  Reber,  b.  at  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  Mar.  27,  1902.  (2)  Samuel^«  Reber, 
Jr.,  b.  at  East  Hampton,  N.  Y.,  July  15,  1903. 

3.  Maxime^^  Reber,  b.  at  St.  Louis,  Sept.  15,  1866. 
B.E.  Washington  University,  St.  Louis.  1888. 
Unm. 

4.  William  Reese^^  Reber,  b.  at  St.  Louis,  Mar.  18, 
1868.  m.  at  El  Paso,  Texas,  July  14,  1915,  Edna 
Van  Patten,  daughter  of  Woodman  Kimball  and 
Lucy  (Kreinberg)  Van  Patten,  b.  at  El  Paso, 
Texas,  Aug.  11,  1894.  Child:  (1)  Margaret 
Mesier^®  Reber,  b.  at  Las  Cruces,  New  Mexico, 
Jan.  7,  1917. 

5.  Charles  Sherman^^  Reber,  tw^in,  b.  at  St.  Louis, 
Aug.  18,  1870.  B.A.  Washington  University,  St. 
Louis,  1891.    Lavv^yer.    Unm. 

6.  Harry  Linton^ ^  Reber,  twin,  b.  at  St.  Louis,  Aug. 
18,  1870.  C.E.  Washington  University,  St.  Louis, 
1893.    Unm. 

7.  Mary  Granger^^  Reber,  b.  at  St.  Louis,  Nov.  4, 
1872.    Unm. 

V.  Mary  Hoyt'*  Reese,  b.  at  Lancaster,  Aug.  23,  1841; 
m.  at  Lancaster,  Dec.  29,  1858,  Moses  Moorhead 
Granger,  son  of  James  and  Matilda  Vance  (Moor- 
head) Granger,  b.  at  Zanesville,  Ohio,  Oct.  22,  1831 ; 
d.  there  Apr.  29,  1913.     Children  born  at  Zanesville: 

1.  Henry  James^^  Granger,,  b.  Nov.  1,  1859;  d.  at 
Zanesville,  Aug.  2,  1860. 

2.  Alfred  Hoyt"  Granger,  b.  May  31,  1867.  Capt 
U.  S.  A.;  m.  at  Chicago,  Oct.  4,  1893,  Belle 
(Hough)  Hughitt,  daughter  of  Marvin  and  Belle 
Hughitt,  b.  at  Chicago.  Feb.  9,  1867.  Children: 
(1)  Elisabeth  Sherman^®  Granger,  b.  at  Cleveland, 
O.,     Nov.    28,     1895.       (2)     Barbara    Hughitt^' 


Sherman  Genealogy  397 

Granger,  b.  at  Lake  Forest,  111.,  May  23,  1899.  (3) 
Martha  McCullogh^"  Granger,  b.  at  Chicago,  Nov. 
22,  1900. 

3.  Sherman  Moorhead^^  Granger,  b.  June  16,  1870; 
m.  at  Cincinnati,  O.,  Feb.  7,  1900,  Wanda  Dawson 
Follett,  daughter  of  John  Fassett  and  Frances 
(Dawson)  Follett,  b.  at  Munich,  Bavaria,  Dec.  19, 
1872.    No  issue. 

4.  Helen  Louise"  Granger,  b.  June  14,  1872;  d.  at 
Zanesville,  Sept.  21,  1872. 

5.  Ethel"  Granger,  b.  Mar.  28,  1876;  m.  at  Zanes- 
ville, Oct.  24,  1900,  William  Darlington  Schultz, 
son  of  Robert  Darlington  and  Mary  (Van  Home) 
Schultz,  b.  at  Zanesville,  Jan.  12,  1868.    No  issue. 

VL  Julia  Leah^*  Reese,  b.  at  Lancaster,  Oct.  15,  1842;  d. 
there  June  7,  1912.     Unm. 

Vn.  Alice  Augusta^*  Reese,  b.  at  Lancaster,  Mar.  27,  1845 ; 
d.  there  May  15,  1851. 

133.  GENERAL  WILLIAM  TECUMSEH^-''  SHERMAN  (79. 
Hon.  Charles  R.,"  Taylor,"  Daniel,^"  John,«  John,*  Samuel,' 
Edmund."  Edmund,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  b. 
at  Lancaster,  Ohio,  Feb.  8,  1820.  Cadet  at  United  States 
Military  Academy,  July  1,  1836,  to  July  1,  1840.  Captain  in 
1850.  In  Mexican  War.  Resigned  from  Army,  Sept.  6,  1853. 
Banker  in  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  1853-1857.  Major  General, 
California  Militia,  1856.  In  New  York,  1857.  Counsellor 
at  Law,  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  1858-1859.  Superintendent 
Louisiana  "State  Seminary  of  Learning  and  Military  Acad- 
emy," at  Alexandria,  La.,  and  Professor  of  Engineering, 
Architecture  and  Drawing,  1859-1861.  Reappointed  to  U.  S. 
Army  with  rank  of  Colonel  of  13th  Infantry,  May  14,  1861. 
Served  through  the  War  of  the  Rebellion.  Brigadier  Gen- 
eral U.  S.  Volunteers,  May  17,  1861.  Major  General  U.  S. 
Volunteers,  May  1,  1862.  Brigadier  General,  U.  S.  Army, 
July  4,  1863.  Major  General,  U.  S.  Army,  Aug.  12,  1864. 
Lieutenant  General,  U.  S.  Army,  July  25,  1866.  General, 
U.  S.  Army,  Mar.  4,  1869.     Retired,  Feb.  8,  1884.     Twice 


398  Sherman  Genealogy 

Secreetary  of  War.  LL.D.  Dartmouth,  1866;  Yale,  1876; 
Princeton,  1878.  A  gentleman,  a  scholar,  a  great  com- 
mander, an  orator  and  a  good  citizen,  m.  at  Washington, 
D.  C,  May  1,  1850,  Eleanor  Boyle  Ewing,  daughter  of  Hon. 
Thomas  and  Maria  (Boyle)  Ewing,  b.  at  Lancaster,  Ohio, 
Oct.  4,  1824.  She  d.  a't  New  York,  Nov.  28,  1888.  He 
d.  at  New  York,  Feb.  14,  1891.    Children: 

I.  Maria  Ewing^*  Sherman,  b.  at  Lancaster,  O.,  Jan.  28, 
1851 ;  m.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Oct.  1,  1874,  Thomas 
William  Fitch,  son  of  Michael  and  Catherine  (Moore) 
Fitch,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Oct.  1,  1843 ;  d.  at  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.,  Apr.  8,  1915.  First  Assistant  Engineer, 
U.  S.  Navy,  Oct.  8,  1872.  Resigned  Dec.  31,  1875. 
Afterwards  in  business.  She  d.  at  Gulfport,  Miss., 
Nov.  22,  1913.    Children: 

1.  William  Sherman^^  Fitch,  b.  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  June 
24,  1875  ;  m.  (1)  at  Clarksdale,  Aliss.,  Dec.  20,  1899, 
Almira  Russell  Hancock,  daughter  of  Russell  and 
Elizabeth  (Gwynn)  Hancock,  b.  at  New  York  City, 
Jan.  14,  1878;  d.  at  Clarksdale,  Miss.,  Feb.  1, 
1915.  No  issue.  He  m.  (2)  at  Mobile,  Ala., 
Oct.  14,  1915,  Florence  Mitchell,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Mary  (Powers)  Mitchell,  b.  at  Apala- 
chicola,  Fla.,  Oct.  2,  1889.    No  issue. 

2.  Eleanor  Sherman^^  Fitch,  b.  at  St.  Louis,  Nov. 
13,  1876.    Unm. 

3.  Thomas  William^"'  Fitch,  Jr.,  b.  at  Lancaster,  June 
24,  1878;  d.  at  New  York  City,  Dec.  21,  1917. 
Captain  324th  Infantry,  U.  S.  A.  m.  at  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa.,  Feb.  21,  1900,  Gray  Morrison  Emery, 
daughter  of  John  Anson  and  Mary  Tassey  (Mor- 
rison) Emery,  b.  at  Allegheny  (now  Pittsburgh), 
Pa.,  Mar.  2,  1875.     Children  born  at  Pittsburgh: 

(1)  Coleman  Morrison^"  Fitch,  b.  Mar.  14,  1902. 

(2)  Tecumseh  Sherman^"  Fitch,  b.  Mar.  21,  1908. 

(3)  Rosamond  Thomas^"  Fitch,  b.  Feb.  28,  1910. 

4.  Catherine"  Fitch,  b.  at  St.  Louis,  Dec.  25,  1879; 
d.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Aug.  20,  1882. 


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Sherman  Genealogy  399 

5.  Maria  Ewing^"  Fitch,  b.  at  St.  Louis,  Sept.  30, 
1881 ;  d.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Aug.  10,  1882. 

6.  Mary  Sherman^"'  Fitch,  b.  at  St.  Louis,  May  28, 
1883 ;  m.  at  Sharon,  Conn.,  Sept.  3,  1907,  Daniel 
Webster  Armistead,  son  of  Walker  Keith  and 
Julia  Francis  (Appleton)  Armistead,  b.  at  New 
York  City,  Sept.  20,  1874.    No  issue. 

XL  Mary  Elizabeth"  Sherman,  b.  at  Lancaster,  Mar.  17, 
1852.    Unm. 

III.  William  Tecumseh^*  Sherman,  Jr.,  b.  at  Lancaster, 
June  8,  1854;  d.  Oct.  10,  1863. 

IV.  Rev.  Thomas  Ewing^*  Sherman,  b.  at  San  Francisco, 
Cal,  Oct.  12,  1856.  B.A.  Georgetown,  1874.  Ph.B. 
Yale,  1876.    Roman  Catholic  Priest. 

V.  Eleanor  Mary^*  Sherman,  b.  at  Lancaster,  Sept.  5, 
1859;  d.  at  Neuilly,  France,  July  18,  1915.  m.  at 
Washington,  D.  C,  May  5,  1880,  Alexander  Mont- 
gomery Thackara,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Mary 
Thackara,  b.  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Sept.  24,  1848. 
U.  S.  Naval  Academy,  1869.  Lieut.  U.  S.  Navy.  Re- 
signed, 1882.  U.  S.  Consul  at  Havre,  France,  1897- 
1905;  at  Berlin,  Germany,  1905-1913.  U.  S.  Consul 
General  at  Paris  since  1913.     Children: 

1.  Mary  Elizabeth^^  Thackara,  b.  at  Boston,  Mass., 
Jan.  18,  1881.    Unm. 

2.  Alexander  Montgomery^^  Thackara,  Jr.,  b.  at 
Philadelphia,  June  27,  1883.  Lieut.  J.  G.,  U.  S.  N. 
R.  F. ;  m.  at  Boston,  Dec,  1906,  Cecil  Duffin.  Di- 
vorced.   No  issue. 

3.  William  Tecumseh  Sherman^^  Thackara,  b.  at 
Philadelphia,  Nov.  30,  1884.  B.A.  Harvard,  1908; 
m.  at  Woking,  England,  July  14,  1913,  Lucy  Mar- 
cel, daughter  of  Justine  James  and  Jane  Rachel 
Casey  (Cook)  Marcel,  b.  at  Havre,  France,  Dec. 
1,  1890.  Children:  (1)  James  Justin^"  Thackara, 
b.  at  Buenos  Aires,  Argentina,  Apr.  23,  1914.  (2) 
Alexander  Montgomery^"  Thackara,  b.  at  Olivos, 
Argentina,  Aug.  28,  1917. 


400  Sherman  Genealogy 

4.    Eleanor    Sherman^^    Thackara,    b.    at    Marietta, 

Penn.,  Aug.  6,  1886.    m.  at  Rosemont,  Penn.,  Jan. 

31,  1917,  Frederic  Wadsworth  Cauldwell,  son  of 

James  Allen  and  Sarah  (Lendrum)  Cauldwell,  b. 

at  Watkins,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  23,  1874.     Child:   (1) 

Frederic  Wadsworth^^  Cauldwell,  Jr.,  b.  at  Wash 

ington,  D.  C,  June  9,  1918. 

VI.  Rachel   Ewing^*   Sherman,   b.   at   Lancaster,  July   5, 

1861 ;  m.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Dec.  30,  1891,  Paul 

Thorndike.     B.A.  cmn  laude,  Harvard,  1884.     M.D., 

1888.     Assistant  Professor  of   Surgery  at  Harvard. 

Son    of    Dr.    William   and    Martha   Eliza    (Abbott) 

Thorndike,  b.  at  Beverly,  Mass.,  Mar.  2,  1863.     She 

d.  at  Boston,  Mass.,  Oct.  26,  1919.    Children : 

1.  William  Tecumseh  Sherman^^  Thorndike,  b.  at 
Boston,  Jan.  16,  1893.    B.A.  Harvard,  1916. 

2.  Martha^^  Thorndike,  b.  at  Boston,  Jan.  18,  1895 ; 
m.  at  Boston,  May  4,  1918,  Joseph  Rochemont 
Hamlen,  son  of  James  Clarence  and  Caroline 
Frances  (White)  Hamlen,  b.  at  Portland,  Me., 
Mar.  15,  1881.  In  class  of,  1904,  Lawrence  Scien- 
tific School,  Harvard.  Child:  (1)  Joseph  Roche- 
mont Hamlen,  Jr.,  b.  at  Boston,  Dec.  8,  1919. 

3.  Anna^^  Thorndike,  b.  at  Harvard,  Mass.,  Sept.  12, 
1896.    Unm. 

VII.  Charles  Celestine"  Sherman,  b.  at  Lancaster,  June  11, 
1864;  d.  there  Dec.  4,  1864. 
VIII.  Philemon  Tecumseh^*  Sherman,  b.  at  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
Jan.  9,  1867.  B.A.  St.  Louis  University,  1886.  Ph.B. 
Yale,  1888.  Admitted  to  Bar  of  New  York,  1890. 
Alderman,  New  York  City,  1898,  1899.  Commis- 
sioner of  Labor,  State  of  New  York,  1905-1907.  Law- 
yer. Member  of  New  York  City  firm  of  Taft  &  Sher- 
man.   Unm. 

134.  SUSAN  DENMAN"  SHERMAN  (79.  Hon.  Charles  R.," 
Taylor,^ ^  Daniel,^"  John,»  John,"  Samuel,^  Edmund,*  Ed- 
mund," Henry, ■*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at  Lancaster, 


Sherman  Genealogy  401 

Ohio,  Oct.  10,  1825 ;  d.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Jan.  10,  1876. 
m.  as  his  second  wife,  at  Mansfield,  Ohio,  Nov.  7,'  1848, 
Thomas  Wells  Bartley,  son  of  Mordecai  Hartley,  Captain  in 
war  of  1812.  Rep.  for  Ohio  in  Congress,  1823-1831  ;  Gov- 
ernor of  Ohio,  1844-1846;  and  Elizabeth  (Wells)  Bartley  b 
Jefferson  Co.,  Ohio,  Feb.  11,  1812;  d.  at  Washington,  D. 'c. 
June  20,  1885.  B.A.  Jefferson  College,  Penn.,  1829;  M.A.] 
1833.  Admitted  to  Bar  of  Ohio,  1833.  Lawyer.  Member  of 
House  of  Representatives  and  State  Senator  of  Ohio.  Presi- 
dent of  Senate  and  acting  Governor.  Judge  Supreme  Court 
Ohio,  Feb.  9,  1852-Feb.  9,  1853.  Chief  Justice  from  then  to 
Feb.,  1854.  Judge  from  then  to  Dec,  1856.  Chief  Justice 
from  then  to  Feb.  9,  1859.  He  m.  (1)  Oct.  5,  1837,  Julia 
Maria  Larwill,  daughter  of  William  Larwill,  of  Wooster, 
Ohio.  She  d.  Mar.  1,  1847.  Four  children  of  his  first  mar- 
riage.    Children : 

I.  Herbert^^  Bartley,  b.  at  Mansfield,  O. ;  m.  at  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

II.  Alice  Elizabeth"  Bartley,  b.  at  Mansfield,  Jan.  11, 
1854;  m.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Oct.  3,  1877,  Frank 
Farnsworth  Bernard,  son  of  Joseph  and  Josephine 
Bernard,  b.  at  Madison,  Ind.,  Sept.  6,  1852;  d.  at  New 
York  City,  July  15,  1893.  No  issue. 
III.  Roger  Sherman^*  Bartley,  b.  at  Mansfield,  Dec.  14, 
1856;  m.  (1)  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Dec.  27,  1878,' 
Carrie  Belle  Hall,  daughter  of  Richard  M.  and  Clara 
(Brooks)  Hall,  b.  at  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  Oct.  24,  1858. 
Divorced  Oct.,  1912.  She  d.  at  Denver,  Colo.,'  June, 
1918.  m.  (2)  at  Denver,  Colo.,  June  18,  1917,'  Edith 
Elizabeth  Stoneback,  daughter  of  Enos  H.  and  Fan- 
nie (Eckert)  Stoneback,  b.  at  Moline,  Kans.,  Jan.  15, 
1887.  No  issue.  Children  by  first  wife,  bom  at  Den- 
ver: 

1.  Carrie  HalP=  Bartley,  b.  Feb.  7,  1881 ;  m.  at  Den- 
ver, Feb.  8,  1900,  Harry  Lee  Simpson,  son  of  Ar- 
thur Monroe  and  Mattie  Fish  (Bonnell)  Simpson, 
b.  at  Marion,  Ind.,  Aug.  6,  1876.  Children  born  at 
Denver:  (1)  Ruth  Bartley"  Simpson,  b.  Apr.  18, 


402  Sherman  Genealogy 

1902.     (2)  Roger  Monroe^°  Simpson,  b.  Mar.  13, 
1904. 

2.  EtheF"^  Bartley,  b.  Aug.  21,  1882;  d.  at  Denver, 
Oct.  1,  1884. 

3.  John  Shermanis  Bartley,  b.  Feb.  7,  1884;  m.  (1) 
at  Denver,  Sept.  16,  1910,  Louise  Watson,  daugh- 
ter of  John  B.  and  EHzabeth  Watson,  b.  at  Den- 
ver, Sept.  16,  1892.  No  issue.  Divorced,  m.  (2) 
at  Denver,,  Nov.  26,  1914,  Pauline  Wilson,  daugh- 
ter of  William  R.  and  Delia  K.  Wilson,  b.  at  Clay 
Center,  Kans.,  Dec.  6,  1892.  Child:  (1)  Alice 
Wilson^"  Bartley,  b.  at  Denver,  May  30,  1917. 

4.  Katherine  Gladys^'^  Bartley,  b.  June  4,  1886;  m.  at 
Denver,  Sept.  12,  1917,  William  Lewis  Baker,  son 
of  Lewis  Powell  and  Mary  Mathilde  (Lewis) 
Baker,  b.  at  Earlville.  N.  Y.,  May  24,  1879.  No 
issue. 

IV.  Mary  Hoyt^*  Bartley,  b.  at  Mansfield,  Aug.  11,  1859; 
m.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Oct.  11,  1877,  William 
Kirke^^  Reese,  son  of  Henry  Bickham^*  and  Helen 
Catherine  (Kirke)  Reese,  b.  at  Lancaster,  O.,  Feb.  6, 
1856.    Children: 

1.  William  Kirke^'^  Reese,  Jr.,  b.  at  Washington, 
D.  C,  Aug.  13,  1878;  m.  July  31,  1912,  Bird  Chans- 
lor,  daughter  of  John  and  Sara  Ellen  (Field) 
Chanslor,  b.  in  Clay  Co.,  Mo.,  Jan.,  1880.  No 
issue. 

2.  Stella  Bartley^'^  Reese,  b.  Nov.  29,  1879;  d.  Aug. 
20,  1880. 

V.  Susan  Day^*  Bartley,  b.  at  Cincinnati,  O.,  1867;  d.  at 
Washington,  D.  C,  1873. 

135.  FRANCES  BEECHER^^  SHERMAN  (79.  Hon.  Charles 
R.,^-  Taylor,^^  Daniel/^  John,"  John,^  Samuel,"'  Edmund," 
Edmund, ■'■  Henry,*  Thomas,-^  John,-  Thomas^),  b.  at  Lan- 
caster, Ohio,  May  5,  1829.  m.  at  Mansfield,  Ohio,  May  9, 
1855,  Charles  William  Moulton,  son  of  Dan  Alonzo,  Jr.,  and 
Adaline    (Wallace)    MouUon,  b.  at  Ricefield,  O.,   Dec.   16, 


Sherman  Genealogy  403 

1830;  d.  at  New  York  City,  Jan.  24,  1888.     She  d.  at  New 
York  City,  Feb.  22,  1889.    Children: 

I.  Mary  Hoyt  Sherman^*  Moulton,  b.  at  Mansfield,  Nov. 
3,  1856;  m.  at  Glendale,  O.,  June  28,  1877,  Henry 
Russell  Probasco,  son  of  William  Boswell  and  Mary 
Jane  (Russell)  Probasco,  b.  at  Cincinnati,  O.,  May  12, 
1856.    Children  born  at  Glendale : 

1.  Charles  Moulton^^  Probasco,  b.  May  22,  1878;  m. 
at  Wyoming,  O.,  Sept.  2,  1902,  Susan  Ella  Ran- 
som, daughter  of  Edward  Payson  and  Ella 
(Bishop)  Ransom,  b.  at  Wyoming,  O.,  July  9, 
1878.  Children:  (1)  Henry  Ransom^"  Probasco, 
b.  at  Glendale,  d.,  Dec.  25,  1905.  (2)  Mary  Ella^" 
Probasco,  b.  at  Glendale,  Aug.  28,  1907.  (3) 
Josephine  Olivia^ °  Probasco,  b.  at  Jamestown, 
N.  Y.,  July  23,  1913. 

2.  William  Ramsey^ ^^  Probasco,  b.  Nov.  11,  1880. 
Now  Ramsey  Probasco.  B.A.  and  LL.B.  Univ.  of 
Cincinnati.  Member  of  Bars  of  Ohio,  New  York 
and  California.  Lawyer  in  Oakland,  Cal.  m. 
at  Charlottesville,  Va.,  June  30,  1908,  Clara  Tut- 
tle,  daughter  of  Albert  Henry  and  Kate  (Austin) 
Tuttle,  b.  at  Columbus,  O.,  Dec.  19,  1875.  B.A. 
Univ.  of  Cal.    No  issue. 

II.  Adaline  Sherman^*  Moulton,  b.  at  Toledo,  O.,  Mar.  29, 
1859;  m.  at  Glendale,  Oct.  18,  1882,  William  Jesse 
Haldeman,  son  of  Thomas  Jefferson  and  Sarah  Ann 
(Oilman)  Haldeman,  b.  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  Oct.  20, 
1855;  d.  at  Glendale,  May  1,  1915.  She  d.  at  Glen- 
dale, Oct.  30,  1915.    Children  born  at  Glendale: 

1.  Mary  Adalyn^^  Haldeman,  b.  Sept.  7,  1883;  m.  at 
Glendale,  June  2,  1913,  Walter  Williamson  Merrill, 
son  of  Lt.  Col.  William  Emery  Merrill,  Engineer 
Corps,  U.  S.  A.,  and  Margaret  Ellen  (Spence) 
Merrill,  b.  at  Newport,  Ky.,  Oct.  20,  1881.  Captain 
3rd  Field  Artillery,  U.  S.  A.  Children  born  at  St. 
Louis,  Mo.:  (1)  Walter  Williamson^"  Merrill,  b. 


404  Sherman  Genealogy 

July  27,   1914.      (2)    Mary  Adalyn^"   Merrill,   b. 
Aug.  24,  1915. 

2.  John  Sherman^ ^  Haldeman,  b.  Jan.  2,  1889,  Lieut. 
U.  S.  A.    Unm. 

3.  William  Tecumseh^^  Haldeman,  b.  Nov.  26,  1891. 
Captain  U.  S.  A.  Cavalry.  Served  in  France. 
Unm. 

4.  Angeline^'  Haldeman,  b.  Mar.  17,  1893 ;  d.  at  Glen- 
dale,  Apr.  12,  1893. 

5.  Thomas  Jefferson^^  Haldeman,  b.  Nov.  9,  1895. 
Unm. 

HI.  Cecelia  Sherman^*  Moulton,  b.  at  Toledo,  Ohio,  Dec. 
21,  1860;  m.  (1)  at  Glendale,  Ohio,  Feb.  5,  1880, 
Charles  Henry  Rockwell,  son  of  David  Ladd  and 
Caroline  (Palmiter)  Rockwell,  b.  at  Franklin  Mills 
(now  Kent)  Ohio,  Feb.  17,  1848.  U.  S.  M.  A.,  1869. 
Captain  U.  S.  A.  He  d.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Aug. 
21,  1888.  She  m.  (2)  at  Glendale,  Oct.  16,  1890,  John 
Little,  son  of  William  and  Lucy  (Clary)  Little,  b.  at 
Shelbyville,  Tenn.,  July  3,  1860.  U.  S.  M.  A.,  1885. 
Captain  U.  S.  A.  He  d.  at  Governor's  Island,  New 
York  City,  July  28,  1900.  She  d.  at  Glendale,  May  19, 
1919.    Children  by  first  husband: 

1.  Charles  Henry^^  Rockwell,  Jr.,  b.  at  Glendale,  Jan. 
13,  1881 ;  d.  there  Aug.  3,  1881. 

2.  Frances  Sherman^ ^  Rockwell,  b.  at  Fort  Sidney, 
Neb.,  Mar.  3,  1883 ;  m.  at  Glendale,  Ohio,  Oct.  28, 
1913,  John  Douglas  McLaren,  son  of  John  Piatt 
and  Helen  (Tracy)  McLaren,  b.  at  Glendale,  1885. 
Children:  born  at  Glendale:  (1)  John  Douglas^' 
McLaren,  Jr.,  b.  Nov.  17,  1915.  (2)  Cecilia  Rock- 
well" McLaren,  b.  May  15,  1917. 

3.  Lewis  Cassidy^"  Rockwell,  b.  at  Glendale,  Nov.  23, 
1885.  Second  Lieut.  10th  Infantry,  U.  S.  A.  As- 
signed to  Aviation  Corps ;  d.  in  service  flying  at 
College  Park,  Md.,  Sept.  28,  1912. 

4.  Charlotte  Henrietta^  ^  Rockwell,  b.  at  West  Point, 
N.  Y.,  June  16,  1886;  m.  at  Glendale,  Dec.  26, 


Sherman  Genealogy  405 

1905,  Herman  William  Lackman,  son  of  Albert 
and  Elizabeth  (Snyder)  Lackman,  b.  at  Cincin- 
nati, O.,  Feb.  3,  1883.  Children  born  at  Cincin- 
nati: (1)  Herman  William^"  Lackman,  Jr.,  b.  July 
31,  1908.  (2)  John  Little^"  Lackman,  b.  Oct.  19, 
1910.  (3)  Elizabeth  Alberta^«  Lackman,  b.  Apr. 
19,  1913.  (4)  Lewis  RockwelP°  Lackman.  b.  Jan. 
22,  1919. 

Child  by  second  husband : 
5.    Elizabeth  Reese^-'  Little,  b.  at  Asheville,  N.  C,  Jan. 
15,   1892.     m.  at  Glendale,  Dec.  25,   1919,  John 
Calvin  Chapin,  son  of  Roswell  and  Mary  Emma 
(Turner)    Chapin,    b.    at    Atwater,    O.,    Feb.   23, 
1879. 
IV.  John  Sherman^*  Moulton,  b.  at  Mansfield,  O.,  Dec.  9, 
1864.    Lawyer.    Admitted  to  Bar  of  New  York,  1887. 
m.  at  Chester,  Penn.,  Oct.  4,  1894,  Keenah  AUcutt, 
daughter  of  Dr.  William  and  Sarah    (Crowel)    AU- 
cutt, b.  at  Media,  Penn.,  Dec.  20,   1869.     He  d.  at 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  11,  1919.    Child: 
1.    Helen  Allcutt^^  Moulton,  b.  at  Lowell,  Mass.,  Apr. 
12,  1896.    Unm. 

136.  JAMES  MORGAN"  SHERMAN  (84.  James  Taylor," 
Major  Charles,^-  Capt.  John,^^  Hon.  Roger, ^°  William.^  Jos- 
eph,^ Capt.  John,''  John,"  Henry,°  Henry,*  Thomas,'  John,^ 
Thomas^),  b.  at  Windsor,  Conn.,  Nov.  20,  1842.  Grain  Mer- 
chant in  Chicago.  Member  of  firm  of  Poole  &  Sherman  for 
many  years,  until  1900,  when  he  retired,  m.  at  Maiden,  111., 
May  2,  1871,  Mary  Eliza  French,  daughter  of  Sanford  Byron 
and  Mary  Ann  (Mead)  French,  b.  at  Maiden,  Mass.,  Dec. 
22,  1849.    Children  born  at  Chicago : 

I.  Edwin  Morgan^^  Sherman,  b.  July  19,  1874.  Owner 
of  La  Ladero  Ranch,  Elsinore,  Cal.  m.  at  Evanston, 
111.,  Jan.  24,  1905,  Helen  Louise  Harsha,  daughter  of 
Leslie  Royal  and  Harriet  Marie  (Burns)  Harsha,  b. 
at  Chicago,  111.,  Feb.  26,  1880.  B.Litt.  Smith  College, 
1901.    Children  born  at  Evanston: 


406  Sherman  Genealogy 

1.  Barbara'*'  Sherman,  b.  Apr.  24,  1907. 

2.  Elizabeth  Harriet"  Sherman,  b.  June  29,  1908. 

II.  Roger'^  Sherman,  b.  Mar.  18,  1877.  In  real  estate 
business  in  Chicago,  m.  at  Chicago,  June  9,  1902, 
Martha  Evehna  Tucker,  daughter  of  WilHam  String- 
ham  Snyder  and  Martha  Ann  (Nesbitt)  Tucker,  b.  at 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  June  20,  1877.    Children : 

1.  Martha  Nesbitt'^  Sherman,  b.  at  Chicago,  Nov.  25, 
1904. 

2.  Roger'"   Sherman,  Jr.,  b.  at  Evanston,  Oct.   19, 
1911. 

3.  James  Morgan'"  Sherman,  b.  at  Evanston,  Nov. 
23,  1912. 

III.  Martha  Elizabeth'-'  Sherman,  b.  July  6,  1878.  B.Litt. 
Smith  College,  1901.  m.  at  Chicago,  Oct.  5,  1905, 
John  Edward  Dixon,  son  of  Frederick  John  and  Har- 
riet Maude  (Buck)  Dixon,  b.  at  Milwaukee,  Wis., 
Sept.  11,  1877.  B.S.  and  M.E.  University  of  Wiscon- 
sin, 1900.  Assistant  Sales  Manager  of  American 
Locomotive  Company.  They  live  in  East  Orange, 
N.  J.    Children  born  at  Orange  : 

1.  John  Sherman'"  Dixon,  b.  July  26,  1907. 

2.  Dorothy  Sherman'"  Dixon,  b.  May  11,  1912. 

IV.  Mary  French'^  Sherman,  b.  Mar.  31,  1880.  Class  of 
1903,  Smith  College,  m.  at  Chicago,  Jan.  14,  1907, 
Charles  Ralston  McMillen,  son  of  William  Ferris  and 
Almeda  Catherine  (Regal)  McMillen,  b.  at  Fremont, 
Ohio,  July  26,  1879.  Ph.B.  University  of  Chicago, 
1903.  Vice-President  and  Director  of  the  Union  Bag 
and  Paper  Company.    Children : 

1.  Janet'"   McMillen,  b.   at  East  Orange,   Aug.   26, 
1908. 

2.  James  Hiatt'"  McMillen,  b.  at  Orange,  Jan.   12, 
1918. 

137.  EDWARD  BALDWIN'*  WHITNEY  (87.  Elizabeth" 
(Baldwin)  Whitney,  Hon.  Roger  S.'-  Baldwin,  Rebecca'* 
(Sherman)  Baldwin,  Hon.  Roger'"  Sherman,  William,''  Jos- 


Sherman  Genealogy  407 

eph,8  Capt.  John/  John,"  Henry/  Henry/  Thomas/  John/ 
Thomas^),  b.  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  Aug.  16,  1857.  B.A. 
Yale,  1878.  LL.B.  Hamilton,  1880.  Admitted  to  Bar  of 
New  York,  1884.  Lawyer.  Member  of  New  York  City  firm 
of  Burnett  &  Whitney.  Assistant  United  States  Attorney 
General,  Mar.  23,  1893-Mar.,  1897.  Justice  of  Supreme 
Court  of  New  York,  First  Department,  by  appointment,  1909- 
Dec.  31,  1910,  and  by  second  appointment,  Jan.  1,  1911,  un- 
til his  death,  m.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Apr.  11,  1896,  Josepha 
Newcomb,  daughter  of  Professor  Simon  and  Mary  Caroline 
(Hassler)  Newcomb,  b.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Sept.  27,  1871. 
He  d.  at  Cornwall,  Conn.,  Jan.  5,  1911. 

Children : 

I.  Sylvia^^  Whitney,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Apr.  29,  1898; 
d.  at  New  York,  June  5,  1898. 
H.  William  Dwight^=  Whitney,  b.  at  Wainscott,  N.  Y., 

Aug.  26,  1899.    Yale,  1920. 
HI.  Caroline^^  Whitney,  b.  at  Wainscott,  June  25,  1901. 
IV.  Simon  Newcomb^  =^  Whitney,  b.  at  New  York  City, 
Apr.  5,  1903. 
V.  Roger  Sherman"  Whitney,  b.  at  Wainscott,  June  19, 
1905. 
VI.  Hassler"  Whitney,  b.  at  New  York  City,  Mar.  23, 

1907. 
VII.  Elizabeth  Baldwin"  Whitney,  b.  at  Cornwall,  Conn., 
Mar.  5,  1911. 

138.  ALFRED  DWIGHT^*  FOSTER  (88.  Henrietta  P."  (Bald- 
win) Foster,  Hon.  Roger  S.^^  Baldwin,  Rebecca^*  (Sherman) 
Baldwin,  Hon.  Roger^"  Sherman,  William,"  Joseph/  Capt. 
John,^  John/  Henry,^  Henry/  Thomas/  John,^  Thomas^, 
b.  at  Worcester,  Mass.,  Apr.  27,  1852.  B.A.  Harvard,  1873. 
LL.B.  Boston  University,  1875.  Admitted  to  Massachusetts 
Bar,  1875.  Lawyer  in  Boston.  President  New  England  Mu- 
tual Life  Ins.  Co.  m.  at  Timsbury,  England,  Nov.  17,  1892, 
Evelyn  Margaret  Samborne,  daughter  of  Samborne  Stuck- 
eley  and  Lucy  Samborne,  b.  at  Birkham  House,  near  Exeter, 
Devonshire,  England,  June  27,  1862. 


408  Sherman  Genealogy 

Children  born  at  Milton,  Mass. : 

I.  Margaret^'^  Foster,  b.  Sept.  3,  1893.    Unm. 
II.  Dwight^^    Foster,   b.   Jan.   9,    1895.      B.A.    Harvard, 
1916.     1st  Lieut.  U.  S.  A.  Field  Art'y.     Served  in 
France  a  year  in  26th  Division.    In  business.    Unm. 

III.  Francis  Baring^^  Foster,  b.  Dec.  4,  1895.  B.A.  Har- 
vard, 1917.  1st  Lieut.  U.  S.  A.,  139th  Aero  Squad- 
ron.    Signal  Service.     Served  in  France.    Unm. 

IV.  Hilda  Samborne^^  Foster,  b.  Mar.  23,  1897.    Unm. 
V.  Evelyn  Lucy^^  Foster,  b.  Jan.  2,  1900. 

139.  EMILY  BALDWIN^'  FOSTER  (88.  Henrietta  P.^«  (Bald- 
win) Foster,  Hon.  Roger  S.^^  Baldwin,  Rebecca^^  (Sherman) 
Baldwin,  Hon.  Roger^°  Sherman,  William,^  Joseph,^  Capt. 
John,^  John,^  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,"  Thomas^), 
b.  at  Worcester,  Mass.,  Feb.  17,  1854.  m.  at  Boston,  Sept. 
10,  1878,  James  Kingsley  Thacher,  son  of  Professor  Thomas 
Anthony  and  Elizabeth  (Day)  Thacher,  b.  at  New  Haven, 
Conn.,  Oct.  19,  1847.  B.A.  Yale,  1868.  M.D.,  1879.  Tutor 
Physics,  Yale,  1871-1879.  Professor  Physiology,  1879. 
Clinical  Medicine,  1887.  Also  practicing  physician  in  New 
Haven,  d.  at  New  Haven,  Apr.  20,  1891. 
Children  born  at  New  Haven : 

I.  Henrietta  Foster^^  Thacher,  b.  Jan.  17,  1880.    Unm. 

II.  Henry  Clarke^''  Thacher,  b.  June  30,  1881.  B.A. 
Yale,  1902.  M.S.,  1904.  M.D.  Johns  Hopkins,  1906. 
Practicing  physician  New  York  City.  Captain  U.  S. 
A.  Medical  Corps.  Served  in  France,  m.  at  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  Oct.  21,  1911,  Ethel  Anderson,  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  Joseph  Longworth  and  Elizabeth  (Hinkle) 
Anderson,  b.  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  June  29,  1878. 
Child  : 

1.    Josephine  Longworth  Anderson^®  Thacher,  b.  at 
New  York,  Dec.  19,  1912. 

III.  Thomas  Anthony^^  Thacher,  b.  July  2,  1887.  B.A. 
Yale,  1908.  LL.B.,  1910.  Admitted  to  Bar  of  Cali- 
fornia, 1912.  Lawyer.  Member  of  San  Francisco 
firm  of  Denman  &  Arnold.    Unm. 


Sherman  Genealogy  409 

\  140.  BURNSIDE^*  FOSTER  (88.  Henrietta  P.^^  (Baldwin) 
Foster,  Hon.  Roger  S.^-  Baldwin,  Rebecca"  (Sherman)  Bald- 
win, Hon.  Roger ^°  Sherman,  William,"  Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^ 
John,''  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,-  Thomas^),  b.  at 
Worcester,  Mass.,  May  7,  1861.  B.A.  Yale,  1882.  M.D. 
Harvard,  1886.  Practicing  physician  in  St.  Paul,  Minn.  Pro- 
fessor of  Dermatology,  University  of  Minnesota.  Editor  of 
St.  Paul  Medical  Journal,  1899-1917.  President  of  Ramsey 
County  Medical  Society,  m.  at  St.  Paul,  Jan.  1,  1894,  Sophie 
Vernon  Hammond,  daughter  of  Brigadier  General  John 
Henry  Hammond,  U.  S.  Army,  and  Sophie  Vernon  (Wolfe) 
Hammond,  b.  at  Chillicothe,  Mo.,  Oct.  3,  1868.  He  d.  at 
St.  Paul,  June  13,  1917. 
Children  born  at  St.  Paul : 

I.  Harriet  Burnside^^  Foster,  b.  Feb.  3,  1895. 
7<.  n.  Elizabeth  Hammond^^  Foster,  b.  Mar.  5,  1899. 

HI.  Roger  Sherman^^  Foster,  b.  Dec.  13,  1901.    Yale,  1921. 

141.  REGINALD"  FOSTER  (88.  Henrietta  P.^^  (Baldwin) 
Foster,  Hon.  Roger  S.^~  Baldwin,  Rebecca"  (Sherman) 
Baldwin,  Hon.  Roger^*^  Sherman,  William,"  Joseph,^  Capt. 
John,'^  John,**  Henry,^  Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^), 
b.  at  Worcester,  Mass.,  Jan.  2,  1863.  B.A.  Yale,  1884.  LL.B. 
Boston  University,  1886.  Admitted  to  Massachusetts  Bar, 
January,  1887.  Lawyer.  Practicing  in  Boston.  Member  of 
firm  of  Foster  &  Turner,  m.  at  Boston,  Mar.  8,  1893,  Har- 
riette  Story  Lawrence,  daughter  of  Abbott  and  Harriette 
White  (Paige)  Lawrence,  b.  at  Boston,  June  10,  1867. 
Children : 

L  Ruthi'^  Foster,  b.  at  Boston,  Jan.  3,  1894.    Unm. 
n.  Dorothy  Dwight^^  Foster,  b.  at  Boston,  Sept.  30,  1895 ; 

d.  at  Boston,  Mar.  23,  1898. 
HL  Lawrence^^  Foster,  b.  at  Manchester,  Mass.,  Aug.  9, 
1898.    Yale  Class  of  1921.    2nd  Lieut.  U.  S.  A.  Artil- 
lery. 
IV.  Reginald^^  Foster,  Jr.,  b.  at  Boston,  Nov.  10,  1899. 

Yale  Class  of  1922.    Served  in  U.  S.  Navy. 
V.  Maxwell  Evarts^^  Foster,  b.  at  Manchester,  Aug.  27, 
1901. 


410  Sherman  Genealogy 

142.  HENRY  de  FOREST^"  BALDWIN  (91.  Simeon/^  Sim- 
eon/- Elizabeth^ ^  (Sherman)  Baldwin,  Hon.  Roger^°  Sher- 
man, William,®  Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^  John,^  Henry,^  Henry,* 
Thomas,^  John,-  Thomas^),  b.  at  Clinton,  Iowa,  Nov.  7,  1862. 
B.A.  Yale,  1885.  LL.B.  Columbia,  1887.  Admitted  to  New 
York  Bar.  Lawyer.  Deputy  Collector  of  U.  S.  Cus- 
toms at  New  York,  1893-Mar.  1,  1895.  Assistant  Corpora- 
tion Counsel,  New  York  City,  1895-Mar.  1,  1898.  Member 
of  New  York  City  firm  of  Lord,  Day  &  Lord,  since  1900.  m. 
at  Onteora  Park,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  4,  1890,  Jessie  Pinney,  daugh- 
ter of  Edward  Spaulding  and  Elsie  Peach  (Simpson)  Pinney, 
b.  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  12,  1860.    Children: 

I.  Dorothea^^    Baldwin,  b.  at  New  York,  June  12,  1891. 
Unm. 

II.  Marian^^  Baldwin,  b.  at  Sagaponack,  N.  Y.,  July  31, 
1892.  m.  at  New  York  City,  Oct.  12,  1917,  Captain 
Perry  Dunlap  Smith,  U.  S.  A.,  341st  Infantry.  B.A. 
Harvard  1911,  son  of  Dunlap  and  Harriet  Dean 
(Flower)  Smith,  b.  at  Chicago,  111.,  Dec.  16,  1888. 
Children : 

1.  Dorothea  Dunlap^ ^   Smith,  b.  at    Rockford,    111., 
Aug.  21,  1918. 

2.  Hamlin  Dunlap^®  Smith,  b.  at  Winnetka,  111.,  Dec. 
23,  1919. 

III.  Sherman^^  Baldwin,  b.  at  Belleport,  N.  Y.,  July  13, 
1897.  B.A.  Yale,  1919.  2d  Lieut.  U.  S.  A.  Field 
Art'y. 

IV.  Eleanor^s  Baldwin,  b.  at  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  9, 
1904. 

143.  BLANCHE  DOMINICK^*  BALDWIN  (91.  Simeon," 
Simeon, ^2  Elizabeth^^  (Sherman)  Baldwin,  Hon.  Roger^° 
Sherman,  William,®  Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^  John,®  Henry," 
Henry,*  Thomas,^  John,-  Thomas^),  b.  at  New  York  City, 
Apr.  12,  1869.  m.  at  New  York,  Nov.  25,  1902,  Gilbert  Dim- 
ock  Lamb,  son  of  (lilbert  and  Elizabeth  (Dimock)  Lamb,  b. 
at  Franklin,  Conn.,  Oct.  20,  1857.   B.A.  Yale,  1879.    Lawyer. 


Sherman  Genealogy  411 

Admitted  to  Bar  of  New  York,  Nov.  5,  1883.  Member  of 
New  York  City  firm  of  Osborne,  Lamb  &  Willcox.     Child : 

I.  Gilbert  Baldwin^^  Lamb,  b.  at  New  York    Apr    10 
1904. 

144.  ROGER  SHERMAN^*  BALDWIN  (91.  Simeon,^^  sj^,. 
eon,^2  Elizabeth^i  (Sherman)  Baldwin,  Hon.  Roger^°  Sher- 
man, William,^  Joseph,^  Capt.  John,^  John,«  Henry,'  Henry,* 
Thomas,^  John,^  Thomas^),  b.  at  New  York  City,  Nov.  26,  w' 

1873.    B.A.  Yale,  1895.    LL.B.,  1897.    M.L.  New  York  Uni-  ^  ^ 

versity,  1900.  Admitted  to  Bar  of  New  York,  Nov.,  1897. 
Lawyer.  Member  of  New  York  City  firm  of  Baldwin  & 
Hutchins.    m.  at  Woodstock,  Vt.,  Aug.  23,  1904,  Mary  Cath-  v 

erine  Vail,  daughter  of  Henry  Hobart  and  Minerva  Eliza- 
beth  (Hewitt)  Vail,  b.  at  Winton  Place,  Ohio,  Tune  9,  1872 
Child: 

I.  Catherine  VaiP'  Baldwin,  b.  at  Ardsley   N    Y    Aug 
27,  1906. 


INDEX 


Abbe,  Anna   Sibbel,  328 

George   Henry,   328 

Kate    (Ryan),  328 
Abbott,    ,   86 

Mary,    115 

Mary    (Warner),  86 
Adams,   Alfred   F.,  216 

Alice    (Sherman),    343 

Ann  Eliza    (Crosby),  216 

Charles,    343 

Emeline  Ann   (McKee),  343 

John,  172,  185,  190,  191 

Joseph    Hinman,    343 

Mr.,    186 

Samuel,    190 
Adriance,   Anna  Eliza,  353 

Edwin,   353 

Eliza    (O'Connor),  353 
Ahanton,  Amos,   136 
Ahatton,    Amos,    136 
Ahauton,   Amos,    136,   137 
Ainge,    John,    98 
Ainger,  Bridget,  84 

Edmund,  84 

Elizabeth,    84 

John,   97 

William,   84 
Alcana,   Catherine  Jay    (Tracy), 

Dentaro,   309 

Kishi    (Mayeda),  309 

Seiichi    Paul,    309 

Seiichi  Paul,  Jr.,  309 
Alden,   John,  246 

Priscilla    (Mullins),   246 

Sarah,    246 
Aldrich,  Eunice   (Buell),  339 

Julia    Florence,   339 

Milton,  339 
Alefounder,   Mary,   102,   103 

Matthew,  103 

Rachel,   102 

Robert,   102,   103 
Alexander,    Mary,   97 

Mary    (Sherman),  97 

Walter,  97 
Allen,    Abel,    269 

Abel,  Jr.,  269 

Arthur    Arnold,    270 

Charles    Lee,    269 

Clifton   Royal,  269 


309 


Allen,  Cora   Bell    (Flcsher),  269 

Delana,  270 

Delana    Maud.    269 

Eleanor  Winifred,  270 

Elizabeth    Louise,   270 

Elsie   May    (Winsor),  269 

Ethelyn  Elizabeth,  270 

Frances    May    (Browning),   270 

George    W.,    269 

Gideon,   269 

Gordon  Alonzo,  270 

Harriet    (Robbins),    269 

John   Sherman,  270 

John   Warren,   270 

Lewis,    110 

Lucinda,  269 

Lucinda  Sherman,  271 

Lucinda  Sherman  (Mackintosh), 
269 

Margaret   Ann    (Fitzpatrick), 
269 

Marjorie  Aileen,  270 

Mary,   110 

Mary  Lucinda,  269 

Moses    Grant,   269 

Orah    Sarah    (Knapp),   269 

Theodore  Parker,  269 

Virginia   May,  270' 
Allcutt,    Keenah,   405 

Sarah    (Crowel),  405 

William,  Dr.,  405 
Allis,   Abel,    130 

Gratia,    130 

Hannah    (Porter),    130 
Alsop,   Reese  F.,  Rev.,  357 
Ames,  Dr.,  161 
Anderson,    Elizabeth    (Hinkle),   408 

Ethel,  408 

Iva  Maple    (Van  Note),  271 

John  Finley,  271 

Joseph    Longworth,    Dr.,   408 

Rena  Mae,  271 
Andrew,   Thomas,    123 
Andrews.  Mr.,  159 
Angier,   Bezaleel,    117 

Bezaliel,  125 

Samuel,  Rev..  123 
Anger,  Ann,  85-87 

Anna  (Ann)    (Sherman),  84,  88, 
100,  105,  119 


413 


414 


Index 


Anger,  Bezalleell,  84 

Bridget,    84 

Christopher,  60,  92 

Edmond,  84 

Edmund,  84,   111 

Elizabeth,  84 

Elizabeth    (Sherman),  60,  92 

John,   84,   97,    100,    104 

Josan,  84,    104 

Judith,   104 

Mr.,    Ill 

Samuel,  84 

William,  84,  85,   104 
Annable,  William,  69 
Annette,  Belle  Magee,  219 
Archer,   Agnes,  29 
Armistead,   Daniel   Webster,   399 

Julia  Francis  (Appleton),  399 

Mary  Sherman  (Fitch),  399 

Walker  Keith,  399 
Armsby,   Hannah    (Van   Ingen),  216 

Lorain,  Rev.,  216 
Arnold,  Adeline,  272 

Benedict,  234 

Charles    R.,    292 

Elizabeth    (Holden),  272 

Elizabeth  Sherman,  366 

Elizabeth   Sherman    (Kent),  36S, 
366 

Evelyn,  366 

Evelyn    (Thompson),   366 

Frederick  Kellogg,  309 

George   Stanleigh,   366 

George  Sumner,  366 

Harriet  J.    (Phelps),  292 

Hosmer  Bradford,  309 

Hosmer   Kellogg,   309 

Jane    Tower,    309 

Joseph,    272 

Josiah,  Capt.,  234 

Margaret  Katherine,  309 

Margaret  Standish   (Tracy),  309 

Mary  Nichols   (Tower),  309 

Mary  Tracy,  309 

Stanley,  366 
Ashley,  Elisha,  232 

Eliza    (Girard),  232 

Eloise,  232 

Florence   Cecelia,   232 

Jessie  M.    (Welcome),  233 

Josiah  Girard,  233 

Martha  Sherman   (Vail),  232 

Oliver  Perry,  232 

Rebecca  Sherman,  232 
Aslake,  Elizabeth,  64 

William,  64 


Aspinwall,   Ellen  Allen,  338 

Jessie   Luella,   338 

John,   338 
Atkinson,   George  Edwin,  310 

Mary  Elizabeth,  310 

Stella  Bigelow   (Garretson),  310 
Attehowe,   Thomas,  9 
Atwater,    Jeremiah,    3rd,    194 

Jonah,   192 

Jonathan,  163 
Audley,  Lord  Chancellor,  37 

Thomas,  Sir,  35 
Augur,  Abraham,  237 
Austin,    David,    238 

David,    Deacon,    222 

David,  Jr.,  222 

Esq.,  223 

Mary   (Mix),  222 

Rebecca,  222 
Austin,  Wetmore  &  Sherman,  222 
Axtel,  Elizabeth    (Sherman),  131 

Thomas,   131 
Axtell,    Anna,    129 

Elizabeth,   129 

John,    129 

Phebe,    129 

Sarah,  129 

Thomas,   129 

Babcock,  Courtlandt  Guynet,  230 

Mary   Ann,  231 

Mary  Burnet  Woodruff,  230 

Nancy   (Bell),  231 

Paul,  Major,  231 

Rieta  Woodrufl,  230 
Backler,  ,  115 

Anna,  85,  86 

Elizabeth,  86 

Mary,  86 

Nathaniel,  86 

Richard,  85,  86 

Samuel,  86 

Sarah,  86 
Bacon,  ,  106,  115 

Ada  Louise,  324 

Andrew,  86 

Caroline   Meredith    (Bedsaul), 
324 

Daniel,  213 

George  Smith,  324 

Helen  (Hazard),  383 

Leonard,  383 

Lydia,  213 

Martha  Sherman,  383 

Martha   Sherman    (Stringham), 
383 

Mary,  85 


Index 


415 


Bacon,  Mary    (Sherman),  86 

Nathaniel   Terry,  383 
Badlam,  Stephen,   155 
Bagley,  Florence,  218 

John  J.,  218 
Baher,  Peter,  53 
Baird,  Elizabeth   (Mather),  212 

Eliza  Taylor    (De   Palezieux), 
212 

Lyman,  212 

Maximilian,   212 
Baker,  Asher  Carter,  392 

Asher  Carter,  Jr.,  393 

Cecil  Sherman,  392 

Cecil   Sherman,  Jr.,  392 

Charlotte    (Carter),   391,  392 

Eleanor  Holley,  392 

Elihu,  392 

Gerald  Pomeroy,  393 

Helen  Margaret,  393 

Hoyt  Sherman,  393 

Katherine  Gladys   (Bartley),  402 

Lewis  Powell,  402 

Lillian  Wheeler  (Holley),  392 

Mary  Elizabeth,  392 

Mary  Elizabeth    (Reese),  392 

Mary  Mathilde    (Lewis),  402 

Nicholas,  Sir,  68 

Sherman,  392 

William   Lewis,  402 
Baldwin,  Anne  Estelle  Hoskins,  348 

Annie  Marvin,  349 

Ann     Mehetable     (De    Forest), 
294 

Barnabas,  198 

Bethia  (Barker),  243 

Blanche  Dominick,  349,  410 

Catherine    Vail,    411 

Charles,  245 

Charles   Marvin,  349 

Clara,  321 

Cornelia  Estelle    (Hoskins),  347 

David  Higginlxjtham,  348 

De  Forest,  348 

Dorothea,  409,  410 

Ebenezer,  195,  243 

Ebenezer  Charles,  294 

Ebenezer  Simeon,  293 

Edythe  Mary   (Cater- Karr),  349 

Edward  Law,  293 

Eleanor,  410 

Elizabeth,  244,  245 

Elizabeth   (Burr),  243,  244 

Elizabeth,  Mrs.,  153 

Elizabeth    (Sherman),  206 

Elizabeth  Wooster,  293,  344 

Emily  Frances,  294 


Baldwin,  Emmeline  (Perkins),  293 
Florence  Winchester,  347 
Francis  Hoskins,  348 
Gamaliel,   157 
George   William,  293 
Helen  Douglas   (Macleish),  348 
Helen  Harriet,  347 
Henrietta  Perkins,  293,  345 
Henry,  294,  347 
Henry  de  Forest,  349,  410 
Israel,   159 
James  William,  321 
Jessie   (Pinney),  410 
John,  215 

Lockwood  de  Forest,  349 
Margaret  (Hoge),  321 
Margaret     Sherry      (Cortright), 

348 
Marian,  410 
Martha,  245  _ 

Mary  Catherine    (Vail),  411 
Mary   Sarah    (Marvin),  349 
Mr.,  225 
Mrs.,  244 

Olive  Louise  (Porter),  347 
Rebecca,  153,  157,  195,  244,  245 
Rebecca,  Mrs.,   153 
Rebecca    (Sherman),   206,   243 
Roger  S.,  153 
Roger  Sherman,  14,  195,  293,  347, 

349,  411 
Roger  Sherman,  Hon.,  195,  199, 

244,  293 
Samuel,  157 
Sarah,  157 

Sarah  Patterson  (D'You),  348 
S.  E.,  187 
Sherman,  410 
Simeon,    184,   192,    193.    195,    196, 

206,  238,  244,  245,  294,  348 
Simeon,  Hon.,  220,  243,  244 
Simeon  E.,   199 
Simeon  E.,  Hon.,  165 
Simeon  Eben,  14,  346 
Simeon  Eben,  Hon.,  294 
Simeon,  Jr.,  348 
Susannah    (Sherman),   215 
Virginia  Sherman,  348 
William,   76 
Wm.,  204 
&  Hutchins.  411 
Balie,  Bridget    (Sherman),  70 

Thomas,  70 
Ball.  John,  53 
Stephen,  194 
Stephen,  Jr..  194 
Ballard,    Christopher,  64 


416 


Index 


Ballard.  Elizabeth.  63 

Faith,  63 

Faith  (Sherman),  64 

John,  63 

Tobias,  63 
Barker,  Ann    (Lockwood),  22 

Anthony,  22 

John,   114 
Barnard,  John,  81,  123 

Mercy  (Sherman),  110 

Phebe,  81 

Samuel,  81,  110 

Sarah  (Flemming),  123 

Barnes,  Cornelia  E.,  152 
Cornelia  Elizabeth,  300 
Cornelia    (Vancleve),  300 
Daniel,  206,  250 
Daniel,   Mrs.,   152 
Daniel  Vaughan,  301 
Elizabeth,  300 
Jeremiah  Evarts,  300 
John   Vancleve.    152,   301 
John  Wright  Vancleve,  301 
Maria   (Spies),  300 
Mary  (Tatem),  250,  252 
Mary    (Vaughan),    301 
Mehetabel,  252 
Mehetabel    (Sherman),   152,  206, 

250 
Mr.,  250 
Mrs..   152 

William  Coates,  300 
William  E.,  152 
William  Evarts,  152,  300 

Barnet,  Charles,  235 

I.  Cox.  235 
Barney,  Charles  Gorman,  Dr..  356 

John    Stewart   Walker,   356 

John  Stewart  Walker  Van  Nest, 
356 

Mary  Alice  Priscilla,  356 

Marv  Alice    (Van  Nest),  356 

Mary  (Walker),  356 
Barns.  Mehetibel,  196 
Barnum,   Nathaniel.   162 

Noah  S..  Major,  261 
Barriss,  Caroline  Palmer   (Rath- 
bone),  292 

Carrie    Rathbone.   292 

Willis  Hervey.  292 
Barron,  Ellis.  Jr.,  110 

Mary,  110 

Mary    (Sherman),    110 
Bartlett.  Bertha  Marie.  325 

Ida  Virginia   (Dickinson).  325 

Joseph   Jackson,   Maj.   Gen.,   325 


Bartley,  Alice  Elizabeth,  401 

Alice  Wilson,  402 

Carrie  Belle  (Hall),  401 

Carrie  Hall,  401 

Edith    Elizabeth    (Stoneback), 
401 

Elizabeth  (Wells),  401 

Ethel,  402 

Herbert,  401  ^•■ 

John  Sherman,  402 

Julia  Maria    (Larwill),  401 

Katherine  Gladys,  402 

Louise  (Watson),  402 

Mary  Hoyt,  391,  402 

Mordecai,  401 

Pauline  (Wilson),  402 

Roger  Sherman,  401 

Susan    Day,    402 

Susan  Denman,  324 

Susan  Denman   (Sherman),  391, 
400 

Thomas  Wells,  324.  401 

Thomas  Wells,  Hon.,  391 
Bassackes,  Nathaniel,  56 
Bassett,  Henrietta  C.    (Kirtland), 
302 

John  G.,  302 

Mary  Anna,  302 
Bassockes,  Nathaniel,  57 
Bate,  John,  62 
Bateson,   Charles  Edwin,  394 

Edgar  Farrar,  Capt.,  394 

Edgar  Farrar,  Jr.,  394 

Florence   Cecelia.   394 

Mary  McLaughlin  (Stamps),  394 

Rosina  Hoyt   (Otis),  394 
Battel,  Abigail,  144 

James,  158 

John,  141.  144,  145,  213 

Josiah,  145 

Martha  (Mitchell),  213 

Martha   (Sherman)   Mitchell,  145 

Mehetabel.   144,   145 

Mehetabel  (Sherman),  213 

Mehetable,  141 

Olive,  145 

Sarah    (Buckingham),    145 

Unity,  145 

William.  145,  213 
Battle,  John,  145 
Rattles,  Mehitabel.  140 
Baylor,  Dora   (Dutler).  283 

Nettie  Emma,  283 

William,  283 
Beaman,  Charles  Cotesworth.  312.  374, 
376 


Index 


417 


Beaman,  Helen  Wardner,  375 

Hettie    Sherman    (Evarts),    312, 
374 

Margaret,  375 

Mary  (Stacy),  374,  375,  376 

Vera   lone    (Benjamin),   376 

William  Evarts,  375,  376 

&   Marden,  374 
Beecher,  Henry  Ward,  Rev.,  310 

Urana,  146 
Beeman,   Daniel,   162 

Joseph,    162 
Beers,  Nathan,  152 
Beggs,  Carey  Temple,  384 

Dorothy  Marie,  384 

Emma  Laura    (Bartlett),  384 
Bek,  Thomas,  35 
Belcher,  Clara   (Smith),  228 

Frederick  Parsons,  228 

Martha  Louisa,  227 
Belden,  Mary,  280 
Bele,   Richard,  21 
Belknap,  William  W.,  317 
Bell,  John,  Gov.,  327 

Mary  Ann  Peris,  327 
Bellowrs,  Eunice,  132 
Benedict,  George  Amos,  389 

Harriet  Amelia,  389 

Sarah   Frances    (Rathbone),  389 
Benjamin,  Harriet  Isbel   (Schofield), 
376 

Robert  Phelps.  376 

Vera  lone,  376 
Bennet,  John  B.,  351 
Bennett,  Amos  Northen,  273 

Mattie  May,  273 

Sarah  Maria  (Sanborn),  273 
Berger,  Marguerita  Florentina  Rosa, 
273 

Robert  Franz,  273 

Rosa  Charlotte    (Schreiber),  273 
Bernard,   Alice  Elizabeth    (Bartley), 
401 

Frank  Farnsvirorth,  401 

Joseph,  401 

Josephine,  400,  401 
Betts,  Austin  Wortham,  295 

Bessie  Harris  (Boardman),  295 

Earle  Forrest,  295 

Irving  Wilcox,  295 

Philander,  295 

Sarah   (Demarest),  295 

Sherman  Wilcox,  295 
Bingham,  Ezekiel,  133 

Milicent    (Sherman),   133 
Bird,  Joseph,  162 


Bisbee,  Ezekiel,  280 

Ruea,  280 
Bishop,  Deacon,  198 
Bissell,  Emily  L.,  329 
Blaine,  Charles  Hodge,  111 

Emma  Josephine   (Burt),  111 

Graham   Burt,   Zll 

Graham  Burt,  Jr.,  2)11 

Katharine     VVinthrop     (Tweed). 
Zll 
Blake,  Charles  Thompson,  364 

Elizabeth  (Sherman),  40,  12 

Eliza  Seely,  364 

Harriet  Waters    (Stiles),  364 

Thomas,  40,  47,  65,  66,  72 
Blanchard,  Anthony,  297,  298 

Grace,  298 

Jeannie  (Martin),  298 
Bloomfield,  41 
Bloss,  Joseph  Blossom,  233 

Mary  Glenn,  233 

Mary  Glenn  (Hooker),  23. 
Blumer,  Hilda,  365 

John  George,  365 

Julia    Edith    (Walford),    365 
Blumfield,   Sarah,   106 
Bead,  Mr.,  11 
Boardman,   Adeline   Tice,    304 

Anna  Greene,  304 

Ann  (Gilbert),  303 

Bessie  Harris,  295 

Caroline  Sherman,  304 

Charlotte  Katharine    (Tice),  304 

Elinor     (Ella)     Forrest     (Sher- 
man), 295 

Elizabeth   Greene,  304 

Elizabeth    (Haskell),  304 

George  Nye,  304 

Grace  Tice,  304 

Harriet  Elizabeth,  295 

Henry  Mills,  304 

Josephine   A.    (Stevenson),   296 

Martha  Tracy,  304 

Mary  Evarts,  304 

Roger  Sherman,  304 

Samuel  Ward,  Jr.,  304 

Samuel   Ward,   Rev..   303 

Townsend   Harris,   295 

William  Theodore,  295,  296 
Bohler,   Ellen,  279 

Francesca   (Trcxler),  279 

John  Jacob,  279 
Bohun,    Edmund,   64 
Bond,  Jonas,  135 
Booth,  Enos  Stuyvesant,  287 

Hannah  (Rush).  287 

John   Scholey,  287 


418 


Index 


Booth,  John  Westley,  287 

Julia  Phelps   (Scholey),  287 
Borden,  Cora  Maude,  330 

Elizabeth   (La  Quay),  330 

James  F.,  330 
Bostwick,  Arthur,  159 

Nathaniel,  159 

Reuben,  159 
Botchford,  Nathan,  Capt.,  143 
Botsford,  Abel,   148 

Mary    (Hartwell),   148 
Boty,  William,  18 
Bourne,  George  William,  367 

Mary  Mating,  367 

Susan   (Maling),  367 
Boutell.  176 

Alice  Gates,  368 

Anna  (Greene),  302 

Arnold,  368 

Caroline,  368 

Clarence  Burley,  367 

Evarts  Greene,  366 

Henry  Sherman,  367 

Henry   Sherman,  2nd,  367 

Hugh  Gates,  Z67 

Lewis,   366 

Lewis  Henry,  Hon.,  199,  302,  366 

Mary    (Bartlett),   366 

Roger   Sherman  Gates,  367 

Roger   Sherman   Gates,  Jr.,  367 

Samuel  Hoar,  368 

Susan  Mary,  368 

Mr.,  199 
Bouton,  Elizabeth  Ann   (Cilley),  327 

Charles   Sherman,  329 

Ellen    (Gould)    (Shumway),  329 

Elizabeth  Ripley,  328 

Emily  L.   (Bissell),  329 

Harriet    (Sherman),  257,  327 

Mary  Ann  Peris   (Bell),  327 

Nathaniel,  257 

Nathaniel,  Rev.,  327 

Nathaniel   Sherman.  329 

Sarah    (Benedict),  327 

William,   327 
Bowditch,   Alice    (Bradford),  316 

Ebenezer  Francis,  316 

Elizabeth    (Perry),  316 

Florence  Hoar,  316 

John   Bradford,  316 

John   Perry,  316 
Bowles,  Alvin  Sanders,  288 

Dorothy    Rae    (Van   Der   Kar), 
288 

Elizabeth   (Hoar),  314.  386 

Man-    Dwight    (Schermerhorn), 
386 


Bowles,  Maude   Hunter   (Hamilton), 
288 

Robert  Pearson,  288 

Samuel,  314,  386 

Sherman  Hoar,  386 
Bowman,  Anna,  123 

Anne,  123 

Anne    (Barnard),   123 

Deborah   ( ),  123 

Francis,   123 

John,  123 

Jonathan,  123 

Joseph,  123 

Lydia  (Stone),  123 

Martha,  123 

Martha  M.,  122 

Martha   (Sherman),  122 

Nathaniel,  123 

Phebe  ( ),  123 

Rebecca  (Andrew),  123 

Ruth   (Angier),  123 

Samuel,  123 
Boyes,  Roger  (Robert),  89 
Bradford,  Alice,  316 

Dorcas  Brown  (Lockwood),  316 

Florence  Hoar,  316 

Moses  Brown  Lockwood,  316 

Shadrach  Standish,  316 

William,  Gov.,  290 
Bradstreet,  Simon,  Gov.,  13 
Brady,  Catharine,  320 

Owen,  320 

Rose,  320 
Branston,  Thomas,  103 
Brattle,  Thomas,  Capt.,  127 
Brewster,  Olive   (Morgan),  15 

Ruth,  15 

William,  15 
Bridgham,   Arthur  Leland,  273 

Elizabeth  Lois  Frances,  273 

Eliza    (Willey),  273 

Elna   Sherman,   273 

Frances  Adaline    (Mackintosh), 
273 

Grace  Agnes  (Swain),  273 

Helen  Morton.  274 

Hilde  Marga  Louisa.  273 

Leland  Frederick,  273 

Mareruerita  Florentina   Rosa 
(Berger),    273 

Maria  Louise,  273 

Minot  Austin,  273 

Minot  Austin,  Jr.,  273 

Minot   Robert   Sherman,  273 

Rudolph  Leland  Berger,  273 

Sullivan,   273 


Index 


419 


Briggs,   Elizabeth    (Compton),  340 
Francis  Fletcher,  340 
Nelle,  340 
Brightled,  Stevyn,  20 
Brodestrette,  Simon,  13,  14 
Brodhead,  Alice  Ethel,  341 

Arthur,  341 

Ethel  (Sherman),  341 

Lucy   (Billett),  341 
Samuel  Billett,  341 

Thomas  Arthur,  341 
Brodshawe,    Anthony,    Sir,   61 
Broke,  Barbara,  58 

Henry,  58 
Brome,  Elizabeth,  40 

John,  40 
Brooke,  John,  12,  73 

Roger,  72 
Brooks,  Caroline  (Downes),  313 

Nathan,  313 
Brewer,  Bettina  Blythe,  307 

Burr  Vanderburgh,  307 

Elizabeth  de  Larzelere  (Busby), 
306 

Elsie  Helen    (Greene),  306 

Herbert  Henson,  306 

William  Hatfield  Frazee,  306 
Brown,  Amelia  Curtis,  305 

Ashley  Morse,  232 

Delana  Violet  Pauline,  269 

Doris   Albina,   232 

Dorothy  Emma,  385 

Eleanor  Winifred  (Allen),  270 

Elinor  Martha,  232 

Elizabeth,  64 

Elizabeth  Ann,  270 

Elizabeth   (Anderson),  270 

Eloise    (Ashley),  232 

Franklin  Quimby,  385 

Ida  Prescott  Bigelow  (Eldredge), 
385 

Jacob,  204 

James,  270 

James  Wallace,  270 

J.  W.  Gordon,  269 

Kate    (Curtis),   305 

Laura  Adams  (Croswell),  230 

Laura  Croswell,  230 

Marshall  Richard,  232 

Mary  Lucinda   (Allen),  269 

Mary    (Morse),  232 

Mary  Ruth,  232 

Patrick   Wilson,    269 

Roerer  Sherman  Henderson,  232 

Sallie  (Gaston),  269 

Thomas,  12 

Thomas  Jefferson,  230 


Brown,  Thomas  Henderson,  232 

William  Patrick,  269 

William  Theophilus,  305 
Browne,  64 

Amy,  63 

Amy  (Sherman),  64 

Edmond,  83 

Edmund,    112 

Edward,   112 

Elizabeth,  112 

Faith,  63 

John,  112 

Martha,  111 

Martha  (Sherman),  112 

Samuel,   112 
Browning,  Frances  May,  270 

Mary  Jane    (Parks),  270 

Robert  Franklin,  270 
Bruce,   Elizabeth,    132 
Bryce,  James,  185,   186 

Viscount,  185 

Buck,  Asaph,  146 

Barnetha  (York),  146 

Elizabeth,    144-146 

Elizabeth    (Sherman),   146 

Enoch,  146 

Eunice,  144 

Hannah,  146 

Hannah  (Fairchild),  146 

James,   144-146 

Jerusha,   146 

Josiah,  146 

Mary    (Beebe),   146 

Mary  (Towner),  146 

Mehitable,   146 

Phebe    (Wainwright),   146 

Ruth,  146 

Salmon,  146 

Samuel    Beebe,    146 

Urana   (Beecher),  146 

William  Sherman,  146 

Buckingham,  Ann   (Botsford),  148 
Benjamin.  148 
Nathan  Botsford.  148 
Rebecca    (Hartwell),    148 
Sarah,  145 

Bucknam.  Agnes  Louise    (Kirby), 
362 
Donald  Campbell,  362_ 
Jane  Cheney  (Franklin),  362 
John  Jay,  362 
John  Sherman,  362 
John  Sherman,   Jr..  362 
Mabel  Alice   (Clukey).  362 
Margaret  Preston,  362 


420 


Index 


Bucknam,  Marjorie   Milliken,  362 
Martha   White    (Sherman),  298, 

362 
Neil  Evarts,  362 
Ralph  Sherman,  362 
Robert  Morse,  362 
Robert  Walter,  362 
Roger,  362 
Ruth    Milward,   362 
Seth,  362 
Sherman,  362 
Walter  Harris,  298,  362 
Bullen,  Ephraim,  129 

Mary    (Morse),  129 
Bunnell,  Flora  Theresa,  303 
Jabe  Collier,  303 
Kate   (McDonald),  303 

Bur,  ,  96 

Henry,  96,  97 
John,  96 
Susan,  96,  97 
Susan    (Sherman),  96 
Burage,  Sarah,  106 
Burges,  Dr.,   113 
Ester,  114 
John,   Rev.,   113 
Priscilla,    113 
Robert,  114 

Burke, ,  8 

Burley,  Avis,  367 

Avis  Hannah   (Blodgett),  367 
Clarence  Augustus,  367 
Burnett  &  Whitney,  407 
Burnham,   Anna  Amelia,  216 
Elizabeth    (Seymour),    216 
Michael,  216 
Burr,  Elizabeth,  195 

Elizabeth  (Isaacs-Hill-Kerr),  244 
Elizal^eth    (Sherman),    206,    243, 

244 
John,  244 
Sturges,  206,  244 
Burt,  Colvin,  331 

Cornelia  (Gunn),  331 
Katharine    Louise,   331 
Bury,  Bridget,   100 
Busby,  Thomas,  36 
Buskard,  Nicholas,  34 
Butcher,    Annie    Deane     (Sherman), 
361 
Charles,    361 
Marion  Sherman,  361 
Mary    Elizabeth     (Laramy),    361 
William   Laramy,   361 
Butler,    Alexander    Beattie,    393 
Alida  Victoria  (O'Hara),  393 
Anna  (Pease),  296 


Butler,  Asa,  296 

Emily  Sortore   (Blue),  393^ 

Helen  Catherine    (Reese),  393 

Helen  M.,  296 

Henry  Reese,  393 

John,  393 

Mary  Dell  (Lamb),  393 

Samuel,  393 

Samuel,   Jr.,  393 

Sherman,  393 

William,  237 
Butter,  Alice,  52 

Agnes,  52,  53 

Daniel,  53 

Marion,  52 

Peter,  81,  82 

Pierce,  52 

Thomas,  52,  53,  82 

William,  52 
Buttner,    Bernard   Theodore,   211 

Caroline  Barnard  (Way),  211 

Lily,  211 
Buttrick,  Florence    (King),  386 

Mary  Tolman,  386 

William,  386 
Byington,  Anna    (Tracy),  308 

George  Phelps,  308 

Martha  Day,  308 

Sarah  (Hoyt),  308 

Stephen,   308 

Steven  Tracy,  308 

William  Carter,  308 

Cage,  Edward,  52 

Calfe,  John,  34 

Cameron,  Elizabeth   (Sherman),  390 

James    Donald,   Hon.,  390 

Margaret   (Brua),  390 

Martha,  390 

Mary    (McCormick),    390 

Simon,  Hon.,  390 
Camp,  Albert,  240 

Aurilla,  240 

Dorothy  Foster,  303 

Elston  Hamlin,  303 

Ernestine  Nancy   (Adams),  303 

Fanny  B.,  337 

Frederick  de  Forest,  240 

Frederick    Gleich    (Fisher),    239 

George  Lowe,  303 

Hettie  Louise  (Greene),  303 

James,  159 

Jane   (Wildish),  337 

Margaret  Elston,  303 

Mary  Louise,  303 

Samuel,  157 

Sherman  Adams,  303 

Walter  T.,  337 


I  NDEX 


421 


Canfield,   Sam'l.,   162 
Canner,   Abigail,   Mrs.,    163 
Carleton,   George  Willard,  336 

Grace  Maria,  336 

Hattie  Eliza    (Sherman),  336 

Henrietta  Maria  (Stoddard),  336 

Ralph  Watson,  336 

Roswell  Willard.  336 

Walter  George,  336 

Willard   Sherman,   336 
Carlisle,   Laura   Ruth,  210 

Mary  Ann    (Noonan),  210 

Thomas,  345 

William  Kinkead,  210 
Carovve,  William,  21 
Carpenter,  Anthony,  155,  156 
Carr,  Grace,   129 

Grace    (Sherman),   130 

Thomas,  129,  130 
Carter,  Edward  Perkins,  Dr.,  389 

Edward    Perkins,   Jr.,   389 

Franklin,   389 

Joan,  82 

Ruth,  389 

Sarah  (Kingsbury),  389 

Sarah  Rathbone  (Sherman),  389 

Thomas,    72 
Case,  Edward  Beecher,  233 

Lavonia   (Prentiss),  233 

Winifred,  233 
Cater,  Aymar,  349 
Cater-Karr,  Edythe  Mary,  349 

Mary   (Leaycraft),  349 
Cauldwell,  Eleanor  Sherman  (Thack- 
ara),  400 

Frederic  Wadsworth,  40O 

Frederic  Wadsworth,  Jr.,  4(X) 

James  Allen,  400 

Sarah    (Lendrum),  AOO 
Cave,  Alexander,   Sir,  90 

Amplicia  H.,  90 

Ann   (Warde),  90 

Anna,  89,  90 

Anna   (Ingolby),  90 

Barbara   (Feilding),  91 

Catherine    (Somerville),  90 

Elionora  (Gray),  91 

Elizabeth    (Constable),  90 

Family,  90 

John,  90 

Margaret   (Saxby).  91 

Maria    (Burdet),   90 

Maria   (Genill),  90 

Matilda   (Maldacu),  90 

Pierce,  90 

Piers,  90 

Richard.  91 


Cave,  Robert,  90 

Thomas,  90 

William,  89,  91 
Cawse,  Elizabeth,  89 

Thomas,  89 
Chanslor,  Bird,  402 

John,  391,  402 

Sara  Ellen  (Field),  391,  402      . 
Chapin,  Cynthia   (Moseley),  287 

Eliza    (Seymour),  290 

Elizabeth   (Morse),  285 

Elizabeth  Keese  (Little),  404 

Eveline,  287 

Henry,  287 

John  Calvin,  404 

Laura,  285 

Mary  Emma   (Turner),  404 

Mary  Seymour,  290 

Roswell,  404 

Spencer,  290  - 

Thaddeus,  285 
Chapman,  Christian,  96 

Dr.,  53,  56,  95 

Edmond,  Dr.,  95 

Edmund,  Rev.  Dr.,  83 

John,  96 

Paul,  96 

Susan,  95,  96,  118 
Qiappell,   Ann,  22 

Robert,  22 
Chase,  Jonathan,  131 

Lucy  Winifred,  288 

Mary    (Whitwell),  288 

Orlando,  288 

Thankful  (Sherman),  130 
Chauncey,    Charles,    119 

Mr.,   119 
Cheeseman,    Katharine    L.    (Sharp), 

390 
Chesman,  Sarah,  168 
Cheute,  Lionel,  94 
Qiewte,  Lyonell,  80 
Chittenden,  Hannah  (Sherman),  134 

Josiah,  134 
Chrisler,    Ida,    288 
Chuard,    Harriet    Elizabeth    (Board- 
man),  295 

Jean  Ernest,  295 

Louis.  295 

Louise    (Tacond),  295 
Church,   E.  Dwight.  160 
Churchill,   Edith    Sherman.  326 

Jesse  Maynard,  327 

Nelson,  327 

Roxanna   (Frost),  327 
Cillev,   Elizabeth   Ann,  327 

Horatio  G.,  327 


422 


Index 


Clark,  Elizabeth   (Murray),  382 

Francis,  382 

Harriet  Eliza  Gilman,  382 
Clarr,  Nicholas,  83 
Clenche,  Thomas,  63 
Clere,  Anne,  82 

Benjamin,  82 

John,  82 

Nicholas,  82 

Thomas,    114 
Clerk  (Gierke),  Agnes,  18 

Agnes   (Sherman),  19 

Elizabeth,    18 

Henry,  33 

John,  18,  19 

(Gierke),  John,  19 

Robert,  33 

Thomas,  18 
Gierke,  Agnes,  20 

Augusten,  61 

Elizabeth,   19 

John,  20 

John,  Sir,  20 

Kateryn,  20 

Margery,  19,  61 

Robert,  20 

Thomas,  19,  20 
Clinton,  George,  190 
Clobber  (Glebber),  - — ,  41 
Clukey,  Charles  Lewis,  362 

Mabel  Alice,  362 

Margaret  Nancy    (Preston),  362 
Clymer,   George,   190 
Coakley,  Gilbertine,  286 

John  Brownlow,  286 

Sarah   (Tew),  286 
Cock,  Alice  Haight,  379 

Effingham,    379 

Harriet    (Haight),  379 
Coggan,  John,   111 
Coke,  Richard,  33 
Cokke,  Thomas,  9 
Cole,  George,  77,  94 

George,  Jr.,  125 

Harriet  J.,  292 

John,  292 

Mary,   125 

Mary  A.,  292 

Thomas,  94 

William,  77 
Collins,  Cynthia  Painter,  335 

Sarah  (Painter),  335 

Simeon,  335 
Comly,  Elizabeth  Marion,  321 

James  Monroe,  321 

James  Monroe,  Gen.,  321 

Margaret  Hoge   (McComb),  321 


Comly,  Smith  Mitchell,  321 
Connell,  Elizabeth  (Lobengier),  319 

John,  319 

Sophia,  319 
Conover,  Emily  Charlotte  Potter,  380 

Richard  Stevens,  380 

Sarah  Jones  (Potter),  380 
Constable,  John,  3,  90 
Conwey,   Mary,   31 
Cooke,  Agnes  (Bohun),  64 

Frances,  15 

Margaret,  64 

Robert,  64 
Cooledge,  Florence,  364 

John,  101,  102 

Jno.,  101 

Susan  (Knapp),  364 

William,  364 
Coombs,  Clara  Isabella   (Littlefield), 
281 

Charles  Alfred,  281 

Isabel  Hall,  281 

Lydia  Jane,  281 

Samuel  G.  B.,  281 
Cooper,  Alexander  Taylor,  392 

Charlotte  Carter   (Baker),  392 

James    Reynolds,    392 

John,  Deacon,  133 

Mary  (Sherman),  133 

Sarah   (Taylor),  392 
Corbett,  Alfred  Hoyt,  394 

Gretchen   Rosina    (Hoyt),   394 

Helen  Elizabeth,  394 

Helen    (Ladd),   394 

Henry  Jagger,  394 

Henry  Ladd,  394 

Henry  Ladd,  Jr.,  394 
Corning,  Helen,  239 

Maria    Augusta     (Walker),    239 

William  Henry,  239 
Comwaler,   Margery,  61 
Cortright,  Elizabeth  Hartman   (Stet- 
tler),   348 

Margaret  Sherry,  348 

Robert  Butler,  348 
Coult.  Abel  Amherst,  270 

Amherst,  270 

Anna   (Chase),  270 

Anna  Lucinda,  271 

Delana   (Allen),  270 

Doris   Lucile,   271 

Edith   (McDow),  270 

Frank  Herbert,  271 

George  Benjamin,'  271 

Georgia  Merrell,  271 

Hattie    (Merrell),   271 

Herbert  Anderson,  271 


Index 


423 


Con  It,  Lorna  Maurine,  271 

Rena  Mae   (Anderson),  271 

Stephen  Chase,  270 

Sherman  Chase,  271 
Courtney,   Curtice   Moore,  332 

Francis  A.,  332 

Hugh  Lawrence,  332 

Kathryn  Corcian   (Baker),  332 

Kathryn  June,  332 

Lawrence  Hugh,  332 

Mary  Louise  (Lotspeich),  332 
Cowper,  Thomas,  18 
Cox,  Archibald,  379 

Archibald,  Jr.,  379 

Elizabeth  Evarts,  379 

Fanny    (Hill),  379 

Frances  Bruen  (Perkins),  379 

Mary  Davenport,  379 

Robert  Hill,  379 

Rowland,  379 
Coy,  Edward  Dwight,  242 

Edward  Gustin,  241 

Edward  Harris,  242 

Edward  Harris,  Jr.,  242 

Elizabeth    (Brown),  241 

Elizabeth  Camp,  242 

Helen    Elizabeth    (Marsh),   241 

Kate  Bosworth    (Rising),  241 

Mary  Augusta,  242 

Mary  Dexter,  241 

Sherman  Lockwood,  241 

Sophie     d'Antignac     (Meldrim), 
242 
Cradocke,  Thomas,  58 

Craig,  ,  280 

Crane,  Thomas,  64 
Crawford,  Earl  of,  391 
Crocker,  Helen,  Miss,  336 
Crook.    Caroline    (Taylor),  257 

Richard   Livesay,   257 
Crosby,  Ann  Eliza,  216 

Ann  Eliza  (Sherman),  216 

Daniel,  Rev.,  216 

Edward,  216 

Margaretta  Anna  Loraine  (Malt- 
by).  216 

Minott  Sherman,  216 
Crosse,  Joane,  86 

Susan,  84 
Cuddon,  Roberto.  28 
Culbert,   Julia    (Hughes),  212 
Cullen.  Mary,  291 

Myron.  291  - 

Mary  (Doremus),  291 
Cunningtnn.  L'zzie  Bell,  323 

Sarah    (Clegg),  323 

William,  323 


Curfman,   Flavia,  255 
Curran,   Mr.,    152 

Sarah,  152 
Currie,  Abram  Yerxa,  360 

Frances    (Murray),  360 

Frank  Thomas,  Dr.,  360 

Frank  Sherman,  361 

Susan  Elizabeth   (Sherman),  360 
Curtis,  Allie  Pettigrew,  232 

Charles  Burritt,  231 

Elizabeth    (Teninty),  232 

Eva   (Hicks),  232 

Henry  Sherman,  232 

Joseph  Carleton,  232 

Lindamira  Jackson  (Vail),  231 

Marilla    (Wright),  231 

Otis   Freeman,   Rev.,  231 

Ralph  Vincent,  232 

Ralph  Wright,  232 

Roger  Sherman,  232 
Cushing,  Thomas,  137 
Cutler,  Ebenezer,  132 

Elizabeth,   132 

Elizabeth   (Hilton),  132,  135 

Elisha,  132 

John,  122 

Millicent,  132 

Nicholas,  36 

Rebecca,   135 

Rebekah,   135 

Timothv.  132,  135 
Cutter,  William,  59 

Dade,  Robert,  91 
Dagget,  Mr.,  200 

Daggett,    Annie   Wilcox    (Atwater), 
350 

David,  350  ^ 

David  Lewis,  350 

Frances  White   (Gamble),  350 

Naphtali,  Professor,  164 
Dalton,  Timothie,  120 
Daly.  Katherine  M.,  219 

Hoyt  &  Mason,  394 
Damine,  Abigail,  111 
Damon,  Abigail   (Sherman),  112 

John,  Deacon,  112 
Dana.  James,   Dr.,   182 
Darcy  Family,  109 
Darie,  Martha,  96,  97 
Davenport.  Smith  &  Perkins,  378 
Davis,   Adelia    (Hanford),   289 

Carroll   Melvin,    Tr..  395 

Carroll,  Melvin,  Rev..  395 

Catherine  Wendell.  297 

Edward,  297 

Elizabeth,  297 


424 


Index 


1^ 


Davis,  Elizabeth  (Outram),  297 

Elizabeth    (Wendell),   297 

Jacob  Samuel,  289 

John,  Capt.,  297 

Joshua,  320 

Julia  Willock  (McComb),  320 

Lucy    Bathsheba    (Mackintosh), 
279 

Mary  Ruth,  289 

Maud  Reber,  395 

Mehitabel    (Dimmock),  297 

Sarah  Miranda    (Chase),  395 

Solomon,  Capt.,  297 

Thomas  Franklin,  395 

William   Brega,  279 
Day,  Abby  Louise  (Marston),  384 

Abigail  (Noble),  252 

Annie  Clark,  383 

Caroline,   385 

Clinton,  313,  384 

Elizabeth,  252,  299 

Elizabeth  Ann    (King),  229,  230 

Elizabeth    Ann    King,    312 

Daniel,  104 

Grace   (Wakefield),  384,  385 

Harriet    Eliza    Oilman    (Clark), 
382 

Harriet  King,  229,  313 

Henry,  312 

Jane  Olivia,  230,  313,  384 

Jeremiah,  253 

Jeremiah,   Rev.,  207,  252,  383 

Jeremiah,  President,  299 

Martha,  253 

Martha  Elizabeth,  313 

Martha,  Mrs.,  154 

Martha  (Sherman),  207,  252,  383 

Olivia,  253,  383 

Olivia  (Jones),  252,  299 

President,  252,  253 

Roger  Sherman,  313,  382 

Roger  Sherman,  Jr..  384 

Sherman,  154,  229,  230,  252,  312 

Sylvanus  Osborn,  252 
Deaman,   John,    112 

Samuel,  112 
Deane,  Silas,  167 
Death,  Martha   (Sherman),  106 

Parker,  106 
De  Corinick.   Georges,  211 

Marie,  211 
de  Dedham,  Robert,  2 
Dedham,   Isabell,  21,  34 
de    Fore.st,    Annie    Coley     (Everit), 
210 

Annie  Lawrence,  210 

Ann  Mehetable,  294 


de  Forest   Emily  (Johnston),  258 

Johnston,  258 

Lockwood,  239,  294 

Louis    Shephard,    Dr.,  210 

Mary  Elizabeth   (Ogden),  258 

Mary  Lockwood,  239 

Mehetable  (Wheeler),  239,  294 

Priscilla  Mary,  258 

Robert  Weeks,  258 
De  Goll,  Ada  Sherman,  265 

Clarence  Addison,  264 

Cora   Palliser    (Sherman),  264 

Dorothy  Addison.  265 

Imogene  Ethel,  265 

James  Emile,  264 

Marie  Corinne,  264 

Mary  Curtis   (Addison),  264 
de  Kenton,  Ivo,  9 

Margaret,  9 
Delaplaine,   Samuel,  237 
de  la  Pole,  Michael,  2 
Deman,  Samuel,  112 
De  Marbois,  Mr.,  170 
Deming,   Frederick,   342 

Julia  Champion.  342 

Mary    (Gleason),  342 
Denison,  Amos,  231 

Hannah  (Williams),  231 

Martha,  231 
Denman,  Richard,  62 

&  Arnold,  408 
Dennye.   George,   35 
De  Palezieux,  Edmond  Falconnet,  212 

Eliza  Taylor  (Olmsted),  212 

Emilie  (De  Montet),  212 

Falconnet,  212 

Rene,  212 
Depew,  Abraham,  214 

Catherine  (Crankheit),  214 

Chauncey  Mitchell,  214 

Chauncey    Mitchell,    Jr.,    215 

Elise  Ann  (Hegeman),  215 

Isaac,  214 

Martha  Minott  (Mitchell),  214 

May  (Palmer),  215 
Deve.  Margett,  21 
De  Witt,  Anne.  383 

Cornelius,  John,  383 

Harriet,  383 

Harriet  Dav  (Stringham),  383 

Margaret   (Kelty),  383 

William  Andrew,  383 
Dexter,  Samuel,  Rev.,  145 
Deye,  John,  5.  42 
Dickens.  Alice  Ash   (Pierson),  268 

Edmund  Finlay,  268 

Edna  Coleman,  268 


Index 


425 


Dickerson  and  Beaman,  375 
Dickinson,  Robert  Lytle,  331 
Diefeudorf,   Beaman  and   Marden, 

374 
Dikon,  Johanna,  34 
Dimmock,  Desire  (Sturgis),  297 

Thomas,  Capt.,  297 
Dixon,  Dorothy  Sherman,  406 

Frederick  John,  406 

Harriet  Maude   (Buck),  406 

John  Edward,  406 

John  Sherman,  406 

Martha  Elizabeth  (Sherman), 
406 
Etodge,    Annette    Elizabeth,   330 

Eliza,  330 

Horace,  330 
Dodgeson,  Mary  (Mitchell),  339 

Matthew.  339 

Sophia,  339 
Donnell,    Hannah    Dean    (Moulton), 
277 

Marilla,  277 

William  Henry,  277 
Doolittle,  Isaac,  163 
Dott.  Ada   (Follansbee),  268 

Harry  Flood,  268 

Dowe,  Mrs.,  11 

Dcwnie,  Cora  Evarts  fGreene),  306 

Douglas  Evarts,  306 

Margaret   (McLauchlan),  306 

William,  306 

William,  Jr.,  306 
Drake.  Avice,  328,  329 

John  Robert.  218 

Joseph  Langdon.  329 

Mary  Inman,  218 

Rachel  (Greer),  329 

Sarah   Hillyer   (Inman),  218 

Drewes,  Claus,  327 

Henr  etta  Rns-na,  327 

Katherine    (Ney),  327 
Drummond,    Edmund   John,  211 

Gertrude  Holley,  211 

Jemima    (Dodds),  211 

John  Landells,  211 

Lucy  Holley,  211 
Drury,  Manassah,  131 

Luke,  130 

Luke.  Capt.,  133 

Lvdia    (Sherman),   130 

Martha  (Sherman),  131 
Duck,  .  64 

Margaret,   63 

Margaret   (Sherman),  64 

Robert,  63 


Dudley,  Mildred,  217 

Thomas,   Gov.,  357 
Duffin,  Cecil,  399 
Duman,  Mrs.,  170 
Dunbar,  197 

Mr.,  197 

Rose  Fernetta,  327 

Rose   Sophia,    (Loyd),   327 

Samuel,  Dr.,  154 

Samuel,   Rev.,  150 

Thomas,  327 
Dune,  John,  9 
Dunlap.  John  Smith,  Major,  306 

Mary  Adelaide,  306 

Mary  Frances  (Sullivan),  306 
Dunston.   Geoffrey,   11 
Durand.  Cyrus  Bervic,  Rev.,  16 

John,    190 

JiJliet   Mersereau,    16 

Sarah  Elizabeth  (Mersereau).  16 
Durkee.  Diantha  Lee  (Howe),  309 

Marv  Elizabeth,  309 

William   Henry,  309 
Dwight,   Helen  Rood,  242 

James,  242 

Jane  Wakeman    (Skinner),  242 

Mary    Van    Winkle    (Talmage), 
242 

Susan  (Breed),  242 

Timothy,  383 

Timothy,  President,  251 

Timothy,  Mrs.,  191 

Timothy,    Rev..   227,   2.30,   242 

Winthrop  Edwards,  242 
Dyer,  Eliphalet,  Honorable,  167 
Dvkon,  Thomas,  35 
D'You.  Adolph  Jean.  348 

Adolphe  Jackson,  348 

Anne  Estelle  Hoskins  (Baldwin), 
348 

Baldwin  Jean,  3-18 

Cornelia  Anne.  348 

Martha  Ann  (Gibson),  348 

Sarah   Patterson,  348 

Earle.  Ralph,  189.  190 
Eaton,  Amos  Beebe.   Major-General, 
3£0 

Elizabeth    (Selden).  350 

Frances  Spencer,  350 
Edwardes.   John,   50 
Edwards,  Camilla  Leonard,  353 

Dr.,  182 

Francis   282 

Henry  White.  353 

Jonathan.  Dr.,  181 

Jonathan,  Rev.,  222,  243 


426 


I  NDEX 


Edwards,  Jonathan,  Walter,  353 

Margaret,  282 

Mr.,  50,   198 

Mrs.,  50 

Pierpont,   178 

Rev.  Dr.,  243 

Sarah,  282 

Susan  Sherman   (White),  353 

Walter,  353 

William,  39 

William  Henry  Leonard,  353 

William  H.  L.,  Mrs.,  192 
Egerfeld,  Francis,  50 
Eglyn,  William,  2 
Elizabeth,  Queen,  3 
Elkinton,  Charles,  Zll 

Ellen  (Smith),  327 

John,  Zn 

Minnie  Ida   (Hubbell),  327 
Ellis,  Bertha  Marilla,  384 

Charles   William   Henry,   384 

Marion  Collins  (De  Vau),  384 
Ellsworth,  Oliver,  175,  176 

Oliver,  Hon.,  220 
Elslys,  Willm,  121 
Elynger,  ,  35 

William,  34 
Emerson,  Edward  W.,  314 

Mr.,  198 
Emery,  Gray  Morrison,  398 

John  Anson,  398 

Mary  Tassey   (Morrison),  398 
Erikson,  Erik  Olson,  375 

John,  375 

Kajsa  Petterson,  375 

Margaret  Beaman,  Z16 
Erwin,  Jane  Maria,  326 
Erysshe, ,  35 

William,  34,  35 
Este,  Joseph,  155 
Evans,  Mary  Ann,  258 

Mary  Ann   (Jones),  258 

Thomas   Rhees,  257 
Evarts,  Alice  Haight   (Cock).  379 

Allen  Wardner,  311 

Charles   Butler,   311 

Effingham  Cock,  379 

Elizabeth  Hoar,  312,  Zll 

Elizabeth  Prescott,  380 

Emily    Charlotte    Potter     (Con- 
over),  380 

Helen  Minerva,  312,  376 

Helen  Minerva  (Wardner),  311 

Helen  Wardner,  380 

Hettie  Sherman,  312,  374 

James,  251 

Jeremiah,  184,  199,  206,  248,  251 


Evarts,  Jeremiah  Maxwell,  382 

John,  380 

John  Jay,  252 

Josephine  Ellen  Guernsey,  382 

Katharine  Avery  (Morgan),  382 

Louisa  Wardner,  312,  380 

Margaret  Allen,   382 

Margaret  Allen   (Stetson),  381 

Martha  Sherman,  252,  307 

Mary,  252,  301,  312,  382 

Maxwell,  312.  381 

Mehetabel   (Barnes),  251 

Mehetabel   Sherman,  206,  382 

Mehetable,  248 

Mehetable,  Mrs.,  154 

Mrs.,  251 

Prescott,   2nd,   380 

Prescott,  Rev.,  312,  380 

Richard  Conover,  380 

Roger   Sherman,   311,   380 

Sarah,  252 

Sarah  Potter,  380 

Sarah    (Todd),  251 

Sherman,  312,  379 

William,  311 

William  Maxwell,   14,  380 

William  Maxwell,  Hon.,  252,  310 

William  M.,  Hon.,  190 

Wm.  M.,  248 

Choate  &  Beaman,  310,  311,  357, 
373,  375 

Choate  &  Sherman,  311,  357 

Choate,  Sherman  &  Leon,  311,  357 

&  Moflfat,  379 

&  Southmayd,  310 

Southmayd   &   Choate,    310,   311, 
357,  368,  373,  375,  Z16 

Tracy  &  Sherman,  311,  357,  373 
Eveleth,  John,  122 
Ewing,  Eleanor  Boyle,  398 

Maria   (Boyle),  398 

Thomas,  Hon.,  398 

Fales,  Eugene  Warren,  393 

Helen  Margaret  (Baker),  393 

Henry  Marshall,  393 

Sarah  Christiana   (Smith),  393 
Fairchild,  Fidelia,  15 

Hannah,  146 

Ruth   (Foote),  15 

Stephen,  15 
Farrand,   Daniel,  Rev.,  205,  206,  239 
Farvour,  Barbara,  148 
Fay,    Benjamin    Bates,   288 

Susan   (Robinson),  288 

George  Edwards,  288 

Theodora   (Van  Der  Kar),  288 


I  ND£X 


427 


Feilding,  Barbara,  91 

William,  91 
Fenn   (Fenne),  Anne,  79 

Clement,  79 

Ester,   117 

Ester  (Hester?)   (Sherman),  117 

George,  79 

Helen,  79 

Henry,  79,  92,  116 

Hester,  116 

John,  79 

Margery,  79 

Martha,  79 

Mary,  79 

Phebe   (Sherman),  79 

Samuel,  79 

Simon,  79,  92,  94,  96 

Susan,  79 

Symon,  79 

Thomas,  79 
Ffenn    (Ffenne),    Pheabe,  Id,   78 
Ffynce,  Nicholas,  56 
Ffycher,  Richard,  56 
Ferriss,  David,  159 
Fielding,  ,  126 

Ann,  126 

Ann   (Sherman),   126 
Fish,  Caroline  Adele,  288 

Harriet  E.,  254 

Harriet  Eliza   (Sherman),  254 

Harriet    (Mead),  288 

Marian  Graves   (Anthon),  325 

Nathan  Austin,  288 

Olga  (Wiborg),  325 

Sidney  Dole,  254 

Sidney  Webster,  325 

Stuyvesant,  325 
Fisher,  Anna  (Sherman),  116 

Edward,  116,  126 

Frederick,  239 

Jeremiah,  144 

Sophia,  239 
Fiske,  Richard,  71 
Fitch,  Almira  Russell    (Hancock), 
398 

Catherine,  398 

Catherine  (Moore),  398 

Coleman   Morrison,   398 

Eleanor  Sherman,  398 

Florence    (Mitchell),  398 

Gray  Morrison   (Emery),  398 

Hannah,   213 

John,  241 

John  William,  241 

Maria  Ewing,  399 

Maria  Ewing  (Sherman),  398 

Mary  Sherman,  399 


Fitch,  Mary  Sherman   (Marsh),  241 

Michael,   398 

Patty  (Bradley),  241 

Rosamond   Thomas,  398 

Tecumseh   Sherman,   398 

Thomas   William,  398 

Thomas  William,  Jr.,  398 

William   Sherman,  398 
Fitpatrick,    Elizabeth    (Carlow),   269 

John,  269 

Margaret  Ann,  269 
Flatt,  Anne   (Sherman),  72 

Thomas,   72 
Flesher.  Cora  Bell,  269 

Green  B.,  269 

Seynthia  A.    (King),  269 
Follansbee,  Abbie  Howes,  268 

Ada,  268 

Alonzo,  Capt.,  266 

Alonzo,  Jr.,   266 

Alonzo  Walter,  268 

Alonzo  Walter,  Jr.,  268 

Benjamin,  266 

Cecile   (Vail),  233 

Charles  E.,  233 

Charles  Marsh,  267 

Elizabeth,  266 

Elizabeth  Ann,  Dr.,  267 

Ella  Maud    (Forbes),  268 

Ellen  Thatcher,  267 

George,  268 

George  Sherman,  268 

George   Sherman,  Jr.,  268 

Horace  Sherman,  267 

Juliet    (Marsh),   267 

Juliette    (Etta),   267 

Louis  Herbert,  267 

Margaret,  268 

Marguerite  Morrell    (Lightner), 
268 

Maria    (Coburn),  233 

Merrill   Middleton,  233 

Merrill  Middleton,  Jr.,  234 

Nancy    Sherman     (Mackintosh), 
266 

Rachel    (Schroeder),   268 

Ruth,  268 

Sherman,  267 

Susan  Emmeline,  267 

Walter  Alonzo,  267 

William   Garrick,   268 
Follett,  Frances   (Dawson),  Z')! 

John  Fassett,  397 

Wanda  Dawson,  397 
Folsom,    Col.,  200 
Fones,  Priscilla  (Burges),  113 

Thomas,  113 


428 


I  NDEX 


Forbes,  Capt.,  204 

Daniel  H.,  370 

Ella  Maud,  268 

Henrietta  Ann    (Allen),  268 

Mary  Avery    (White),  370 

Mary  Jane,  370 

Robert,  268 
Forrest,   Elizabeth    (Oakley),  295 

Eliza   De   Bow,  295 

William,  295 
Foster,  Alfred   Dwight,  345,  407 

Alfred  Dwight,  Hon.,  345 

Burnside,   346,   409 

Dorothy  Dwight,  409 

Dwight,    408 

Dwight,  Hon.,  293,  345 

Elizabeth    Hammond,    409 

Elizabeth    Skinner,   346 

Emily   Baldwin,   346,  408 

Evelyn  Lucy,  408 

Francis    Baring.    408 

Harriet  Burnside,  409 

Harriette  Story  (Lawrence),  409 

Henrietta    Baldwin,   346 

Henrietta  Perkins   (Baldwin), 
293,  345 

Hilda  Samborne,  408 

Lawrence,  409 

Lydia    (Stiles),  345 

Margaret,   408 

Evelvn  Margaret  (Samborne), 
407 

Mary  Rebecca,  346 

Maxwell  Evarts,  409 

Reginald,  346,  409 

Reginald,  Jr.,  409 

Roger,  346 

Roger   Sherman,  409 

Roger  Sherman  Baldwin,  346 

Ruth,  409 

Sophie  Vernon  (Hammond),  409 
Fowler,  Daniel,  289 

Daniel   Frederick,   289 

Eliza   Hubbell    (Phelps),  289 

Frederick,  289 

Lena,  289 

Miranda    (Jones),  289 
Frame,   Donald   Murdock,  306 

Dorothy  Loomis,  306 

James,  306 

James    Everett,    Rev.,    306 

James  Sutherland,  306 

Jean   Herring    (Loomis),  306 

Martha    (Clark),    306 
Franklin,  ,  176,  177,  190,  191 

Benjamin,    172 


Freeman,  ,  107 

Henry,    110 

Mary     (Sherman),    107,    110 

Nicholas,  106,  107 
French,    Charles    Sanford,    338 

Charles    Sanford,   Jr.,   338 

Daniel,   333 

Helen,  338 

Helen   Mabel    (Sherman),  338 

Mary    Ann    (Mead),    338,    405 

Mary   Eliza,  405 

Sanford   Byron,  338,  405 

Sarah    (Green),  333 

Sarah  Leona,  333 
Frier,  Thomas,  35 
Frothingham,  Elizabeth  Emy,  394 

Elizabeth  Sherman  (Hoyt),  394 

Henry   Hoyt,   394 

Lucy    (Harris),  394 

Theodore,  394 

Thomas   Harris,   394 
Fuller    (Fullen),  Agnes,  20,  34 

Isabel,   71 

Robert,  21 

Thomas,  20,  21,  38 

William,  21,   71 
Fyler,  Robert,  30 
Fynce  (Fince),  Alice,  59 

Alice  (Sherman),  16,  59 

Anne,  59 

Elizabeth,   16,  59 

Judith,  59 

Nicholas,    16,   58,   59 

Nicollas,  60 

Samuel,  59 

Callaway,  Edmund.  76,  77,  79 
Galloway,   Susan,  79 
Gamble,  Charles  White,  352 

Eleanor    Standish.    352 

Frances  Eaton    (White),  350 

Frances   White,    350 

Martha  (Chaires).  350 

Robert  Grattan,  350 

Robert    Howard,   350,    351 
Gardiner,  Jane,  26,  39.  66 

Jane   (Sherman),  71 

Jane    (Waller)    Sherman,   26 

John,  26.  33 
Gardyner,  Robert,  40 
Garncys,   Elizabeth,  2,  39,  40 

John,  2 

Robert.  11 
Garood,  John,  115 
Garrad    (Garrnod).  Marten,  92 
Garrett,   Priscilla.   Ill 

(Garwood),  Martin.  Ill,   112 


Index 


429 


Garwood,    Priscilla    (Sherman),    112 
Gaskill,    Elizabeth    (Sherman),    110 

Samuel,   110 
Gates,  Charles  Horatio,  367 

Euphemia   Lucia   Clara,   367 

Sarah    White    (Nason),    367 
Gawkroger   (Platts),  Mary,  151 
Gaylord,  ,    147 

Benjamin,    145 

Deacon,    147 

Johanna    (Minor),    145 

Nathan,    148 

Peter,  148 

Ruth    (Hartwell),  148 

Ruth    (Sherman),    145 

Sarah    (Hartwell),    148 

William,    145 
Gaysley,  William,   Sir,  61 
Gibson,    Caroline    Amelia    (Scovill), 
319 

Eloise    Hoyt    (Sherman),    319 

Eloise  Sherman,  319 

George  J.,  319 

George  Jay,  319 
Gilbert,  Alice  Whitmnn  (Albee),  328 

Charles  Eugene,  328 

Elizabeth    Webster,    328 

Ellen   Abbe    (Webster),   328 

Eugene  Charles,  328 

Robert  Newton,  328 
Gill,   Benjamin,   155 

AT  Q  S  P  S         III 

Gillett,  Edward  Bates,  388 

Frederick  Huntington,  Hon.,  388 
Lucy    Douglas    (Fowler),    388 
Christine  (Kice)  Hoar,  38S 

Gilman,    Bradley    Baldwin,   347 
Bradley,   Rev.,  346 
Charlotte  Wentworth,  347 
Dorothy   Foster,   346 
Mary    Rebecca,     (Foster),    346 
Ruth     Matthews     (Wentworth), 

346,  347 
Thomas   Randall.  346,  347 
Warren  Randall,  Dr.,  347 

Gilson,  Sarah,  84 

Girald,  James,  Dr.,  140 

Gitchell,   Mary  A.,  322 

Gleeson,  Elizabeth,  84 

Glendale,  Johan,  9 

johnn  (Sliarman),  ^,  10 
Roger,  9 

Goddard,    William,    121 

Goffe,  .  81 

John,  51,  81 
Margaret,  29.  71 
Margaret    (Sherman),  51 


Goodrich,   Chauncey,  Mrs.,  183 

Elizur,    194 

Frank  Morton,  341 

Ida  Estelle,  341 

Sarah   Elizabeth    (Ferguson), 
341 
Goodwin,    Proctor  &  Ballantine,  385 
Gordon,   Charles,    Dr.,  258 

Jessie,  258 

Mary    (Upham),  258 
Gorham,    Desire    (Howland),   297     ' 

John,   Capt.,  297 
Gormley,  Alicia  Maria    (Richy),  360 

Margaret    Gilmore,    360 

William,   360 
Goss,    Harriet    (Ferris),   241 

James,    241 

Katharine   de    Forest  (Skinner), 
240 

William,  241 

Gouge,    Abigail    Perkins    (Moore), 
334 

Bessie  (Westerberg),  335 

Frederick  Hamilton,  334 

Frederick    Hamilton,   2nd,   335 

George  Frederick,   335 

Jacob,    332,   334 

Julia  Sherman,  334 

Laura   Celistina    (Powers),   332, 
334 

Laura    Moore,    334 

Mary    Adeline,    332 
Gould,    Elizabeth,   220 

John,    329 

Mary    (Guv),   220 

Theodosia  Nichols,  329 

William,    Dr.   and   Col.,   220 
Gouldsmythe,   John,   65 
Graham,    Frances    (Boswell),    228 

Katherine  Prewitt,  228 

William  Harrison,  228 
Granger,  Alfred  Hoyt,  396 

Barbara    Hughitt.   396.    397 

Belle    (Hough)    Hughitt,   396 

Elisabeth  Sherman,  396 

Ethel.    .397 

Helen  Louise,   397 

Henry    James,    396 

James,  396 

Martha  McCullogh.  397 

Mary  Hoyt    (Reese),  396 

Matilda  Vance   (Moorhead),  396 

Moses    Moorhead,   396 

Sherman    Moorhead.   397 

Wanda  Dawson    (p-ollett).  397 
Grannis,   Abhie   Helen,   2.^9 

Abigail  Caroline    (Hubbell),  259 


430 


Index 


Grannis,  Bessie   Beulah,   259 

Clara  Bell    (Sherwood),  259 

Eunice  Caroline,  259 

Harry  Theodore,  259 

Henry    James,   259 

Herbert    Richard,   259 

John,   259 

John    Henry,    259 

John    Sherman,    259 

Louise   Annie    (Page),  259 

Mildred  Carol,  259 

Ralph    Guy,    259 

Rhoda    (Bennett),   259 

Rose  Caroline    (Linstrum),  259 

Roy  Sherwood,  259 

Russell  Lynn,  259 
Graves,  Amos  Evans,  368 

Anna   Gertrude,   368 

Eliza    Smith    (Pitman),  368 
Gray,   Barbara,  319 

George  Dickman,  319 

Laura   Caroline    (Sherman),  319 

Prentiss    Nathaniel,   319 

Sherman.  319 

Susan  (Thayer),  319 

Thomas,   42 

&  Davenport,  378 
Graye,  Sybell,  68 

Thomas,  68 
Green,   Anna    (Knight),   301 

Henry  Prentiss,  302 

Joanna    Pierson    (Crowell),   302 

Mary  Augusta,  302 

Samuel,  204 

Thomas,  204,  301 
Greene,   Agnes   Margaret,  369 

Alice  Gertrude,  306 

Anna,  302,  366 

Caroline   (Hoar),  314 

Charles  Samuel,  383 

Cora  Evarts,  306 

Daniel    Crosby,  304,  370,  371 

Daniel   Crosby,  Jr.,   371 

David   Brainerd,  302 

David  Monroe,  369 

David,   Rev.,  252,  301,  373 

Edward  Forbes,  372 

Elizabeth   Grosvenor,  372 

Elsie    Helen,    306 

Emily  Lockwood,  371 

Evarts    Routell,    370 

Fanny  Bradley,  370 

Flora  Theresa    (Bunnell),  303 

Gladys,  307 

Grace   Estelle    (Wooster),  369 

Grace  Evarts,   369 

Hannah  Wells   (Eldridge),  383 


Greene.  Henry  Hill,  306 

Hettie  Louise,  303 

Jane   Herring,   305 

Jeremiah   Evarts,  302,  371 

Jerome  Crosby,  371 

Jerome   Davis,  371 

Lewis  Patrick,  219 

Lucy   Louisa    (Sheldon),   314 

Marion,  371 

Marion    (Lockwood),  371 

Marjorie    (Sherman),  219 

Martha  Sherman,  304,  373 

Mary  Adelaide   (Dunlap),  306 

Mary  Anna    (Bassett),  302 

Mary  Augusta   (Green),  302 

Mary   Avery,    372 

Mary    (Evarts),    252,    301,    302, 
373 

Mary  Jane   (Forbes),  370 

Mary  Rhoda,  369 

May  Collins   (Jones),  369 

May  (Tevis),  371 

Nathaniel,  383 

Olivia    (Day),  383 

Patricia  Drake,  219 

Patricia  Louise  (Ward),  219 

Roger    Sherman,    304,    368,    371, 
372 

Roger  Sherman,  Jr.,  369 

Roger  Sherman,  3rd,  369 

Samuel    Bellows,   314 

Samuel,    Rev.,  303 

Sarah  Elizabeth,  303 

Sarah    Elizabeth    (Moore),   303 

William,   314 

William    Holt,    219 

William  John,  306 
Greenleafe,   John,    112 

Mary,    112 
Greenwood,  Adelaide  (Hull),  341 

Clara,   341 

George,  341 
Gregory,    Mehitable    (Buck),   146 

Samuel,  146 
Greig,  John,  235 
Grey,  Anne  Plumsted,  68 

John,  68 

Richard.  68 

Sibell   (Sybein.  68 

Thomas,  29,  35-37,  68 
Greye,   Elizabeth.   38 

Tane   (Duke),  38 

"Richard,  38 

Thomas,   38 
Griffin,    Andrew   Jackson,   372 

Charles  Carroll,  372 

Charles  Sumner,  372 


Index 


431 


Griffin,    Mary  Avery,  372 

Mary  Avery   (Greene),  372 

Mary    (Carroll),   372 
Griffith,  Abbie  Helen  (Grannis),  259 

Adam    Gerard,    331 

Catherine  Amanda   (Green),  331 

David  Golden,  260 

David   Grannis,  260 

Florence  Oglesby,  326 

Harold   Sherman,  260 

Harry   Llewellyn,   260 

Helen   Hoyt    (Sherman),  325 

Helen   Katherine,  260 

Helen    Sherman,  325 

Hoyt   Sherman,  326 

John   Ramsbottom,  325,   326 

Josephine  Sidney  (Oglesby),  325 

Katherine  Mabel,  331 

Mary  Ann   (Carpenter),  260 

Mary   Golden,  260 

William  Oglesby,  325 
Grover,  Sarah   (Sherman),  130 

Thomas,    130 
Guthrie,  Abby,  254 
Guydat,  Anthony,  Sir,  44,  47,  66 

Mary,  65 
Gwillim,   John,  17 
Gwynn,  Roger,  87 
Gwynne,  John  Alexander,  358 

Kate,  358 

Mary   Elizabeth    (Gulliver),   358 
Gyn,  George,  31 

Hackett.   Bridget    (Doheny),   344 

James   Dominick,  344 

James   Dominick,   Jr.,   344 

Jessie  Taylor    (Sherman),  344 

John  Sherman.  344 

John   Byrne,  Dr.,  344 
Hacon,   Francis,  41 

John,    Esq.,    41 
Haldeman,  Adaline  Sherman   (Moul- 
ton),  403 

Angeline,  404 

Mary    Adalyn,    403 

John   Sherman,   404 

Sarah  Ann    (Gilman).  403 

Thomas  Jefferson.  404 

William  Jesse,  403 

William   Tecumseh.  404 
Hale,  Annie  Strong   (Riley),  382 

James   Richards,  382 

Mehetabel  Sherman  (Evarts),382 

Shelton,  38? 
Hall,   Abby  Talcott    (Sherman),  336 

Caleb  B.,  254 

Carrie  Belle,  401 


Hall,  Clara  (Brooks),  401 

David,  262 

Edwin   Morgan,  337 

Elizabeth,  254 

Elizabeth    (Sherman),  254 

Hannah,  262 

James  Sherman,  337 

Janet  Moore   (MacKenzie),  337 

Louisa   Shirley,  262 

Mary,  47 

Mary    (Sherman),  66 

Nathaniel,   336 

Norman,  336 

Richard  M.,  401 

Robert,  47,  66 

Sybil    (Whitney),  336 
Hallett  &  Hazard,  237 
Hamilton,    Alexander,    366 
Hammatt,  Arthur  Livingston,  293 

Carrie  Rathbone  (Barriss),  292 

Clarence  Sherman,  292 

Edward  Seymour,  292 

Edward  Rumney,  292,  293 

Eliza  Hubbell  (Phelps),  292 

Eliza    (Pratt),  292 

Gertrude  Pratt,  292 

John  Barrett,  292,  293 

Kate  Lee,  293 

Marjorie  Livingston,  292 

Marietta  T.  (North),  292 

Mary  Leicester,  292 

Nabby  (Rumney),  292 

Sherman  Phelps,  293 
Hammond,   John   Henry,   Brig.-Gen., 
409 

Sophie  Vernon,  409 

Sophie  Vernon  (Wolfe),  409 
Hamlen,   Caroline  Frances    (White), 
400 

James  Clarence,  4(X) 

Joseph  Rochemont,  400 

Joseph  Rochemont,  Jr.,  4(X) 

Martha    (Thorndike),  400 
Hamond,  John,  61 
Hancock,  ,  190 

Almira  Russell,  398 

Elizabeth    (Gwynn),  398 

Russell,  398 
Haney,   Adeline    (Murphy),  339 

Adaline   Sophia,   339 

Elizabeth   Mary,  340 

James  William,  339 

James  Robert,  340 

Jane  Elizabeth    (Sherman),  339 

Margaret  (Hanna),  340 

Mary  Leslie,   340 


432 


Index 


Hanev,  Nelly,  339 

Richard,  339 

Richard  Sherman,  Rev.,  340 
Hanford,  Abigail,   125 
Hanna,   James,    340 

Margaret,  340 

Mary   (McWhinney),  340 
Hardesty,    Kinzia    Francis,   282 

Louisa    Frances    (Banta),   282 

Nellie  Belle,  282 
Hardy,  Ann   (Huested),  124 

Richard,  124 

Susannah,  124 

Harrald,   Edward,   51 

Harriman,  Elizabeth    (Eaton),  287 

Ethel,  287 

Ira,  287 
Harris,  Frances  Louise,  323 

Jack,  323 

Josiah,  241 
Harris,  Lucy  (Talbot),  241 

Nelly  Eleanor  (Morgan),  323 

Samuel,    Rev.,   241 
Harrison,  Benjamin.  172 
Harsha,  Harriet  Marie  (Burns),  405 

Helen  Louise,  405 

Leslie  Royal,  405 
Hart,  Charles  Henry,  191 

Charles  Theodore,  227 

David    Sherman,    Dr.,  227 

Eliza  Harriet,  227 

Henry  Austin,  230 

Ira,  Rev.,  227,  231 

Jonathan,    227 

Louisa  Maria,  230 

Maria    (Sherman),  227 

Mary   (Coe),  227 

Mr.,  191 

Susan  M.    (Smith),  227 
Hartranft,    Joseph    Beckwith,    364 

Joseph  Beckwith,  Jr.,  364 

Joseph  Mayhew,  Dr.,  364 

Leila  Cooledge  (Sherman),  364 

Mary  Beckwith,  364 
Hartwell,   ,    147,    148 

Barbara    (Farvour),    148 

Elizabeth,  148,  150.  197 

Elizabeth    (Wilkinson),    148 

Isaac,  148 

John,  145 

Joseph,  140,  144,  146,  148, 150, 158 

Joseph,  Jr.,   146 

Joseph,  Deacon,  150 

Mary,  148 

Mary  (Pitcher),  148 

Mary    (Tnlman).    146,   150 

Rachel    (Hartwell),  148 


Hartwell,  Rebecca,  148 

Rebecca   (Sherman),  146 

Rebekah,    144 

Ruth,  148 

Samuel,    148 

Sarah,  148 
Haskell,    Elizabeth,   304 
Haslewood,  Thomas,  83 
Hasset,  James,   77 
Hastings,   Bessie    (Kendal),  233 

Mathew,  141 

William  Henry,  233 
Hatheway,  Asahel,  261 

Caroline  Cornelia,  261 

Nancy    (Diggins),  261 
Hawke,  Edwarde,  34 
Hawkins,  Hannah,   123 

J.  P.,  Maj.-Gen.,  368 

Mary    (Sherman),    123 

Timothy,  123 

Timothy,  Jr.,  123 
Hawley,  Stephen,  197 
Hayden,    Edward    Simeon,   210 

Elizabeth   Gilder    (Kellogg),  210 

Pauline   Migeon,  210 
Hayne,  Philip,  109 
Hayward,  William,  Col.,  325 
Hayes,    President,  317 

Hazard,  ,  237 

Healey,   Eleanor  Eaton,  281 

George  Henry,  281 

Isabel,  281 

Isabel  Hall  (Coombs),  281 

Mary,  277 

Nellie    (McCarthy),  281 

Roberta,  281 

Warren  Robert,  281 
Hecksor,  Nathaniel,  94 
Hedge,    Margery,   35 
Hege,    Margery,  34 
Hegeman,  Elise  Ann,  215 

Eliza  Johnson   (Niven),  215 

William,  215 
Hemenway,  Joshua.   128 
Hemming,  Faith    (Sherman),  90 

Henry,  90 
Hendry,  Agnes,  34 

Agnes    (Fuller)    Sherman,  20 

Agnes  (Fullen,  Fuller)  Sherman, 
34 

Robert,  20,  34 
Hennessey,  John,  281 

Margaret   (Borden),  281 

Susan  Annie,  281 
Herbcrd,  John,  11 

(Yaxley),  John,  2 

(Yaxley),    Richard,   2,  40 


Index 


433 


Hetfield,  Levi.  205 

Zophar,  205 
Hewett,  Annie  Sherman  (Mackin- 
tosh), 277 

BilHngs,  277 

Charles  Mackintosh,  277 

Grace   Liscom,  211 

Harriet    (Atherton),  277 

Henry   Billings,   277 

Hobart,  278 

Margaret  Adams  (Sargent),  277, 
278 

Philip  Crane,  278 

Roger  Sargent,  278 

Roger  Sherman,  278 
Hewitt.   Anna   Maria    (Barrett),  264 

Horatio    Nelson,    264 

Maria  Augusta,  264 
Hicks,  Eva,  232 

Leonora,  232 

T.    Raymond,    Rev.,  232 

William,   190 
Higginson,   Elizabeth,    151 

John,   151 
Higginson,  Lee  &  Co.,  371 

Sarah    (Gardner),  151 
Hill.   Molly,   131 
Hilles,  Gilber,  79 
Hillhouse,  James,  194,  238 
Hillman,  Alice  May,  334 

Emma   Louise    (Bill),  334 

William  M..  334 
Hills,  Gilbert,  11 
Hillyer.    Adele    (Douglas),  265 

Douglas,  265 

Frank  Munson,  Dr.,  265 

Imogene  Ethel   (De  Goll),  265 
Hilton,    Caroline    Maria    (Kellogg), 
209 

John  Warren,  209 

Katherine  Maude,  209 
Hine,  Abel,  159 
Hinman,  Benjamin,   134 

Sarah   (Sherman),  134 
Hoar,  Alice,   151 

Alice  Miller,  318 

Benjamin   Stuart,  387 

Caroline,  314 

Caroline  Downes  (Brooks),  313 

Caroline  Prescott,  386 

Caroline    Prescott    (Wood),   386 

Charles  Emerson,  314 

Christine   (Rice),  388 

Clara  Downes,  314 

Cynthia,  385 

Daniel,  253 

Dorothy  Emma   (Brown),  385 


Hoar,  Ebenezcr  Rockwood,  14,  313 

Ebenezer    Rockwood,    Hon.,   253, 
313 

Edward  Sherman,  254,  316 

Ellen,  387 

Elizabeth,  151,  253,  314.  386,  387 

Elizabeth  Hallett   (Prichard), 
316 

Elva   Stuart    (Pease),  387 

Florence,   316 

Frances  Helen,  388 

George  F.,  161,  197,  251 

George  Frisbie,  14,  199,  254 

George   Frisbie,   Hon.,   317 

Helen   Putnam    (Wadleigh),  385 

Helen    (Warren),  385 

John,  151,  253,  385 

John,  Jr.,  386 

Judge,  314 

Kate  (Wise),  385 

Louisa   Ruth,   388 

Mary,  318_ 

Mary  Louisa  (Spurr),  317 

Mary   Tolman    (Buttrick),  386 

Mrs.,  152 

Rockwood,  318,   387 

Roger   Sherman,   387 

Ruth  Ann  (Miller),  317 

Samuel,  207,  248,  314,  385 

Samuel,    Hon.,    253 

Samuel,  Hon.,  Sr.,  253 

Samuel  Johnson,  253 

Sarah,  Mrs.  154 

Sarah  Sherman.  207,  248,  253,  314 

Sherman,  314.  387 

Susannah    (Pierce),   253 

Stedman  Buttrick,  387 
Hobert,   John,    117 
Hodson,   Edwardo,  28 
Holley,  Alexander  Lyman,  211 

Edward  Hotchkiss,  392 

Gertrude  Meredith,  211 

Lillian  Wheeler,  392 

Mary    (Slade),  211 

Nellie  (Wheeler),  392 
Holmes,  Edward  Jackson,  375 

Flora    (Wiggin),  272 

Henrietta      Goddard      (Wiggles- 
worth).   375 

Henry  Hollis,  272 

Mary   Stacy    (Beaman),   375 

May  Flora,  272 

Thomas,  42 
Hood,   Burton  Francis,  274 

Edna  Louise    (Mackintosh),  274 

Jonas,  121 


434 


Index 


Hooper,  Edward  William,  Maj.,  315 

Fanny  Hudson    (Chapin),  315 

Mary,  315 
Hopkins.   Mr.,   188 

Samuel,   Rev.,   188 
Hoskins,    Anne    Estelle    (Higginbot- 
ham),  348 

Cornelia  Estelle,  347 

Francis,  348 
Hosmer,  Titus,   167,   168,  173 
Hotofte,  ,  31 

Margaret,  31 
Howard,    Zacharied,    Rev.,    222 
Howe,  Emma,  321 

Eunice,  131 

James,  131 
Howell,  Thomas,  166 
Howland,  Albert  William,  334 

Desire,  297 

Elizabeth    (Tillie),  297 

Emma    (Cunningham),   334,   335 

Grace,  328 

Henry,  328 

Jane  Eliza  (Gray),  328 

John,  297 

John  Henry,  334,  335 

Laura  Moore    (Gouge),  334 
Hoyt,    Alfred    Miller,   393 

Alfred  Otto,  394 

Alfred  William,  395 

Anne   Sherman,  390 

Anson  Phelps  Stokes,  395 

Barbara,  390 

Charles  Sherman,  390 

Colgate,  390 

Colgate,  Jr..  390 

Elizabeth  Bancroft  Sherman,  390 

Elizabeth   Sherman,   394 

Emy   (Otto),  394 

Ethel    Phelps    (Stokes),   395 

Ethel  Stokes,  395 

Florence  Cecelia,  393 

Graham,  395 

Gretchen  Rosina,  394 

Henry  Reese,  394 

Henry  Reese,  Jr.,  394,  395 

Helen   Phelps   Stokes,  395 

Isaac,  318 

James  Madison.  390 

James  Moodv,  393 

Jeannette,  390 

Jeannette   (Myers"),  390 

John    Sherman,   395 

John    Sherman,   Jr.,   395 

Katharine    T>.     (Sharp)    Cheese- 
man.  390 

Lida  Williams    (Sherman),  390 


Hoyt,  Mary,  318 

Mary  Elizabeth,  395 

Mary   Ella    (Beebe),  390 

Mary    (Nesbitt),  393 

Mary    (Raymond),  318 

Rosina   Elizabeth    (Reese),   393 

Rosina    Sherman,   395 

Sherman,  390 

Sherman  Reese,  395 

Simon,   107 
Hrtwel,   Elizabeth,   150 
Hubbell,  Abigail  Caroline,  259 

Abijah,  290 

Bertha  Esther,  327 

Clarissa  (Fitch),  290 

Cora  May,  326 

David,  254 

Edith  Sherman.  326 

Eliza  M.    (Phelps),  235 

Eliza   Maria   Phelps,  290 

Elizabeth   Phelps,  291 

Elizabeth  Ripley  (Sherman),  259, 
326 

Elizabeth   Seymour,  291 

Elizabeth    (Williams),  254 

Ella  Sherman,  290 

Ephraim,  259 

Frederick  Brooks,  290 

Gardiner  Elmer,  327 

George  Cameron,  290 

George  Ramsev,  290 

Gertrude    (Milliken),    290 

Helene  Irene,  327 

Henrietta  Rosena  (Drews),  327 

Henry   Phelps,  291 

Henry  Seymour,  290 

Horatio   William  Law,  290 

Jane    (Sherman),  260,  326 

Jeannette   Phelps,   290 

Laura,  254 

Luna    (Agard),  259 

Mark  Elmer.  259.  326.  327 

Mark  Elmer,   Mrs.,  326 

Mark  Sherman.  260,  326 

Mary  Chapin,  291 

Mary  Seymour    (Chapin),  290 

Minnie   Ida,   327 

Rebecca  (Brooks),  290 

Roger  Sherman,  327 

Roger  Sherman.  Jr.,  327 

Rose  Fernetta   (Dunbar),  327 

Stewart  Brooks.  290 

Walter.  23.=^.   290 

Walter  Seymour,  290 
Hudson,    Christopher,  98 

George,   94 


Index 


435 


Huggins,   Charles  Edward,  320 

Hamer    Sarah    (Clarkson),   320 

Julia,  320 

Julia  Willock   (Davis),  320 

Mrs.,  321 

William   Beers,   320 
Hughes,  Catharine    (Scott),  240 

Charles,  240 

Charles  Frederick,  240 

Emily   (Baker),  212 

George  Cortwright,  240 

Isaac  Wayne,  212 

James  Francis,  240 

Lena  Mabel   (Skinner),  240 

Olys   Cortwright,  240 

Phoebe  Katherine,  240 

William  Thomas,  240 
Hughitt,  Belle,  396 

Belle   (Hough),  396 

Marvin,  396 
Humes,  Smith  &  Tweed,  Zll 
Humfrey,  Calvin,  11 

Mr.,  n 
Humphrey,  Clarinda  Thompson 
(Noyes),  267 

Ellen  Thatcher  (Follansbee),  267 

George  Henry,  267 

George  Washington,  267 

Marion  Louise,  268 

Ralph  Devereaux,  268 
Humphreys,  Alexander  Crombie,  Dr., 

Eva  Margaret,  363 

Eva  Margaret  (Guillaudeu),  363 
Hunt,    Elizabeth    Katherine    (Little- 
field),  282 

Esther  Matilda,  282 

James  Riley,  282 

Ruth,  282 

Ruth  Alma  (Hadley),  282 

Thomas  Murray,  282 
Huntington,  Rhinelander  &  Seymour, 
378 

Sam,  181 

Samuel,  168,  180 
Hurd,   Jacob,    152 
Hutchinson,  J.  R.,  5 

Illsey,  William,  121 
Ilsly,  Willeam.  121 
loder,  Alvin  Ellsworth,  Rev.,  340 

Ellsworth  Haney,  340 

Joseph,  340 

Mary  Ann  (Zierlein),  340 

Mary  Leslie   (Haney),  340 
Irvin,  Alexander  Proudfit,  296,  355 

Ethel,  355 


Irvin,  John  James,  355 

Mary   (Proudfit),  355 

Richard,  355 

Robert  Lenox  Taylor,  355 

Susan    Sherman    (Taylor),    296, 
355 
Isaacs,  Ann    (Jones),  338 

Charles   French,   338 

Helen  French,  338 

Lot  Myrven,  338 

Richard,  338 
Ives,   C.   B.,   189 

Joseph,  215 

Mary,  215 

Mary    (Sherman),  215 

Jackson,  Edith  Ann,  374 

Ernest,  11 

Frances  Ann  (Harrison),  374 

Lindamira,  231 

Lucy,  149 

William,  374 
Jackson  &  Beaman,  374 
Jacox,  Frederick  Banks,  331 

Katharine     Sherman      (Moore), 
331 
Janney,   Bridget,  89 

Edmund,  89 

Edmund,  Sir,  89 

Elizabeth  Cawse,  89 

Francis,   89 

John,  89 

Katherine  (Boyes),  89 

Margaret    (Peyton),    89 

Maude   (Buckells  or  Bokyll),  89 

(Warren),  89 

William,  89 

William,  Sir,  89 
Jefferson,  ,  190,  191 

Thomas,  172,  366 
Jenney,  ,  89 

Bridget,  87,  88 

Francis,   87 
Jepson,  Adelaide  Lucinda,  275 

Harriet    (Walker),  275 

Samuel,  275 
Jerman,  Eliza  Scott,  288 

Margaret    (Scott),  288 

Thomas,  288 
Jennyn,   Thomas,  21 
Johnson,  Andrew,  President,  310 

Annie  Eugenia,  340 

Dr.,  224 

Gertrude  (Johnston),  340 

John,    131 

Persis   (Sherman),  131 

Snow,  340 


436 


Index 


Johnson,  William  S.,  Esq.,  180 

William  Samuel,  175,  180 

William    Samuel,    Hon.,    176 
Johnston,  Anna  MacArthur,  214 

EHzabeth    (Ogden),   214 

Robert,  Hon.,  214 
Jones,    Aaron    Buckland,   219 

Ahira,  Rev.,  275 

Alice  Louise,  334 

Alice  May   (Hillman),  334 

Amasa,  Col.,  215 

Amos  Wilson,  369 

Andrew,  255 

Annie  Lavina,  275 

Arthur  Edward,  333 

Arthur,   Rev.,  333 

Cornelia   R.,  330 

Daniel,  253 

Daniel,  Major,  252 

David  J.,  333 

Edith,  369 

Edward,   104 

Eliza  Kate,  335 

Frances  Mary   (Sherman),  219 

Frederick  Sherman,  334 

Halsey  Monroe,  369 

Hannah,   104,  215 

Hannah  Maria   (Hughes),  333 

Hattie  De  Ette   (Gage),  369 

Hays,  334 

Hays,  Jr.,  334 

Henrv  John,  Dr.,  335 

Herbert   William.  219 

Hope    (Lord),  215 

Julia   Montgomery    (Wood),  2SS 

Kate   (Carlisle),  335 

Lettie  Dunlap   Jane  Maria 
(Moore),  333 

Lucy  Hapgood  (McGregor),  275 

Marie  Eugenia    (Patrick),  333 

Marie  Louise,  333 

May  Collins.  369 

Olivia,  252,  253 

Olivia    (Tinker),   252 

Robert,   330 

Sherman,  333 

Sophia   Apolina,  333 

Sophia   (Evans),  330 

William   Arthur,   334 
Judsnn,  Damaris    (Sherman),  149 

Jerusha    (Sherman),   149 

Joseph,   149 

Nathan,   149 

Kalker,  Carol  Sherman,  335 
Bernard.    335 
Berta    (Edersheim),  335 


Kalker,  Jacob,  335 

Jessie  Kate   (Sherman),  33S 
Kellogg,  Cora  May,  209 

Eusebius  Allan,  209 

Ophelia    (Lockwood),  209 
Kene,  Robert,  35 
Kent,  Adaline   (Dutton),  365,  366 

Albert  Emmett,  365 

Anne    (Thompson),  365 

Elizabeth  Sherman,  366 

Elizabeth    (Thacher),   300,    365 

Richard,  121 

Roger,  366 

Sherman,  366 

Thomas  Thacher,  365 

William,  300,  365 

William,  Jr.,  366 

William,    Mrs.,    150 
Ketcham,   Lydia   Coit    (Collins),  242 

William   Piatt,  242 
Ketchum,  Bertha,  332 

Heber  Augustus,   Rev.,  332 

Kett,  ,  13 

Kew,  Johan,  20 

John,  10 

Mant,  20 
Keyes,   Abigail    (Sherman),   131 

John,  131 
Keyne,    Edward,  42,   43 
Kilworth,  Alonzo  Hollis,  283 

Annie  Sherman  (Littlefield),  283 

Ella   Eugenia,  283 

John  Hollis,  283 

Mary  Anne   (Healy),  283 

Thomas,  283 
Kimball,  Philip  Sargent,  369 

Priscilla   Peaselee    (Mclntire), 
369 

Sarah,    131 
King,  Anne   (Jones),  312 

Elizabeth   Ann,   312 

Henry  Bohan,  312 

William,  75 
Kinge,  Richarde,  56 
Kinges,    Richarde,   55 
Kintzlev,  Corsa,  325 

Nellie    (Weldon),  325 

William  Worth,  325 
Kirby,   Agnes   Louise,   362 

Anne  M.   (Milward),  362 

John   H.,  362 
Kirke,  Helen  Catherine,  391 
Knapp,  Adelphia,  269 

De  Witt,  269 

Henrietta,    290 

Jared,  290 

Marietta    (Warner),  290 


Index 


437 


Knapp,  Orah   Sarah,  269 
Knight,   Joseph,    112 

Richard,   121 
Knowles,   Joseph,  268 

Joseph    Greenlief,    268 

Marion  Louise  (Humphrey),  268 

Mary,   134 

Mary   (Hitchcock),  268 
Kugler,   Charles   August,  326 

Cora  May  (Hubbell).  326 

Melinda    (Dodson),  326 

WilHam  Adolph,  326 

Lackman,   Albert,  405 

Charlotte  Henrietta    (Rockwell), 
404 

EHzabeth  Alberta,  405 

Elizabeth    (Snyder),   405 

Herman  William,  405 

Herman   William,   Jr.,  405 

John  Little,  405 

Lewis   Rockwell,  405 
Lacye,  Steven,  46 
Ladd.  Alice  Gates    (Boutell),  368 

Arnold  Boutell,  368 

Babson  Savilion,  368 

Ella  Cora    (Brooks),  368 

John  Wood  Brooks,  368 
Lak,   Elizabeth,  71 

Elizabeth    (Sherman),  12 

Hugh,  71,  72 
Lakin.    Charles   Beaman,   375 

Eleanor  Putnam,  375 

Ellena  Kimball    (Putnam),  375 

George  Boyer,  375 

Helen  Wardner   (Beaman),  375 

Herbert   Conrad,  375 

Hettie   Beaman.   375 

Mary  Stacy,  375 
Lakyn,  Miles,  81 

Lamb,  Blanche  Dominick  (Baldwin), 
349,  410 

Elizabeth   (Dimock),  410 

Ellen   (Steen),  393 

Gilbert,  410 

Gilbert  Baldwin,  411 

Gilbert    Dimock,    349,    410 

Joseph,  393 

Mary  Dell,  393 
Lamson,   Eastburn  Ebenezer,  THZ 

Martha   (Wardner).  yi7> 

Minerva    Bingham,    ZIZ 
Lancaster,   Robert,   65 
Lane,   Jacob.  29,  30 

John,  150 

T,amnel,    30 

Lamnel    (Samuel),  29 


Lane,  Margaret,  29 

Martha,    150,   365 

Susanna    (Whipple),  150 
Lany,    Anne,   61 

Aslack,  62 

Aslake,  63,  64 

Bass,  63 

Benjamin,  62,  63,  64 

Elizabeth,  64 

Elizabeth    (Jerningham),  64 

Faith,   19,  61 

Francis,  61 

James,  62,  63,  64 

Johan,  61 

John,  61,  (iZ.  64 

Katharine    (Yaxley),  63 

Katherine    (Yaxley),  64 

Katheryn,   61 

Margaret,  61 

Margaret  Cooke,  64 

Richard,  19,  61,  64 

Thomas,  62,  63,  64 
Lanye,  ,  62,  64 

John,  62 
Larwill,  Julia  Maria,  401 

William,   401 
Lascelles,   Henry,  89 

Mary,  89 
Latham,  Dorothy  Louise   (Lindsay), 
263 

Harry  Hubbard,  263 

Harry  Osgood,  263 

Hubbard,  263 

Lucy  Ann   (Barnes),  263 

Margaret     Sherman     (Osgood), 
263 

Majorie  Luschen    (Scholle),  263 

Mary  Elizabeth,  263 

Paul    Hubbard,   263 

Ruth  Osgood.  263 
Launce,  Darcy.  109 

Isabella.   109 

James,  109 

Mary,   109 
Law,  Abigail.  234 

Abigail    (Arnold),  234 

Anna,  234 

Benedict  Arnold.  234 

Comfort,  234 

Eunice,   234 

Eunice    ( Andrew') ,  234 

Jonathan,  234,  235 

Jonathan.   Governor,   234 

Mary,  234 

Richard,  175.  234 

Richard,   Judge,  189 

Richd..   167 


438 


Index 


Law,  Sarah,  234 

La  Ware,  Caroline  Phelps  (Van 
Derkar),  287 

Harold,  287 

Jeannette    (Dupey),  287 

Sydney,  287 
Lawrance,  Susan,  72 
Lawrence,  ,   82 

Abbott,   409 

Alfred  Newbold,  217 

Elizabeth    (Lawrence),  217 

Hannah  Newbold,  217 

Harriette  Story,  409 

Harriette  White  (Paige),  409 

Thomas,  82 
Lawson,  Adeline   (Berge),  322 

Isaac,  322 

Susan  Rebecca,  322 
Lawton,  Elizabeth,  15 

Thomas,  15 
Lea,  J.  Henry,  5 
Leavenworth,  ,  237 

Madame,  235 

Mark,  235 

Mr.,  235 

Mrs.,  235 

Sarah,  236 

Sarah    (Hull),  235 

Sarah   (Law)    (Sherman),  236 
Lebarty,  ,   129 

Mary,  129 

Mary    (Sherman),   129 
Lee,  Richard  Henry,  190 
le  Gryce,  William,  45 
Le  Neve,  Peter,  62 
Lewes,  Elizabeth,  59 

Robert.  83,   84 

Thomas,  59 
Lewys,  Robert,  83 
Lightner,  Abia  Taylor,  268 

Marguerite   Morrell,   268 

Tena   (Morrell),  268 
Lindsay,   Charles  G.,  263 

Dorothy  Louise,  263 

Emily     Florence     (Wilbraham), 
391 

James  Ludovic,  391 

Martha    (Cameron),  390 

Ronald  Charles,  Hon.,  391 

Winifred    Louise     (Wightman), 
263 
Linstrum,  Louis.  259 

Martha    (Sylvester),  259 

Rose  Caroline,  2.S9 
Liscom,   Philip,  Jr.,  155 


Little,   Cecelia   Sherman    (Moulton), 
404 

Elizabeth  Reese,  404 

John,   404 

Lucy    (Clary),   404 

William,  404 
Littlefield,  (Craig),  280 

Aaron,  279 

Ada   Katherine,   282 

Alice   Florence,   284 

Alonzo  F.,  280 

Alonzo  Follansbee,  282,  284 

Alonzo  Oliver,  283 

Ann  Lucinda,  276,  280,  281 

Ann    (Thorpe),   280 

Anna  Sherman,  280 

Annie   Sherman,  283 

Arthur   Stevens,  280 

Charles  Audobon,  23>i 

Clara    Isabella,    281 

Elizabeth    Katherine,   282 

Elizabeth    Theresa,   282 

Ena   Sarah,  284 

Estelle    (Manciet),   282 

Ethel  Lorene,  282 

Evelyn,   281 

George  Sherman,  280 

George  T.,  280 

George  Thomas,  280 

Georgiana    (Stevens),    280 

Gladys  Lola,  284 

Glen  Earl,  283 

Harriet  Isabella  (Reynolds),  281 

Harriette    (Reynolds),   281 

Harry   Sherman,  281 

Ina    lola,    283 

John    S.,   280 

John  Sherman,  280,  283 

John  Warren,  282 

Joseph    D.,    280 

Joseph   Dana,   Dr.,   280 

Kenneth    Royal,   284 

Lee  William,  283 

Lois    Ernestine,    284 

Lucinda,  226,  280 

Lucinda  (Sherman),  234,  276,  279 

Mabel    Winifred,   282 

Margaret  Lucinda.  283 

Mary   (Be! den),  280 

Minnie  Maria,  283 

Nellie    Belle    (Hardesty),    282 

Nellie    Francis,   284 

Nettie  Emma    (Baylor),  283 

Ralph    Sherman.  282 

Ray   Warren.   282 

Roger   S.,   280 

Roger  Sherman,  281 


Index 


439 


Littlefield,  Royal   Seth,  284 

Ruea    (Bisbee),   280 

Sarah   Caroline    (Whalert),  284 

Sarah    (Edwards),   282 

Seth,  280 

Susan  Ainiie  (Hennessey),  281 

Thomas,  234,  276,  279,  282 

Thomas  Francis,  282 

Thelma  Beatrice,  282 

Violet   Annie,   282 

Walter,   281 

Warren  Roger,  282 

Willie  Arthur,  280 

William    Augustus,   283 

Winifred  Scott,  282 

Zola   Sarah,  284 
Livermore,    Daniel,    133 

Grace    (Sherman),  110 

John,  110,  111 

Mary,    133 

Mary    (Cooledge),    133 
Livingston,    Robert,    172 

Robert  R.,   190 
Lloyd,  Charles  Rees,  392 

Marion  Frances    (Ingram),  392 

Mary   Elizabeth    (Baker),   392 
Locke,  Bridget,   112 

Katharine  (Scanlon).  363 
Lockwood,  ,  18 

Ann,   22 

Henrietta    (Niles),  371 

Margery,   42 

Margerie,  22 

Margery  (Sherman),  22,  71 

Marie,  22 

Marion,  371 

Rhodes,   371 

Robert,  22,  Z7,  42,  71 
Longe,   Gilbert,   100 
Loomis,  Amelia  Curtis  (Brown),  305 

Clara   Denison,   305 

Eleanor  Wigton    (Wallace),  305 

Evarts  Greene,  305 

Evarts  Greene,  Jr.,  305   . 

David  Greene,  305 

Henry   Meech,  305 

Henry,   Rev.,   305,  359 

Jane   Herring    (Greene),   305 

Jean  Herring,  306 

Louisa  Ropes.  305 

Margaret,    305 

Maria    (Meech),  305 

Noah,   305 

Roger    Sherman,    306 
Loudon,   Ann    (Sherman),   51 

Richard.  51 
Lord,    Caroline,   229 


Lord,  David    Bolles,    276 

Elizabeth  Davis  (Crane),  276 

Mary  Lizzie,  276 

Thomas,   229 

Day  &  Lord,  375,  410 
Lotspeich,   Dorothy   Mary,   332 

Harwood  Robert,  332 

Mary    Louise    (Moore),    332 

William,  332 
Loud,    Alexander    Crombie    Hum- 
phreys,   363 

Elizabeth    Stephens,  Z62 

Ephrairn    Carter,    363 

Eva    Margaret    (Humphreys), 
363 

Eva    Marguerite   Westinghouse, 
363 

Henry  Sherman,  363 

Henry  Sherman,  Jr.,  363 

Julia  Ann   (Perry),  362,  363 

Julia  Perry,  363 

Louisa  Stephens  (Sherman),  363 

Stephen  Gilman,  363 

Henry  Williams,  363 
Loughridge,  Edward  Wood,  256 

Frances   Parker    (Wood),   255 

Mary  Ann    (Mitchell),  255 

William  Edward,  Dr.,  255 

William,  Dr.,  255 
Lovein,  Thomas,  121 
Lovell,   Elfleda,  334 

Ezekiel,  334 

Lois    (Palmer),    334 
Loveran,  Anne,  80 
Lower,  Elton,  328 

Paul  Elton,  328 

Paul  Elton,  Jr.,  328 

Mabel  Josephine  (Campbell),  328 

Natalie  Sherman  (Webster),  328 
Ludlow,  Roger,  107 
Lufkin,  John,  81 
Lynn,  Elhanan,  Jr.,  155 
Lyon,  Abigail,  133 

Benjamin  Davis,  275 

Deborah    (Fi.sher),   133 

Josiah,  133 

Mary   (Arnold).  275 

Mary  Jane,  275 
Lyvers,  John,  66 

MacKenzie,  Donald,  337 
Janet  Moore,  Z2)7 
Margaret    (Watson).    337 

Mackintosh,  Adam,  276.  278,  281 
Adeline  (Arnold),  272 
Adelaide  Lucinda  (Jepson),  275 
Agnes  Hastie  (Strathern),  274 


440 


Index 


Mackintosh,  Alice  Hannah,  277 

Ann  Lucinda    (Littlefield),  276, 

281 
Anna  Mehitable,  279 
Annie  Lavinia  (Jones),  275 
Annie  Sherman,  277 
Arnold,   276 
Charles  Austin.  276 
Charles  G.,  266 
Charles  Gideon,  276 
Edgar  Adam,  277 
Edmund,  275 
Edna  Louise,  274 
Effie  Josephine,  278 
Elizabeth  Lord,  276 
Eliza  Jane  (Tuttle),  272 
Ellen    (Bohler),  279 
Ethel,  277 

Etta   Maria    (Robinson),   278 
Frances  Adeline,  273 
Francesca  Louise,  279 
Frederick  Royal,  279 
George,  277 
George  Tuttle,  274 
Gertrude   Marian,  275 
Harriet  Abbie,  274 
Harriet    Ann    (Richards),    276 
Hattie,   278 
Helen   Dorothy,   277 
John  Quincy,  274 
John  Sherman,  277,  278 
Joseph   Billings,  276 
Joseph    Hooker,    274 
Josephine    (Mcintosh),    278 
Laura   Belle    (Wright),  274 
Lillian   Sherman,  276 
Linette  Tucker,  274 
Louis  Edmund,  276 
Lucinda  Sherman,  269 
Lucy  Adaliza,   276 
Lucy  Bathsheba,  279 
Lydia   Ann    (Simpson),   275 
Maria  Louisa,  272 
Marilla    (Donnell),   277 
Marion,   275 
Marion  Edna,  275 
Mary    (Healcy),  277 
Mary  Jane    (Lyon),  275 
Mary  Lizzie   (Lord),  276 
Nancy  Sherman,  266,  273 
Orlesta   May,  275 
Rachel  Ann,  277 
Richards    Bryant,   276 
Roger,  275 

Roger    Sherman,   274,   275 
Roper  Warner,   275 
Royal   Augustine,  279 


Mackintosh,    Sarah     Anita     Roberts 
(Warner),  275 

Sarah   Lizzie,  274 

Seth,  276 

Stewart  Webster,  275 

Susan  Tucker,  268 

Theodore   Osgood,  276 

Walter,  275 

William,  272,  274 

William  Davis,  275  <?—"-' 

William  Henry,  274 

William    Strathern,   274 
Macleish,  Archibald   Lyle,  348 

Grace  Helen    (Peffers),  348 

Helen   Douglas,  348 
Madison,  James,   176 
Mahon,  Annie  Duncan,  255 
Makin,  Grace,   17,  85,  98 

loan,  17,  98.  99,  105 

John,  17,  98,  99 

Katherine,  98.  100 

Rebecca,  98,  99 

Richard,  17 

Robert,  99 

Samuel,  99,   116 

Thomas,  85,  99 

Tobias,  17,  85,  98-100,  105 

Westbroome,  99 
Malcolm,   David   Donald,  240 

David  Johnston,  240 

John  Anderson,  240 

Maria    (Carr),  240 

Mary  Lockwood    (Skinner),  240 

Maltby,    Margaretta    Anna    Loraine, 

216 
Manciet,  Estelle,  282 
Marcel,  Jane  Rachel   Casey   (Cook), 
399 

Justine  Tames,  399 

Lucy,  399 
Marsh,  Ebenezer,   162 

Eliza    (Hersey),  267 

Foster,   241 

Francis,  267 

Helen  Eliza,  241 

Juliet,  267 

Lucy   (Thomson),  241 

Mary   Sherman    (Skinner),  241 

Moref    (Moreve),  99    , 

Samuel  Dexter,  241   zl-- - 
Marston.  Abby  Louise.  384 

Annie  (Palmer),  384 

Frank  Augustus,  384 
Martin,  Basil  William,  283 

Cassius   Clement,  283 

Cecil  Gladwvn,  283 

Elizabeth   Jane    (Goforth),   283 


Index 


441 


Martin,  Kermit,  283 

James  Henry,  283 

John  William,  283 

Minnie  Maria    (Littlefield),  283 

Sarah  Elizabeth,  283 
Marvin,  Charles,  349 

Margaret  Elizabeth    (Dominick), 
349 

Mary   Sarah,   349 
Mason,  William,  21 
Maurice,    Caroline    Crook    (Moore), 
332 

Catherine,  332,  333 

Clifford  Moore,  332 

Jennie  Abbie    (Wheeler),  332 

Mary  Adeline,  333 

Mary   (Owens),  332 

Thomas,  332 

Thomas  Griffith,  332 
May,  Eleazar,  140 
McBride,  Edith  Lydia,  389 

Elizabeth    (Wright),  389 

John   Harris,  389 
McClelland,   Ada  Eleanor    (Thom- 
son),  332 

James   S.,  Dr.,  332 

Jessie  Eugenia,  332 
McCallum,  James  Iver,  324 

Mary  Stewart  (Sherman),  324 
McCarthy,  Margaret.  364 

Mary  Ann   (Sullivan),  364 

Patrick,  364 
McComb,  Amelia  (Sherman),  320 

Cecelia  M.,  320 

Charles  Sherman,  321 

Clara   (Baldwin),  321 

Elizabeth  Reese,  320 

Emma   (Howe),  321 

Helen  S.  320 

Henry  Hoyt,  321 

Hoyt  Sherman,  320,  321 

J.  Baldwin,  Dr..  321 

John  Edward.  321 

Julia,  320.  321 

Julia  Willock,  320 

Margaret.  320 

Margaret  Hoge,  321 

Mary,  320 

Robert,  320 

Robert  Sherman.  320 

Rose  (Brady),  320 

William  James,  321 
McConkey,    George   Kerr.   369 

Grace  Evarts    (Greene).  369 

Sarah    (Carothers),   369 

William,  369 
McCormick,  Mary,  390 


McCulloch,   Carleton   G.,  233 

Harriet    (Pettilwne),  233 

Jennie   Cornelia,   233 
McDelhond,  Dr.,  140 
McDonald,  Charles  E.  W.,  Mrs.,  152 

Charles   Eric  Wells.   Dr.,  301 

Cornelia  Elizabeth   (Schell),  300, 
301 

Mrs.,  152 
McDow,     America     Ann     (Summer), 
270 

Edith,  270 

James,  270 
McFarland,  Daniel,  15 

Lucy,  15 

Martha    (Skinner),  15 
Mcintosh,  Abigail    (Reed),  266 

Charles  G.,  226 

Gideon,  266 

Josephine,  278 

Mehitable   (Dewing),  266 

Nancy  (Sherman),  266 

Priscilla   (Smith),  278 

Samuel,  278 
McKenzie,  Angus  G.,  228 

Irma  Frances,  228 

Margaret    Jane    (Holmes),   228 
McKinley,    President,   317 
McLaren,  Cecelia  Rockwell,  404 

Frances    Sherman    (Rockwell), 
404 

John  Douglas,  404 

John  Douglas,  Jr.,  404 

John  Piatt,  404 

Helen    (Tracy),  404 
McMillen,  Almeda  Catherine   (Re- 
gal), 406 

Charles  Ralston,  406 

James  Hiatt,  406 

Janet,  406 

Mary  French  (Sherman),  406 

William  Ferris,  406 
McNary.  Anna  Lucinda  (Coult),  271 

James  Alexander,  271 

James  Rea,  271 

Mabel  Eleanor,  271 

Sarah  Catharine   (Crane),  271 
Meader,  Eleanor  Rogers.  273 

Frederick  Everett,  272 

George  Henry,  272 

Helen  Hudson,  273 

Henry  Hudson,  272 

Joseph,  272 

Maria  Louisa  (Mackintosh),  272 

Mary  (Lyon).  272 

Mattie   May    (Bennett).  273 

May  Flora  (Holmes),  272 


442 


Index 


Meader,  Robert  Whitton,  272 

Samuel  Arnold,  272 

Sarah  Morse   (Whitton),  272 
Mecabe,    Dorothy    (Sherman),   218 

Ernest  Wilson,  218 

Henry  Harry,  218 

Margery,  218 

Martha   Helen    (Felker),   218 
Meldrim,    Frances    Pamela    (Casey), 
242 

Peter  Wiltberger,  242 

Sophie  d'Antignac,  242 
Melton,  Agnes,  18 
Merrell,  Georgia  (Crenshaw),  271 

Hattie,  271 

Hubert   Spencer,  271 
Merriam,  Abigail   (Hayward),  207 

John,  Deacon,  207 

Lydia,  207 
Merrill,  Margaret  Ellen  (Spence), 
403 

Mary  Adalyn,  404 

Mary    Adalyn    (Haldeman),   403 

Walter  Williamson,  403 

William  Emery,  Lt.  Col.,  403 

Merritt,    Arabella    Stoddard    (Pal- 
mer), 228 

Charles  Zalmon,  228 

Charlotte  Hazel,  229 

Katherine   Stoddard,  229 

Mary  Lockwood  (Carter),  228 

Mary  Varina,  229 

Ralph  Palmer,  228 

Ralph  Palmer,  Jr.,  229 

Varina    Pearl    (Morrow),   229 

William  Chambers,  228 
Merwin,  ,   148 

Samuel,  Rev.,  248 

Sarah    (Gaylord),  148 
Metcalf,  Charles  Winthrop,  338 

Earl   Sherman.  338 

Edith   Louise    (Soverhill),  338 

Fannie  Boynton   (Sherman),  338 

George  Albert,  338 

George  Stanley,  338 

McKendree  Bishop,  338 

Morgan   Sherman,  338 

Susan  West    (Rockwood),  338 
Miles.    Cecelia    Sherman,   388,    396 

Daniel,  388 

Dwilym,    219 

Lily   (Haynes),  219 

Martha   Stella,  219 

Mary  (Curtis),  388 

Mary  Hoyt   (Sherman),  388,  396 

Nelson   Appleton,  Jr.,  389 


Miles,  Nelson  Appleton,  Lieut.  Gen., 
388,  396 

Sherman,  389 

Yulee  (Noble),  389 
Miller,   Anna,   320 

Elizabeth  Reese   (McComb),  320 

Harry,  320 

Henry  Wilder,  317 

Nancy  Cutter  (Merrick),  317 

Ruth  Ann,  317 

Thomas  Ewing,  320 
Milliken,  Gertrude,  290 

Nathan  James,  290 

Orline    (Sutton),  290 

John,  249,  298 

Mary  Jane,  249,  298 

Sarah   (Brown),  298 
Mills,  Charles  Elmendorf,  217 

Daniel,  217 

Emma  Carroll,  217 

George  Addison,  Rev.,  217 

George  Sherman,  Rev.,  217 

Kate  Gage  (Vose),  217 

Martha   (Carroll).  217 

Martha  Esther,  217 

Mildred  (Dudley),  217 

Sarah  Williams    (Sherman),  217 
Minot,    Betty    (Sherman),   133 

Elizabeth    (Merrick),    212 

James,  Capt.,  133 

James,    Col.,    150,  212 

Jsts.,  212 

Martha,  212 

Martha   (Lane),  150 

Martha,  Mrs.,  212 

Rebecca,  150 
Mitchell,  Anna  MacArthur   (John- 
ston), 214 

Asahel,  213 

Chauncey  Root,  214 

Edmund,  124 

Elizabeth,  213,  221 

Elizabeth   Leeds    (Sullivan),  213 

Elizabeth    (Sherman),   215 

Elizabeth  Thompson,  214 

Florence,  398 

Frank  Sherman,  324 

Hannah  (Fitch),  213 

Henry.  215 

John.  215 

Jonathan.  124 

Joseph,  398 

Justus,  Rev.,  145.  188,  213 

Lucia  Johnston,  215 

Martha  A.,  213 

Martha  Minot,  214 

Martha  (Sherman),  145,  213,  324 


Index 


443 


Mitchell,  Mary,  124 

Mary    (Powers),  398 

Mary    S.    (Lincoln),  324 

Matthew,  124 

Minott,   213 

Olive  (Root),  213 

Richard  H,  324 

Sarah  (Butterfield),  124 

Sarah  Moulton  (Sherman),  324 

Sherman,  213 

William  Ledyard,  324 

William  Ledyard,  Jr.,  324 

William  Ogden,  215 
Mix,   Charles  Melvin,  373 

Charles  Milford,  Z72> 

Emily,  374 

Jabez,   163 

Margaret  Kenyon,  373,  374 

Margaret  Louisa  (Tracy),  2)7 i 

Martha,  Hi 

Mary  Tracy,  374 

Rose  (Kenyon),  Z7?> 
Montgomery,  Joseph,  174 
Moore,  Abbie  Frederica,  333 

Abigail  Perkins,  334 

Adin  Snow,  227 

Amelia  (Snow),  327 

Anna,   227 

Anna  Maria  (Sherman),  337 

Annette  Elizabeth  (Dodge),  330 

Archibald  Dunlap,  330 

Archibald   Harwood,   331 

Bertha  (Ketchum),  222 

Blanch  Storrs,  330 

Caroline  Crook,  332 

Charles  Adin,  227 

Charles    Edward,    331 

Charlotte,  227 

Cora  Maude    (Borden),  330 

Cornelia  R.    (Jones),  330 

Daniel   French,  222 

Elfleda   (Lovell),  334 

Eunice,  227 

Fanny  B.    (Camp),  337 

Frances  Green,  331 

Frederick  Archibald,  331 

Gardiner  Sherman,  330 
__  Genevieve   De  Castro,  330 

George,  308 

George  Gouge,  222 

Harry   Sherman,   334 
■  -  Helen  Marguerite   (Stone),  334 

Ida   (Storrs),  330 

Isaac,  227 

Ivy    Myrtle    (Wyman),   337 

James  Pentland,  330 

James  Sherman,  227 


Moore,  Jane   (Dunlap),  329 

Jessie    Eugenia    (McClelland), 
332 

John,  303 

John  Michael,  332 

John  Robert,  331 

Julia  Sherman,  331 

Katharine  Louise  (Burt),  331 

Katherine  Mabel    (Griffith),  331 

Katharine   Sherman,  331 

Kathleen,    227 

Leon,  330 

Leona  Adeline,  333 

Lettie    Dunlap   Jane    Maria,   333 

Luther  Guiteau,  331 

Maria   (Sherman),  257,  326,  329, 
330,  222,  334 

Marjorie  Ann   (Pentland),  330 

Mary  Adeline   (Gouge),  332 

Mary  Emily   (White),  308 

Mary  Louise,  332 

Mary  Louise  (Wakeman),  331 

Mehitable    (Foster),   303 

Michael,  257,   329,  330 

Michael,  Jr.,  330 

Michael   III,  330 

Michael,  Mrs.,  326 

Nellie  Burt,  331 

Ralph  De  Castro,  331 

Robert,  30 

Roger  Sherman,  222,  227 

Samuel   Glover,   Dr.,   334 

Samuel   Lovell,   334 

Sarah  Elizabeth,  303 

Sarah  Jane,  308 

Sarah  Leona  (French),  222 

Sherman,   227 

William  Charles,  331 

William  Robert,  330 
Moran,   Abbie    (Shannon),   322 

Emma,  322 

James,  322 

Morant,  ,  2 

More.  John,   52 
Moreillon,   Bertrand,  212 

Jeanne,  212 

Marcelle,  212 

Rene   (De  Palezieux),  212 

Suzanne,  212 
Morfell,  John,  82 
Morgan,    Abigail    Talcott.   336 

Abigail    (Talcott-Chaffee),  336 

Edwin   Dennison,   382 

Elizabeth    (Moran),    382 

George,  173 

Jasper,   Deacon,  336 

Katharine  Avery,  382 


444 


I  NDEX 


Morris,  Robert,  179,  190 
Morrow,  Frederick  Brown,  229 

Mary  Harvey   (Kirkman),  229 

Varina  Pearl,  229 
Morse,    Anthony,   63 

Sion,  138,  139 
Moseley,  Nathaniel,  155 

Samuel,   Capt.,  122 
Moulton,  Adaline  Sherman,  403 

Adaline    (Wallace),   324,  402 

Cecelia  Sherman,  404 

Charles   William,  326,  402 

Dan  Alonzo,  324 

Dan  Alonzo,  Jr.,  402 

Frances  Beecher   (Sherman), 
326,  402 

Helen  Allcutt,  405 

John  Sherman,  405 

Keenah    (Allcutt),  405 

Mary  Hoyt  Sherman,  403 

Sara  Elvira,  324 
Mowry,  Dr.,  256 

Elizabetli  Sherman  (Parker),  256 
Munson,  Mr.,  161 
Murphy,  Anna    (Ryan),  325 

Gerald  Clery,  325 

Honora  Adelaide,  325 

Patrick  Francis,  325 

Sarah  Sherman  (Wiborg),  325 
Murray,  Cora  Jennette,  287 

Elizabeth,  287 

John   Rix,  287 
Muzzy,  Abigail,  130 

Joseph,  130 

Lotis,  130 
Myers,  Anna   (Freeborn),  390 

Charles,  390 

Jeannette,  390 

Nash,   ,   115 

Neverd,   Thomas,   53 
Newcomb,   Josepha,  407 

Mary  Caroline   (Hassler),  407 

Simon,   Prof.,  407 
Newcomen,   114 
Newell,   Ann    (Haynes),  278 

Augustus  William,  278 

Constance,  279 

Effie  Josephine    (Mackintosh), 
278 

Frederick  Haynes,  278 

John  Mackintosh,  279 

Josephine,  279 

Roger  Sherman,  279 
Newman,    John.   70 

William.  48 
Newport,  John,  39 


Nichols,    Christian    (Sherman),    118 

John,  64 

Joseph,   118 
Nicoll,   Richard,   126 
Noble,  David,  134 

Nannie   (Yulee),  389 

Stephen,   Capt.,    158 

Susanna  (Sherman),  134 

William  Belden,  389 

Yulee,  389 
Norman,  48 

John,  30 

William,  30,  43 
North,  Amos,  143 

Marietta    T.,    292 
Norton,  Anne,   126 

Charles  Davis,  285 

Charles    Phelps,    286 

Gertrude  Van  Dolfsen,  286 

Gilbertine   (Coakley),  286 

Jane,   286 

Jeanie  Hill    (Watson),  285 

Jeannette  (Phelps).  285 

Joseph   Gaston,  285 

Lucretia    (Huntington),   285 

Porter,    285 

Porter    Huntington,   286 

Richard.    126 

Sarah,  286 

William,   21 
Nunne,   John,   34 
Nycholson,   Agnes,   61 

Alice,  61 

Roger,   61 
Nye,    Emily    (Curtis),    233 

Howard    B.,   233 

Margaret  Fielding,  233 

Odding,   Sarah.    15 

Ogden,  David  B.,  258 

Gouverneur    Morris,    258 
Harriet    Verena    Cadwalader, 

258 
Harriet   Verena    Cadwalader, 

(Evans),  258 
John  Doughty.  258 
Mary  Clark    (Moore),  258 
Mary  Elizabeth.  258 
Mary   Eliza    (Sherman),   258 
Mary   Moore.   258 

O'Hara,   Alida  Victoria,   393 

Anna    Gertrude    (.Sims),    393 
William    Tecumseh    Sherman, 
393 

Olcott,  T.ydia.  208 

Lydia    (Sherman),  207 
Mary  Ann,  207 


X 


Index 


445 


Olcott,  Peter,  207 

Roswell,   General,  207 
Olmsted,   Alexander   Holley,   211 

Denison,  211 

Denison,   Professor,  183 

Eliza    (Allyn),  211 

Eliza  Taylor,  212 

Francis,  211 

Francis  Culbert,  212 

Francis    Howard,    211,   212 

Gertrude    Meredith    (Holley), 
211 

Jessie   Buchanan    (Sherman), 
211 

Jessie  Sherman,  211,  212 

Julia   (Hughes-Culbert),  212 

Lucius  Duncan,  211 

Marie  De  Corinick,  211 
O'Neil,  Ann,  360 

Mary  E,  360 

Timothy,  360 
Onyon,  Thomas,  11 
Orcutt,  Ellen    (Dana),  329 

Hiram,  329 

Laura  Ames,  329 
Orris,  John,  75 
Osborn,  David,  204 

Mr.,  204 
Osborne,  Henrye,  56 

Lamb  &  Wilcox,  411 
Osgood,  Edward  Sherburn,  262 

Henry   Fessenden,   262 

Jane  Taylor    (Sherman-Smith), 
262 

Margaret  Sherman,  263 

James  Henry,  262 

Mary,  262 

Samuel,  262 
Otis,  Fessenden  Nott,  394 

Florence    Cecelia    (Hoyt),    393 

Frances    (Cooke),  394 

Rosina  Hovt.  394 

William  Kelly,  Dr.  394 
Otto,  Carl  August,  394 

Emy,  394 

Margaret  Mesier    (Lydig),   394 

Page.  Arthur  Lester.  259 
Louise  Annie,  259 
Sophia  (Hamper)  (Luck),  259 

Paine,  Abiah,  132 
Painter,  Henry.  Rev.,  113 

Priscilla   (Fones),  113 
Palgrave,  Anna,  135 

Mary,  135 

Richard.  Dr.,   135 


Palmer,  Adeline  Jennet  (Sherman), 

340 
Alice   (Hermon),  215 
Angeline    (Lockwood),    340 
Ann,  121 

Arabella   Stoddard,  227,  228 
Arthur  Trumbull,  230 
Benjamin  Franklin,  227,  313,  384 
Bertha   Marilla    (Ellis),  384 
Bertram    Glenn,   228 
Charles  Sherman,  230 
Charles  Theodore  Hart,  229,  313 
Charlotte  Eliza,  229 
Christopher,   121 
Donald  Day,  228 
Donald   Sherman,  340 
Dorothy  Helen,  228 
Dorothy   Marie    (Beggs),  384 
Dorothy    (Stanton).  227 
Edith  Gertrude,  228 
Edwin  Andrew,   Rev,,  340 
Eliza  Arabella,  227 
Eliza   Harriet    (Hart),  227,  313, 

384 
Elizabeth  Day.  384 
Emma  Lena    (Parsons),  230 
Frank  Learned,  227 
Frank  Trumbull,  230 
Franklin   Alexander,  227 
Franklin  Charles,  228 
Frederick  Belcher,  228 
Gertrude,  228 
Graham   Briggs.  340 
Harold  King,  384 
Harriet  Elizabeth,  229 
Harriet    King    (Day),   229,   313 
Harriet   Russell,  229 
Harriet    (Trumbull) ,   229 
Hazel    Marie    (Williamson),   228 
Helene    (Semke),   228 
Henry,  215 

Henry  Austin,  230,  313.  384 
Henry  Robinson,   230 
Henrv  Robinson,  Jr.,  230 
Ira  Hart,  229 

Irma   Frances    (McKenzie),   228 
Tane  Olivia  (Day),  230,  313,  384 
John,   340 
Katherine    Prewitt    (Graham), 

228 
Laura    Croswell    (Brown),    230 
Laura   Sherman,  2.30 
Lewis   Babcock,   230 
Maria   Sherman,  229 
Martha,  120 

Martha    Louisa    (Belcher),   227 
Mary  Babcock,  230 


446 


I  NDEX 


Palmer,  May,  215 

Milton   Sherman,  340 

Nelle   (Briggs),  340 

Noyes,  227 

Reuben,  340 

Rieta  Woodruff  (Babcock),  230 

Roger  Sherman,  228,  229 

Theodore  Sherman,  384 

Thomas   Williamson,  228 

William,  120 
Paltsits,  Mr.,   161 

Victor  Hugo,  160 
Pampyng,  John,  9 
Parker,  Anna  (Barnes),  255 

Charles  William,  256 

Charlotte  Boyne,  255 

Elizabeth    (Sherman),  255 

Elizabeth  Sherman,  256 

Jacob,  Hon.,  255 

Mr.,  54,  56 

Nathan,  255 
Parkhurst,  Abigail  (Garfield),  131 

John,  131 

Sarah,  131 
Parsons,  Emma  Lena,  230 

Ephraim,  230 

Lydia   (Wilcox),  230 
Patrick,    Casimer    Cornelius,    333 

Marie  Eugenia,  333 

Marie  Louise  (Chazal),  333 
Payn,  John,  10,  20 
Payne,  John,   138 

Mary,  100 

Peachey,  ,  117 

Mary   (Sherman),  117 

Sam,  117 

Samuel,  117 
Pearce,  Ella  Elizabeth,  265 

Hannah  (Wilson),  266 

Henry  Godfrey,  266 
Pearsall,  Thomas,  237 

&  Son.  T.,  198 
Pease,  Annie  Baird   (Currier),  387 

Benjamin  Warren,  387 

Earl   Percy,  215 

Elva  Stuart.  387 

Eunice   (Allen),  215 

Mary    (Ives),   215 

Nathaniel,   215 
Peet.  Martha  (Sherman),  231 

Stephen,   Rev.,  231 
Penhalligon,   Alfred,   342 

Henrietta    (Harris),  342 

James  Russell,  342 

Jessie   (Sherman),  341,  342 


Pentland,  James,  330 

Marjorie  Ann,  330 

Sarah  Ann    (Spence),  330 
Pepper,  Charles  Hovey,  387 

Elizabeth,  387 

Ellen  (Hoar),  387 

Frances  Elizabeth  (Coburn),  387 

Sherman  Hoar,  387 

Stephen  Coburn,  387 
Percival,  Alice,  52 
Perham,    Sarah,    130 
Perkins,  Abigail,  256 

Abigail    (Thomas),  256 

Bertha,  378 

Charles  Callahan,  111,  378 

Charles  Callahan,  Jr.,  378 

Edward  Clifford,  312,  377,  378 

Edward   Newton,  378 

Elizabeth  Evarts,  378 

Elizabeth  Hoar    (Evarts),  312, 

Emeline,   293 

Enoch,  293 

Frances  Bruen,  379 

Frances  (Bruen),  Zll 

Frances   Saunders,  378 

Hannah   (Bishop),  246 

Hannah    (Pitkin),  293 

Jacob,  256 

Jane  Morton,  378 

Kate  Cheeseman  (Riggs),  378 

Louis    Anthony,    379 

Louisa  Elvire,   378 

Louise    (Saunders),  378 

Maria  Louisa,  378 

Mary   Ann   Davenport,   378 

Mary    Eleanor,   378 

Matthew,  246 

Susannah,  246 

William  Maxwell  Evarts,  378 
Perkins  and  Jackson,  378 
Perry,    Anna    Sherman    (Littlefield), 
280 

Bradley,   239 

Catherine  Thorp,  239 

Eugene,  280 

Flora   (Quimby),  280 

Gertrude,  280 

Joseph,  Jr.,  134 

Julia    (thorp),  239 

Prudence    (Sherman),    134 

Samuel  Franklin,  280 
Peters,  Annie  (Smith),  270 

Ethelyn  Elizabeth  (Allen),  270 

George,   270 

Alargaret  Ann,  270 

Richard,  270 


Index 


447 


Petfeilde    (Petfield),  ,   56 

Anna,  11 

Deborah,  60 

Elizabethe,  54,  60 

Judith,  56,  60,  83 

Judith   (Sherman),  59 

Mathew,  60 

Richarde,  54,  60,  85 

Susan,  54,  60 

William,   54,   55,   56,   59,   60,   11, 
85 
Pettigrew,  Allie,  232 

Anne  M.   (Goode),  232 

John,  232 
Peyton,  Margaret.  89 

Robert,  Sir,  89 
Phelps,  Betsey  Law,  285,  291 

Betsey  L.   (Sherman),  235 

Caroline  Jackson,  287 

Charles  Sherman,  289 

Eliza,  236 

Eliza  Hubbell,  289,  292 

Eliza  Maria.  290 

Elizabeth    (Betsey)    Law    (Sher- 
man), 284 

Elizabeth  Chapin,  286 

Ellsworth  Hart,  290 

Eveline  (Chapin),  287 

Francis    Mark    Leavenworth, 
235,  291 

George  Sherman,  290 

Harriet  J.    (Cole),  292 

Henrietta  (Knapp),  290 

Henry   Clarence,  292 

James   Hillhouse,  286 

Jeanie  Hill   (Watson),  285 

Jeannette,  285 

Jennett.  235 

Julia    Granger,    287 

Laura    (Chapin),   285 

Leicester,   235,   236,  287 

Leicester,    Jr.,    289 

Louis  Shissler,  286 

Mary    (Cullen),   291 

Mary  Eliza,  292 

Mary  Jeannette,  291 

Mary  Jennette,   291 

Mary    (Seymour),  284 

Mr.,  147 

Oliver,  235,   236.   284-286 

Oliver.    Hon..    284 

Oliver  L..  291 

Oliver  Leicester,  235,  284,  285 

Sarah  Humes  Porter  (Shissler), 
286 

Sarah  Louise  (Porter),  286 

Seymour  Henry,  289 


Phelps,  Seymour  Law,  235,  291 

Walter   Hubbell,  286 

William  H.,  235 

William    Henry,    291,    292 
Phillips,    Deborah    (Dix),    132 

Lydia,    132 

Samuel,    132 
Phippeny,  Benjamin,  125 

Mary,  125 

Wilmot,   125 
Phipps,  Samuel,  121 
Pickit,   Ebinezer,   158 
Pierrpont.  John,   192 
Pigge,  Oliver,  57 
Pine,  ,  191 

Robert  Edge,  191 
Finney,  Edward  Spaulding,  410 

Elsie   Peach    (Simpson),  410 

Jessie,  410 
Pitcher,  Mary,  148 
Pitkin,  Annie  Lawrence  (de  Forest), 
210 

Emily    (Woodbridge),  217 

Esther   Woodbridge,  217 

Frank  Ivan,  219 

Horace,   217 

James  Sherman,  210 

James  Sherwood,  210 

Jane  Carlisle.  210 

Josephine   (Roleau),  219 

Laura   Carlisle.   210 

Laura   Ruth    (Carlisle),  210 

Lewis  Sherman,  210 

Louisa    (Sherman),  210 

Martha,  219 

Mary  Ann   (Lewis),  210 

Pauline  Hayden,  210 

Pauline    Migeon    (Hayden),   210 

Perley  Peabody,  219 

Reginald.  210 

Samuel  Leonard,  Gen.,  210 

Sylvia    (Sherman),    219 

William,   210 

William   Roger,  210 
Piatt.    Richard.    Colonel,    204 
Plomer,  Ann,  121 

Francis,  121 

Samuel,  121 
Poole,  Jonathan,  Capt.,  127 
Pooley    (Pooly,    Poolye),    Giles,    30, 
42,  43,  69.  70 

Mareery    (Sherman),  30,  43,  69, 
70 
Porter,  George  Bryan,  286 

Ida   Eliza    (Griswold),   347 

Grace,   101.    102 

Grace  (Sherman),  100 


448 


Index 


Porter,  John,  95 

Margaret,  95 

Olive  Louise,  347 

Roger,   100,   102 

Sarah    (Humes),  286 

Sarah  Louise,  286 

Thomas,   11 

Thomas   Sexton,  347 
Posse,   Nils,   Baron,  209 

Rose,  Baroness,  209 
Potter,    Elizabeth,    99 

Thomas,  Sr.,  15 
Pratt,   Chapin   Smith,  292 

Constance,  343 

Dorothy  Deming,  343 

Dupont,  George,  Mrs.,  191 

Eliza,  292 

Elizabeth   Smith,  292 

Eliot   Deming,   343 

George  D.,  Mrs.,  260 

George  Dupont,  343 

George  Dupont,  Jr.,  343 

Gertrude  Pratt   (H'ammatt),  292 

Helen    Deming    (Sherman),    343 

Lucius   Hubbard,  292 

Roger  Sherman,  292 

Sherman,  343 

Samuel   Chapin,  292 

Susan  Rumney   (Beals),  292 
Prescott    (Prescot),  Benjamin,  Esq., 
151,   197 

Benjamin,  245 

Benjamin,  Jr.,  150.  151,  197 

Benjamin,  Rev.,  151,  152 

Elizabeth    (Higginson),  151 

Elizabeth    (Hoar),   151 

James,    152,   192,    195,   196 

John,  151 

Jonathan,  Capt.,  151 

Mary  (Gawkroger  or  Platts),  151 

Mercy   (Gibbs),  152 

Mr.,  245 

Rebecca  (Rebekah),  150,  151,  152 

Rebecca    (Minot),  150 

Rebekah,  151,  197 
Preston,  Emm,  149 

Emm   (Fairchild),  149 

Hachaliah,  149 

James,  48 

William,  162 
Price,  Rev.,  249 
Prichard,  Elizabeth  Hallett,  316 

Jane  (Hallett),  316 

Moses,  316 
Probasco,  Charles   Moulton,  403 

Clara    (Tuttle),  403 

Henry  Ransom,  403 


Probasco,  Henry  Russell,  403 

Josephine  Olivia,  403 

Mary  Ella,  403 

Mary  Hoyt  Sherman  (Moulton), 
403 

Mary  Jane   (Russell),  403 

Ramsey,  402 

Susan  Ella  Ransom,  403 

William   Boswell,  403 

William  Ramsey,  403 
Pugh,  Abbie  Frederica  (Moore),  333 

Dorothy,  333 

Evan  Hugh,  333 

Jane  (Jones),  333 

Laura  Sara,  333 

Richard  Evan,  233 

Roger  Richard,   333 
Punderson,  William,   169  * 

Pye,  John,  77,  79,  98 
Pygge,  Oliuer,  56 

Quincy,  John,  136,  137 

Rabbitt,  Avice  Lauretta,  359 

Lucy  Jane  (Davis),  359 

William  Henry,  359 
Randall,  Alice,  47 

Col.,  227 

Gertrude  Meredith   (Olmsted), 
211 

Frank  E.,  211 

John,  47 
Ransom,  Edward  Payson,  403 

Ella  (Bishop).  403 

Susan  Ella,  403 
Rawnsley,  Canon,  318 
Raynes,  Alice  Hannah  (Mackin- 
tosh), 277 

Barbara,  277 

Harriet,  277 

John  Charles,  277 

John  Charles,  Jr.,  277 

John  Johnson,  277 

Martha  Ann  (Hammond),  277 

Paul  Mackintosh,  277 

Reade,  ,  48 

Reber,  Cecelia  Sherman  (Miles),  388, 
396 

Charles  Sherman,  396 

Edna  (Van  Patten),  396 

Harry  Linton,  396 

Magdeleen  (Van  Reed),  395 

Margaret  Mesier,  395 

Margaret   Messier   (Reese),  388, 
396 

Mary  Granger,  396 

Maud,  395 


Index 


449 


Reber,  Maxime,  396 

Miles,  388,  396 

Samuel,  388,  395 

Samuel,  Hon.,  388,  395 

Samuel,  Jr.,  389,  396 

Valentine,  395 

William  Reese,  396 
Rede,  William,  48 
Reed,  Abigail,  Mrs.,  266 

Margaret  Wilson,  255 
Reese,  Alice  Augusta,  397 

Bird   (Chanslor),  391,  402 

Helen  Catherine,  393 

Helen  Catherine  (Kirke).  391,  402 

Henry  Bickham,  391,  402 

Jacob,  391 

Julia  Leah,  397 

Kate  Evans,  392 

Leah    (James),  391 

Margaret  Messier,  395 

Mary  Elizabeth,  392 

Mary  Elizabeth   (Sherman),  319, 
391 

Mary  Hoyt,  396 

Mary  Hoyt   (Bartley),  391,  402 

Mary  Leah,  393 

Rosina  Elizabeth,  393 

Stella  Bartley,  391,  402 

William  James,  319,  391 

William  Kirke,  391,  402 

William  Kirke,  Jr.,  391,  402 
Reeve,  Tapping,  Hon.,  220 
Reignoldes    (Reignolde),   Elizabeth, 
67 

Henry,  67 

Mary  (Waller),  (il 

Robert,  67 
Remsen,  Anna    (Sherman),  359 

Charles,  Dr.,  359 

Lillian  L.    (Jones),  359 

William,  359 
Revell,  Rose,  79 

Thomas,  79 
Revet,  John,  38 

William.  38 
Reynolds,  Eliphalet,  281 

Hannah   (Hall),  281 

Harriet  Isabella,  281 

Hariette,  281 

Stephen,  281 

Susan  (Jackson),  281 
Rhinelander,  Frederick,  237 
Rice,    Christine,   388 

Frances  Helen  (Randlett),  388 

Israel,    130 

Lydia  (Sherman).  130 

William  Ellis,  388 


Richards,  Adaline  Sophia  (Haney). 
339 

Anna  (Fletcher),  339 

Anna  Irene,  340 

Harriet  (Angier),  276 

Harriet  Ann,  276 

James  Verne,  340 

Margaret  Leslie,  340 

Martin,  276 

Mehetabel  (Battel),  145 

Moses,  145 

William,  339 

William    Verne,    339 
Richardson,  George,  43 

Robert,  47 
Riggs,  George  Washington,  378 

Kate  (Ciit-esfinaii),  378 
Ripley,  Elizabeth,  256 

Elizabeth    (Lathrop),    231 

Elizabeth  (Sherman),  230 

Erastus,  Rev.,  230 

Joshua,  231 
Rising,  Augusta  Beach    (Camp),  241 

Franklin  Almond,  241 

Kate  Bosworth,  241 
Roads,  Theophilus,  121 
Roberts,  Eliza,  267 

Joseph  Thomas,  267 

Joshua,  267 

Susan  Emmeline  (Follansbee), 
267 
Robbins,  Harriet,  269 
Robinson,  Abby   (Farrington),  278 

Elizabeth  (Sherman),  112 

Etta  Maria,  278 

George,  278 

Mary  (Woodie),  111 

Thomas,  111,  112 
Rochester,  Dorothy,  58 

Thomas,  58 
Rockwell,  Caroline  (Palmiter),  404 

Cecelia  Sherman  (Moulton),  404 

Charles   Henry,  404 

Charles  Henry,  Jr.,  404 

Charlotte  Henrietta,  404 

David  Ladd,  404 

Frances  Sherman.  404 

Lewis  Cassidy.  404 
Rockwood.  Kate  Ford.  337 

Susan  Goldsmith  (West),  ZZ7 

William   Horton,  ZZl 
Roelker,  Eleanor,  ZTl 

Eleanor   (Jenckes),  377 

William  Greene.  2)17 
Rogers,  Charles  White,  353 

Elizabeth,  17,  85.  86.  100,  119 

Elizabeth  Selden,  353 


450 


Index 


Rogers,  Elizabeth  Selden  (White),  352 

Grace    (Sherman),    14,   100 

Harriet  Moore   (Francis),  352 

John,  94,  352 

John,  Dr.,  352 

John,  Jr.,  353 

Joseph,  119 

Mr.,  76,  79 

Thomas,  14,  17,  85,  100,  119 
Rolffe,  Agnes,  52 
Roosevelt,  James  West,  316 

Laura    (d'Oremieulx),    316 

Lorraine,  316 

Theodore,  278 
Ross,  Ada  (Sherman),  265 

Cora  Bowne,  265 

Edith,  265 

Frederick  Randall  West,  265 

Madelaine    Sherman,   265 

Robert  Sherman,  265 

Sarah  Ann  Randall   (West),  265 

William  English,  265 

William  Halsey,  265 
Rossiter,  Josiah,  125 

Sarah  (Sherman),  125 
Rothschild,   Mary   Louise,  218 
Rousseau,  J.  J.,  171 
Ruddes,  Mr.,  55 
Rumelhart,  Christina  (Rogers),  283 

Floyd  Leroy,  283 

John,  283 

Margaret  Lucinda  (Littlefield), 
283 

Nelson  Noah,  283 

Ross  Charles,  283 

Troy  William,  283 
Russell,    Adaline    (Nash),  229 

Charles,  229 

Harriet  Elizabeth   (Palmer),  229 

Thomas  Wright,  229 
Rutledge,  Edward.  172 
Ryche,  Richard.  Sir,  36 
Rye,  Walter,  64 
Rychardson,  Robert,  66 

Sage,  Mr.,  11 
Salmon,  .  102,  104 

Robert,  79 

Samuel,  79 

Susan,  79 
Samborne,  Evelyn  Margaret,  407 

Lucy,  407 

Samborne  Stuckeley,  407 
Sampson,  Alden,  209 

Lena  Edge  (Wvman),  209 
Sanderson,  ,   184,    199 


Sanford,   Ebenezer,   146 

Elihu,  Col.,  261 

Jerusha  Buck,  146 
Sargent,  Aaron  Eugene,  278 

Mabel  Gay  (Fulton),  278 

Margaret  Adams,  277,  278 
Saunders,   Bertha  Heyder   (Gaston), 
378 

Emily  Beatrice,  378 

Frances  Taylor  (Baugh),  378 

Louise,  378 

Walter  Burns,  378 

William  Lawrence,  378 
Savage,  Edward,  191 
Sawyer,  Arthur  Lovell,  323 

Cecilia  (Sherman),  323 

Harriet  Wilson   (Backus),  Z2l 

John  Sherman,  323 

Paul  Backus,  323 

Paul  Backus,  Jr.,  323 

William,   120-121 
Scanlon,  Katharine  (Smith),  364 

Owen,  364 
Schell,  Cornelia  Elizabeth  (Barnes), 
300,  301 

Edward,  301 

Edward  Heartt,  300,  301 

Jane  Lamberson  (Heartt),  301 
Schick,   Anna    (Dold),  279 

Catherine  Mackintosh,  279 

Dorothy  Mackintosh,  279 

Francesca  Louise  (Mackintosh), 
279 

John,  279 

Ludwig,  279 
Schnack,  Adolph   George  Christian, 
361 

Adele  Field  (Sherman),  361 

Doris    (Brandt),  361 

John  Henry,  361 

Robert  Sherman,  361 
Scholey,  John  B.,  287 

Julia  Granger  (Phelps),  287 

Julia  Phelps.  287 
Scholle,  Henry  Ernst,  263 

Marjorie  Luschen.  263 

Mary  Elizabeth   (Wirts),  263 
Schroeder,  Barbara   (Guernsey),  268 

Jean,  268 

Rachel,  268 
Schultz,  Ethel    (Granger),  397 

Mary  (Van  Home),  397 

Robert  Darlington,  397 

William  Darlington,  397 
Scott,  Bessie  Evangelina,  341 

Elizabeth   (Nicholls),  341 

Ezra  Stiles,  341 


Index 


451 


Scudder,  Charles  Davies,  312 

Charles  Davies,  Dr.,  381 

Henry  Joel,  381 

Louisa  Henrietta,  381 

Lonuisa  Henrietta  (Davies),  381 

Louisa  Wardner  (Evarts),  312, 
380 
Scullerd,  Samuel,  121 
Seaman,   Ellen   (Everleth),  361 

Ida,  361 

James,  361 
Semke,  Christina  (Mattise),  228 

Helene,  228 

Henry,  228 
Semycroft,  Roberd,  21 
Sevar,  Mr.,  202 
Seward,  William  H.,  311 
Seymour,  Charles,  291 

Elizabeth,  291 

Maria,  291 
Shattuck,  Benjamin,  Rev.,  133 

Martha  (Sherman),  133 
Shavi^,   Charles  Theodore,  271 

Charles  Le  Forest,  271 

Charles  Russell  Whitelaw,  272 

Edith  Sophia,  271 

Esther  Beulah,  272 

John  Adams,  271 

Lucinda  Sherman  (Allen),  271 

Mabel  Susan,  272 

Margaret  Ruth,  272 

Mary  Lucinda,  272 

Mary  Beulah  (Whitelaw),  272 

Ralph  Theodore,  272 

Sophia  Ann  (Tinkham),  271 
Sheldon,   Cora  Elizabeth    (Smith), 
359 

Isaac  Esleeck,  359 

Janet  Morrison,  359 
Shepard,  John,  140 
Shereve,  Thomas,  18 
Sherman  (Shearman,  Shereman,  Shir- 
man,  Scherman,  Sharman), 

Aaron,  131 

Abby   (Guthrie),  254 

Abby  Talcott,  336 

Abiah,  110 

Abiah  (Paine),  132 

Abiah   (Street),  110 

Abiel,  110 

Abigail,  110,  112,  131 

Abigail  (Hanford),  125 

Abigail    (Lyon),  133 

Abigail   (Muzzy),  130 

Abigail    (Perkins).  256.  257 

Abigail  Talcott    (Morgan),  336 


Sherman  (Shearman,  Shereman,  Shir- 
man,  Scherman,  SLarman), 

Abigail   (Thompson-Curtiss) 

Huse,  124 
Abner,  129 
Ada,  265 

Ada  Elizabeth,  216 
Ada  Louise  (Bacon;,  324 
Adaline  Moulton,  324 
Adam,  11 
Adelaide,  360 
Adele  Field,  361 
Adeline  Jennet,  340 
Adelle  (Palmer),  360 
Agnes,  18,  19,  21,  53 
Agnes  (Butter),  52 
Agnes  (Fallen,  Fuller),  20,  22,  34 
Alden  Outram,  359 
Alexander,  46,  68,  91 
Alexander  Hamilton  Vinton,  298, 

360 
Aletta  (Smith),  217 
Alice,  12,  16,  57,  59,  112,  114,  115, 

343 
Amelia,  320 
Ane,  114 
Amy,  62,  64 

Andrew  Taylor,  262,  339 
Ann,  45,  51,  60,  84,  85,  87,  89,  92, 

102,  105,  107,  111,  112,  126 
Ann  Eliza,  216 
Anna,  83,  84,  85,  86,  90,  114,  116, 

212,  359 
Anna  Amelia  (Burnham),  216 
Anna  Burnham,  216 
Anna  (Cave),  89-91 
Anna  Maria,  2)Z7 
Anna  (Nancy),  225 
Anna  Wallace,  390 
Anna  (White),  358 
Anne,  41,  44,  50,  53-55,  67,  71-73, 

77,  80,  83,  87,  114,  117,  126, 

127 
Anne  (Clere),  82,  83 
Anne  Loder  (Wiggin),  357 
Anne   (Norton),  126 
Anne  (Pellatte),  82 
Anne  (Stephens?),  102 
Annie  Deane.  361 
Annie  Eugenia  (Johnson),  340 
Anthony,  22.  24.  27,  29,  30,  44, 

46,  47,  50,  62,  65,  66,  67,  69 
Anthonye,  28 
Arthur,  361 

Arthur  Greenwood,  341 
Arthur  Hoyt,  325 
Arthur  Outram,  298,  359 


452 


Index 


Sherman  (Shearman,  Shereman,  Shir- 
man,  Scherman,  Sharman), 

Asaph,  133 

Audrey  Townsend,  359 

Avice  Lauretta  (Rabbitt),  359 

Austin  David,  Rev.,  231 

Barbara,  2,  40,  43-49,  66,  67,  406 

Barbara  (Browne),  87 

Barbara  Whetcroft   (Wheat- 
croft),  39 

Bartholomew,  25,  28,  30,  31,  50, 
62,69 

Bartylmew,  31 

Beatrice,  29,  66,  218 

Belle  Magee   (Annette),  219 

Benjamin,  IS,  82,  83,  85,  86,  115, 
125 

Benjamin  Prescott.  247-249,  299 

Bertha  Marie  (Bartlett),  325 

Bessie  Evangeline  (Scott),  341 

Betsey,  193,  225 

Bettrice,  21,  28 

Betty,  133 

Beza,  115 

Bezaleel,   108,   110,  113,   117,   126, 
127,   129,  131 

Bezaliel,  86.  105.  114-116,  126,  127 

Bezaliell,  54.  83,  85 

Blatchford,  218 

Bridget,  69,  70 

Bridget  (Janney),  89 

Bridget    (Jenney),  87,  88 

Bridgett,  27 

Bytteris  (Beatrice),  48 

Caroline,  257,  259 

Caroline  Cornelia    (Hathaway), 
261 

Catharine  Augusta  (Townsend), 
249,  296 

Cave,  63.  90 

Cecilia,  323 

Charles,  41,  208,  222,  248 

Charles  A.,  260 

Charles  Austin,  261,  342 

Charles  Austin,  Jr.,  342 

Charles  Celestine,  400 

Charles  Edwin,  217,  340 

Charles  Hammond,  Z22. 

Charles   Henry,   335 

Charles   Hoyt.   322.  325 

Charles  Jasper,  337 

Charles  Lawson.  323 

Charles.  Major,  191.  231,  260 

Charles  Moulton,  325 

Charles  Robert,  254,  319 

Charles  Robert,  Hon.,  318 

Charles  Selden,  Rev.,  217 


Sherman  (Shearman,  Shereman,  Shir- 
man,  Scherman,  Sharman), 

Charles  Taylor,  319,  388 

Charles  William,  254 

Chloe,   193,   198,  205,  206,  239 

Qiloe    (Thayer),   130 

Christian,  11,  96,  97,  118 

Christian    (Chapman),  95 

Clara   (Greenwood),  341 

Claudine   (Taylor),  319 

Cloe,  197,  198 

Cora  Palliser,  264 

Corsa    (Kintzley),   325 

Cynthia  Painter  (Collins),  335 

Damaris,    149 

Daniel,  76-79,  81,  95,  96,  97,  110, 

118,  149,  221,  254  i^ 
Daniel,  Esq.,  221 
Daniell,  54,  75 
David,  125,  131,  132 
David  Austin,  Rev.,  231 
David  Babcock,  231 
Deborah,  114-116 
Dennys,  50,  51 
Dorothea,  358 
Dorothy,  218 
Dorothy  Alice,  323 
Edith  Emma,  361 
Edith  Lvdia  (McBride),  389 
Edith  May,  219 
Edmond,  87.  96,  97,  105,  106,  113- 

115 
Edmonde,  54-57,  105 
Edmund,  3,  14.  57,  58,  60,  75-79, 

81,  82,  84,  85,  96,  98-100,  102, 

104-107,  115,  117,  119,  124 
Edmund  Kingsland,  336 
Edward,  3,  92,  93,  131.  132,  248, 

389 
Edward  Crosby,  218 
Edward  Denison,  338 
Edward  S.,  249 
Edward  Standish.  247,  296 
Edwin  Morgan,  405 
Eleanor,  90 

Eleanor  Boyle  (Ewing),  398 
Eleanor  Mary,  399 
Elinor  (Ella).  Forest,  295 
Elishabah,  123 
Eliza,   140.  220 
Eliza  D.  (Forrest),  249 
Eliza  De  Bow   (Forrest).  295 
Eliza  Jane    (Williams).  388 
Eliza  Kate  (Jones),  335 
Eliza  Morsran,  ZZl 
Eliza  (Taylor).  208,  211,  264 


Index 


453 


Sherman  (Shearman,  Shereman,  Shir- 
man,  Schernuui,  Sharnian), 

Elizabeth,  2,  12,  27-31,  40,  41,  49- 
52,  60,  62,  64,  65,  72,  90-92, 
97,  98,  110-112,  117,  118,  126, 
129,  131-134,  141,  144,  146,  193, 
197,  205,  206,  215,  230,  244, 
254,  255,  359,  389,  390 

Elizabeth  Annie  (Warby),  358 

Elizabeth  B.,  246 

Elizabeth  Baldwin,  246-248,  299 

Elizabeth  (Betsey),  (Law),  239, 
284 

Elizabeth    (Bruce),  132 

Elizabeth  Charles  (Sprague),  323 

Elizabeth   (Chewte),  91 

Elizabeth   (Cutler),  132 

Elizabeth  (Gould),  220 

Elizabeth  Harriet,  406 

Elizabeth  (Hartwell),  150 

Elizabeth   (Lawton),  15 

Elizabeth,  Mrs.,  47,  150 

Elizabeth    (Mitchell),  221 

Elizabeth  Ripley,  259.  261 

Elizabeth  Seymour,  216 

Elizabeth   (Stoddard),  254 

Elizabeth  Whitman,  344 

Elizabeth   (Winship),  127 

Elizabeth  (Yaxley),  2,  31,  39,  67 

Ella,  246 

Ella  Elizabeth    (Pearce),  265 

Ellen  Minott,  216 

Ehrer  Ellsworth,  323 

Eloise  Hoyt,  319 

Emily  Balch,  357 

Emily   Pitkin,  218 

Emm,  221 

Emm    (Preston),  149 

Emma  (Moran),  322 

Ensigne,  119 

Epaphras,  Jones,  218 

Ephraim,  129.  130,  133 

Ester,  114,  115 

Ester  (Burges),  114 

Ester  (Hester),  115,  116 

Essleck,  Sheldon,  359 

Esther,  125,  127,  132 

Esther  Woodbridge  (Pitkin),  217 

Ethel,  341 

Ethel  Wynne,  341 

Ethel   Wynne    (Weatherly),  341 

Ethelyn  M.,  297 

Eugene  King,  265 

Eunice  (Howe),  131 

Eva  Margaret  (Humphreys),  363 

Ezechiell,  54,  75,  76,  79,  80 

Ezeckiell,  88,  92-94 


Sherman  (Shearman,  Shereman,  Shir- 
man,  Schernum,  Sharnian), 

Ezeckiell,  Sr.,  102 

Ezekiel,  78,  81,  102-104 

Ezekie),  75,  76 

Faith,  45,  46,  63-65,  69,  90 

Faith   (Lany),  19,  61,  64 

Fannie  Boynton,  338 

Faythe,  62 

Fidelia   (Fairchild),  15 

Florence  (Bagley),  218 

Florence  (Cooledge),  364 

Frances  Beecher,  326,  402 

Frances  Council,  319 

Frances  Louise  (Harris),  323 

Frances  Ritchie,  361 

Frances  Mary,  219 

Francis,  12,  22,  29,  30,  31,  37,  39, 

42,  45,  46,  48,  49,  50,  52,  65. 

66,  68-70,  72,  91 
Frank  Allen,  324 
Frank   Dempster,    5 
Frank  Dempster,  Prof.,  15,  16 
Frank  MiHon,  342 
Fraunces,  27,  28,  62,  63,  68 
Fred.  Seaman,  361 
Frederick,  248 
Frederick  Deming,  344 
Frederick  Deming,  Jr.,  344 
Frederick  Hobart,  298 
Frederick  R.,  191,  246,  249,  260, 

261 
Frederick  Roger,  247,  248 
Frederick  William,  297 
Gardiner,  256-258.  326 
George,  247-249,  298.  361 
George  Benedict,  389 
George  E.,  254 
George  Edward.  298,  361 
Gertrude  Mary,  343 
Gilbert,  12.  35.  42 
Grace.  14,  17.  85.  95.  98,  100,  103. 

106.  110,  111,  124.  129,  130 
Grace  (Blanchard),  297 
Grace    (Makin),  17.  98 
Grace   (Stevens).  106 
Gratia  (Allis).  130 
Hal  O'Brien.  341 
Hallybird.  342 
Hannah,  83,  86,  103,  104,  115,  117, 

134,  221 
Hannah  (Bulkley),  124 
Hannah    (Jones').  215 
Hannah  Lee,  325 
Hannah  Newbold  (Lawrence), 

217 
Harold,  218 


454 


Index 


Sherman  (Shearman,  Shereman,  Shir- 
man,  Scherman,  Sharman), 

Harold  Edward,  297 

Harriet,  220,  225,  230,  256,  257, 

263,  327 
Harriet  Amelia   (Benedict),  389 
Harriet  Eliza,  254 
Harry,  52,  78 
Hattie  Eliza,  336 
Hattie  Maria   (Warner),  319 
Hazel  Louise,  361 
Helen,  298 

Helen  Adelaide  (Wyman),  360 
Helen  Atwood,  361 
Helen   (Crocker),  336 
Helen  Deming,  191,  260,  343 
Helen  Hoyt,  325 
Helen  Louise  (Harsha),  405 
Helen  Mabel,  338 
Henriette    Townsend,    298 
Henry,  3,  9,  10,  16,  17,  24,  27-29, 

30,   35,   50,  51-53,  55-57,  59, 

60,  62,  67,  73-85,  87,  88,  92- 

91,    102,    105,   111,   113.   216, 

262,  335 
Henry  Aldrich,  342 
Henry  B.,  Rev.,  62 
Henry  Campbell,  298 
Henry  Deming,  343 
Henry,  Jr.,  58,  81,  93 
Henry,  Rev.,  231 
Henry  Roger,  216 
Henry  Roger,  Jr.,  217 
Henry,  Sr.,  58,  93 
Henry  Stoddard,  389 
Henry  Stoddard,  Jr.,  389 
Henrye,  54 
Hepsibah,    131 
Herbert  Augustus,  298,  358 
Herbert  Augustus,  Jr.,  358 
Hester,  107,  110,  114,  115,  126 
Howard,  210 
Howard  Roger,  211 
Hoyt,  319 
Hoyt,  Major,  324 
Hoyt  Tecumseh,  322 
Ichabod,  134 

Ida  Estelle  (Goodrich),  341 
Ida   (Seaman),  361 
Isaac,  129,  130,  192,  195-197,  199, 

202-205 
Isaac,  Lieut.-Col.,  200 
Isaac,  Major,  200 
Isabel    (Fuller),  71 
Isabel    (Wolcy),   12 
James,  11,  14.  15.  22,  25,  27-31,  42, 

43,  50,  51.  69,  70,  110,  114,  319 


Sherman  (Shearman,  Shereman,  Shir- 
man,  Scherman,  Sharman), 

James  Edward,  322 

James  Morgan,  336,  405,  406 

James,  Rev.,  llO 

James  Schoolcraft,  15 

James  Taylor,  262,  336 

James  Watson,  336 

Jane,  24,  26,  35,  51,  55,  87,  90, 
260,  326 

Jane  Elizabeth,  339 

Jane  Maria,  215 

Jane  Maria  (Erwin),  326 

Jane  Taylor,  262 

Jane  (Wall),  115 

Jane  (Waller),  4,  23,  31.  67 

Janet  Morrison  (Sheldon),  359 

Janet  Taylor,  264 

Jason,  129 

Jeames,  70 

Jeduthan,  129 

Jennet  (Taylor),  208,  260 

Jennie  Emma,  322 

Jennie  Klose  (Williams),  322 

Jerusha,  149 

Jessie,  341 

Jessie  Buchanan,  211 

Jessie   (Gordon),  258 

Jessie  Kate,  335 

Jessie  Luella  (Aspinwall),  338 

Jessie  Taylor,  338,  344 

Jessie  (Williamson),  260,  326 

Joan,  102,  105,  107 

Joan   (Makin),  17,  98,  105 

Joane,  113 

Joanna,  110 

Johan  (Jane),  10 

Johanne,  9,  34,  35 

Johannis,   108 

Jno.,  101,  122 

Jno.,  Capt.,  120 

Jone,  105 

John,  8,  9,  11,  12,  17-20,  22,  24, 
28-30,  34,  38,  40-46.  49-52,  54, 
58,  60,  62-64.  (^,  75.  76,  78, 
79,  81.  83,  85-91.  93,  96-98, 
100-106,  108-110,  113-119,  122, 
124,  125,  127-131,  134,  143, 
148,  192,  193,  195,  197,  199, 
223,  224,  226,  227,  246,  251, 
257,  258,  323,  390 

John  Austin,  257 

John  Bartlett,  325 

John  Beveridge,  341 

John.  Capt..  5.  13,  14.  17.  81,  86, 
102,  118,  120.  121,  156,  200, 
221,  225,  226,  234 


Index 


455 


Sherman  (Shearman,  Shereman,  Shir- 
man,  Scherman,  Sharman), 

John  Dempster,  15 

John  Harris,  323 

John,  Hon.,  323 

John  Howard,  210 

John,  Jr.,  237 

John,  Rev.,   13,  14,  17,  102,  108, 

110,  118,  198,  227,  256 
John  Rockwood,  Z2)7 
John  Roger,  260,  326 
John  S.,  249 
John  Scott,  341 
John  Staples,  247,  248,  249,  295 
John  Talcott,  338 
John  Taylor,  208,  260,  338,  342, 

344 
Jonas,   132 
Jonathan,   132 
tone,  85 
Joseph,   14,  97,  98,   101,   121-124, 

127,  129-132,  143,  156,  212 
Joseph  E.,  322 
Josiah,  140,  142,  144,  145,  157,  163, 

199,  213,  215 
Josiah,  Rev.,  145,  146,  212 
Juanita,  360 
Judge,  251 

Judith,  56,  59,  84,  85,  105,  125 
Judith   (Anger),  104 
Julia,  257 
Julia  Ann,  321 

Julia  Champion  (Deming),  342 
Julia  Florence    (Aldrich),  339 
Juliet    Mersereau    (Durand),    16 
Kate  Ford  (Rockwood),  ZZ7 
Kate  (Gwynne),  358 
Kate  Wendell,  297,  357 
Katharine,  218 
Katharine  (Locke),  364 
Katharine  (Winchester),  358 
Katherine  M.   (Daly),  219 
Kathryn  Alice,  338 
Lampson  Parker,  321 
Lampson  Parker,  Jr.,  323 
Laura  Caroline,  319 
Laura  H.,  254 
Laura  (Hubbell),  254 
Leila  Cooledge,  364 
Leila  Florence,  364 
Leila  Morse   (Willis),  342 
Leila  Willis,  342 
Leslie   (Whitman),  344 
Libbie  Susan  (Winans),  335 
Lida  Williams,  390 
Lily   (Buttner),  211 
Lizzie  Bell  (Cunnington),  323 


Sherman  (Shearman,  Shereman,  Shir- 
man,  Scherman,  Sharman), 

Louisa,  210 

Louisa  Jane   (Tamblingson),  210 

Louisa  Stephens,  299,  363 

Louise  Deming,  342 

Lucinda,  234,  279 

Lucy  McFarland,  15 

Lucy  (Whitney),  133 

Lulu  May,  322 

Lydia,   129-131,  207 

Lydia  (Merriam),  207 

Lydia  (Phillips),  132 

Lydia   (Wilcox),  15 

Mabel  Adele,  il2> 

Margaret,  10-12,  17,  27-29,  47,  50- 
53,  64,  66,  67,  81,  360 

Margaret  Gilmore   (Gormley), 
360 

Margaret  (Lane),  29 

Margaret    (McCarthy),  364 

Margaret  Sarah  Cecelia  (Stew- 
art), 323 

Margaret  Scott,  208,  261 

Margarett,  27,  62 

Margerie,  27,  28 

Margery,  20-22,  30,  43,  53 

Margery  (Gaymore),  69 

Margerye,  54,  55 

Maria,  225,  227,  257,  326,  329 

Maria  Augusta  (Hewitt),  264 

Maria  Elizabeth  (Stephens),  249, 
299 

Maria  Ewing,  398 

Marian,  52 

Marian   (Whiting),  49 

Marie,  27,  49,  69,  70,  91 

Marina,   41 

Marion,  52 

Marion   (Wilson),  53 

Marjorie,  219 

Marjorie  Wellington  (Treat), 
218 

Mark,  125 

Martha,  94-97,  101,  103,  104,  106, 
112,  120,  122,  127,  131-133, 
153,  193,  196,  207,  213,  246, 
248,  252,  253,  294 

Martha  Ann  (Watson),  335 

Martha   Elizabeth,   406 

Martha   Esther    (Williams),  217 

Martha   Evelina    (Tucker),  406 

Martha   (Denison),  231 

Martha    (Minot),  212 

Martha  Nesbitt,  406 

Martha  (Palmer),  120 

Martha  Stella  (Miles),  219 


456 


Index 


Sherman  (Shearman,  Shereman,  Shir- 
man,  Schtrman,  hharmau), 

Martha    (Stevens),  103 

Martha  White,  298,  362 

Mary,  3,  15,  40,  44,  46,  47,  60,  66, 
71,  72,  79,  81,  83,  86,  87,  91, 
92,  94-97,  101-104,  107,  108- 
110,  113,  115,  123,  125,  129, 
131,  132-134,   149,  215 

Mary  A.   (Gitchell),  322 

Mary  Ann  (Babcock),  231 

Mary  Ann  (Evans),  258 

Mary    (Bullen),  129 

Mary  E.   (O'Neil),  360 

Mary  EHza,  258 

Mary   Eliza    (French),   405 

Mary  Elizabeth,  319,  320,  322, 
391,  399 

Mary  Florence,  218 

Mary  Frances,  218 

Mary  (Freeman),  106 

Mary  French,  406 

Mary    (Guydat),  65 

Mary  (Hoyt),  318,  388 

Mary  Inman  (Drake),  218 

Mary  Jane    (MilHken),  249,  298 

Mary  (Knowles),  134 

Mary    (Lascelles),  89 

Mary  Livermore,  133 

Mary  Louise  (Rothschild),  218 

Mary   (Launce),  109 

Mary   (Mitchell),   124 

Mary  Moore   (Ogden),  258 

Mary  (Phippeny),  125 

Mary   (Robbins),  124 

Mary    Stewart,    324 

Mary  (Titherton),  124 

Mary  (Walker),  110 

Mary  (Whipple)  Winchester,  130 

Marye,  27 

Matthew,  124.  149 

Mehetabe,    140 

Mehetabcl,  138,  144,  145,  155,  158, 
193,  197,  206,  250,  251 

Mehetable,  145,  157,   158,  170 

Mercy,  110 

Mercy  (Wheeler),  125 

Milicent,  133 

Millicent,  90 

Milton  Andrew,  341 

Mindwell  (Taylor),  221 

Minnie  Belle,  322 

Minnie  Edith,  323 

Minott,  213 

Molly  (Hill),  131 

Moses,  131 

Mrs.,  6 


Sherman  (Shearman,  Shereman,  Shir- 
man,  Scherman,  Sharman), 

Nancy,  227,  234,  266 

Nancy,  Mrs.,  226 

Nancy   (Tucker),  222,  226 

Nathanael,   141 

Nathaniel,  75,  78,  79,  81,  85,  94, 

95,  97,  98,  114-117,  125,  128, 

133,   140,   142,  144,  145,  157, 

163,  207 
Nathaniel,  Col.,   133 
Nathaniel,  Rev.,  146,  207 
Nathaniell,  54 
Nellie,  340 
Nicholas,  12,  29,  46,  47,  50-52,  66, 

69,  71-73 
Norton,  126 
Oliver,  154,  193,  196,  197,  205-207, 

246,  248,  251 
Outram  Willett,  359 
Paul  Hatheway,  261 
Peleg,  15 
Persis,  131 
Phebe,  54,  79,  97 
Philemon  Tecumseh,  400 
Philip,  13,  15,  95 
Philip,  Hon.,  14,  15 
Philipp,  94 
Phillipp,  94 
Phillippa,  93 
Polly  (Stearns),  133 
Priscilla,  112,  113 
Priscilla  (Anger),  97 
Priscilla   (Burges),  113 
Priske.  115 
Prudence,  134 
R.,  161,  162 
Rachel,  103 

Rachel    (Alefounder),   102 
Rachel  Ewing,  400 
Rebecca,   133,  140,  146,  151,  193, 

195,   196,  206,  207,   243,  244, 

245,  250,  251 
Rebecca  A.,  Mrs.,  222 
Rebecca  (Austin),  222,  231 
Rebecca  (Cutler),  135 
Rebecca  (Minot),  150 
Rebecca,  Mrs.,  148 
Rebecca  (Phippeny),  125 
Rebecca  (Prescott),  152,  197 
Rebecca  (Rebekah)  Prescott,  150 
Rebeka.  135 
Rebekah,  142,  144,  151,  153,  192, 

248 
Rebekah  (Prescott),  197 
Reginald  Palgrave.  297,  358 
Rhesa  Howard,  208 


Index 


457 


Sherman  (Shearman,  Shereman,  Shir- 
man,  Scherman,  Sharman(, 

Richard,  2,  9,  11,  13,  17,  24,  27- 
29,  30,  41,  51,  54,  60,  62-64, 
69,  71,  74,  83-85,  87,  88,  99, 
100,  102,  108,  111,  112,  114, 
115,  119,  217 

Richard  Buck,  299,  363 

Richard  Buck,  Jr.,  364 

Robart,  27 

Robert,  9,  10,  11,  17,  29,  40,  46, 
47,  48,  50,  51,  55,  56,  57,  58, 
60,  61,  66,  69,  85,  87,  88,  89, 
92,  103,  249 

Robert,  Dr.,  87,  88,  93 

Robert  Taylor,  264 

Roger,  9,  12,  14,  138,  140-146,  148, 
149-153,  155-159,  160,  162-165, 
167,  168,  171,  174,  176,  177, 
181,  183-185,  189,  190,  192- 
199,  205,  206,  218,  220,  226, 
237,  244-250,  253,  260,  266, 
298,  319,  358,  360,  405 

Roger  Andrew,  342 

Roger,  Esq.,  143,  150,  151,  163, 
167,  206,  223,  224,  237,  250 

Roger,  Hon.,  8,  14,  142,  146,  147, 
149,  154,  166,  180,  191,  192, 
194,  196,  197,  200,  219,  225, 
226,  238,  251,  360 

Roger,  Hon.,  Esq.,  180,  202,  204, 
251 

Roger,  Jr.,  198,  251,  360,  405 

Roger  3rd,  360 

Roger  Minot,  217,  218 

Roger  Minott,  218 

Roger  Minott,  Hon.,  219 

Roger  Minott,  Judge,  14 

Roger,  Mrs.,  152 

Roger  Staples,  364 

Roger  Wellington,  297 

Rose  Standish,  297 

Rosamond,  359 

Ruth,  143,  144,  145 

Ruth  R,  132 

Ruth  Hatheway,  261 

Ruth  (Brewster),  15 

Ruth  Burnham,  217 

Ruth    (Terrill),  142 

Samuel,  13,  15,  54,  77-80,  83,  85, 
86,  93,  95,  97,  105,  108,  110- 
111,  114,  115,  117,  125,  129, 
131,  132,  134,  198 

Samuel,  Hon.,  14,  111,  124 

Samuel,   Jr.,   149 

Samuel  Perkins,  257 

Sara.  54.  114 


Sherman  (Shearman,  Shereman,  Shir- 
man,  Scherman,  Sharmaii), 

Sara   Elvira    (Moulton),   324 

Sara  (Mitchell),  96 

Sarah,  83,  86,  95,  96,  101,  118,  124- 

125,   131,   133,   134,   152,   153, 

193,  196,  207,  221,  248,  253 
Sarah   (Kimball),  131 
Sarah  (Law),  234,  235 
Sarah  Milliken,  298 
Sarah  Moulton,  324 
Sarah  Odding,  15,  95 
Sarah    (Parkhurst),   131 
Sarah  (Perham),  129 
Sarah  Rathbone,  389 
Sarah  Williams,  217 
Sibbell  (Grey),  68 
Sibyl   (Grey),  37 
Sophia,  247,  248,  296 
Sophia   (Connell),  319 
Sophia  (Dodgeson),  339 
Sophia  (Staples),  260 
Stebbing,   104 

Stephen  L'Hommedieu,  322 
Susan,  74.  7S   78-80.  83.  86,  9,^.  ^'4, 

96,  97,  103,  104,  118,  246,  248, 

249 
Susan  Denman,  324,  400 
Susan  Eliza,  298 
Susan  Elizabeth,  360 
Susan  (Lawrence),  73,  97 
Susan  Rebecca  (Lawson),  322 
Susan  Staples,  296 
Susane,  114 
Susanna,  126,  127,  134 
Susannah,  215,  246-249 
Susannah  (Hardy),  124 
Susannah   (Staples),  246,  247 
Suzan,  77 
Svbill,  27 
Sylvia,  219 
Taylor,  221,  254 
Tecumseh  Parker,  322 
Thaddeus,  207,  208 
Thaddeus,  Jr.,  208 
Thankful,   130 
Thankful   (Temple),  130 
Theophilus,  124 
Tho.,  18 
Thomas.  2,  6,  8-50.  52,  57,  60,  62- 

67,  69-71,  90,  91 
Thomas  Ewing,  Rev.,  399 
Thomas,  Jr.,  2,  35.  Z7,  42 
Thomas,  Sr.,  35,  39 
Thomas  T.,  192,  194 
Thomas  Townsend,  297.  356 
Thomas  West,  Gen.,  15 


458 


Index 


Sherman  (Shearman,  Shereman,  Shir- 
man,  Schennan,  Sharman), 

Thomasin,  71,  72 
Thomasine,  51 
Thomasine    (Brooke),  71 
Timothy,    132 
Ursalye,  85 
Ursula,  113 
Vera,  360 
Vinton,  298,  359 
Walter,  266 
Walter  Minot,  219 
Walter  Rothschild,  219 
William,  8-15,  17,  19,  21,  24,  27, 
28,  30,  41-46,  48,  49,  52,  61-66, 
69,  89,  104,  112,  133-139,  141- 
144,    146,    154-159,    162,    163, 
193,  197,  235,  237-254 
William    Gould,    220 
William,  Jr.,  237,  238 
William,  Lieut.,  200,  234 
William  Prescott.  364 
William  Tecumseh,  323 
William  Tecumseh,  Gen.,  14,  321, 

397 
William  Tecumseh,  Jr.,  399 
William  Watt,  266 
Willis   Wellington,  298 
Winchester,  359 
Sherman  &  Carpenter,  156 
Sherwood,  Clara  Bell,  259 

Eunice    (Allen)    Miner,  259 
_  John,  259 
Shissler,  Louis,  286 

Rose    (Porter),  286 
Sarah   Humes   Porter,  286 
Shumway.  Ellen   (Gould),  329 
Shute,  Abraham  Lincoln.   Rev.,  339 
Clarence   William,   339 
Harold  James,  339 
Lewis  Haney,  339 
Lewis   Parkes,  339 
Lucinda  (Foot),  339 
Nelly    (Hanev),  339 
Olin    Yates,  "339 
Vivian   Lizzie,    339 
Zelma  Luella,  339 
Sickles.  Amos,  289 

Edmund  Southwick,  289 

Maria  Goodrich  (Van  Der  Kar), 

289 
Marian   Scott,  289 
Mary  Frances  (Sherman),  289 
Siedler,  Augusta  Julia  (White),  354 
Charles,   355 
Cora  Elizabeth,  355 
Franklin,  355 


Siedler,  George  Joseph,   354 

Julia    (Franklin),   355 
Silliman,  Martha   (Mitchell),  213 

Elizabeth  Leeds,  213 

Joseph,  213 

Joseph,  Dr.,  213 

Patty    (Leeds),  213 
Simpson,  Arthur  Monroe,  401 

Carrie  Hall   (Bartley),  401 

Harry    Lee,   401 

Isabella,  109 

James   Munroe,  275 

Lydia  Ann,  275 

Lydia  Ann  (Whittle),  275,  276 

Mattie  Fish   (Bonnell),  401 

Roger   Monroe,  402 

Ruth  Bartley,  401 

Sydrach,    Rev.,    109 
Skinner,  Catherine  Thorp  (Perry), 
239 

Chloe,  195,  196 

Chloe  (Sherman),  239 

Eliza   de   Forest,  241 

Elizabeth  Chloe,  242 

Fred  Emery,  240 

Frederick  Downer,  240 

Helen  (Corning),  239 

Jane  Wakeman,  242 

John,  239 

John,  Dr.,  239 

John  Edward,  240 

John   Winthrop,   243 

Kathnriiie  de  Forest,  240 

Lena  Mabel,  240 

Leonard  Wales,  241,  242 

Mary  de  Forest,  241 

Mary   Lockwood,   240 

Mary  Lockwood   (De  Forest), 
239 

Mary  Sherman,  241 

Nina  Dell   (Wilson),  240 

Phebe    (Smith),   240 

Phoebe  Elizabeth,  240 

Roger   Sherman,  239 

Sarah    (Kennedy),  239 

William  Perry,  239 

William  Thomas,  240 

William  Wheeler,  242 

Vera   Corning,  239 
Sloane,  Eliza  Taylor  (Sherman),  264 

Elizabeth,   264 

Jessie  Sherman,  264 

John,  264 

John  Kenneth,  264 

Maria,  264 
Smith,  Aletta,  217 

Alexander  Irvin,  355 


Index 


459 


Smith,  Alice  Chase,  262 

Alice    Gates    (tiouiell)    (Ladd), 

368 
Anna,  85 
Anne,  48,  86 
Annie    (Dickinson),  355 
Annie    Moncrief    (Kinmonth), 

368 
Augustine  Coleman,  355 

Catharine  Moore    (Ballou),  209 

Charles  Sherman,  262 

Daniel,  86,  100,  101,  119 

Dorothea  Dunlap,  410 

Edward  Henry,  240 

E.   Fayette,   Dr.,  368 

Elizabeth,  47,  101 

Elizabeth   (Rogers),  86,  100,  119 

Dunlap,  410 

Foster  Waldo,  209 

Granville  Byam,  355 

Hamlin  Dunlap,  410 

Hannah    (Bettle),  240 

Harriet  Dean  (Klower),  410 

Harriet  (Hendrickson),  217 

H.  A.  Hammond,  190 

James  Morven,  Dr.,  262 

Jane  Taylor    (Sherman),  262 

Malcolm   Kinmonth,  Dr.,  368 

Margaret  Coleman,  355 

Marian    (Baldwin),  410 

Mary  Proudfit   (Irvin),  355 

Mr.,  199 

Nathan,  Dr.,  262 

Perry  Dunlap,  410 

Phebe,   240 

Priscilla    (Sherman),    112 

Richard  H.,  217 

Susan  M.,  227 

William,   112 

William  Watt,  262 
Smythe,  Mr.,  62 
Soule,  Charles  Starrett.  267 

Elizabeth   (Levensaler),  267 

George  Everett,  267 

Greenwood   Everett,  267 

Juliette  (Etta)   (Follansbee),  267 

Louise  Greenwood,  267 
Soverhill.   Anna   Gertrude    (Porter), 
338 

Edith  Louise,  338 

Sanford,  338 
Spall.  Mary,  112 

Thomas,   112 
Sparhawke,   Annah,  85 

Lewis,  59 

Marv,  84 

Nathaniel,  84 


Spaule,  Elizabeth,  112 

Spawle,   Alice    (Sherman),   112 

Elizabeth,   111,   112 

Mary,  111,  112 

Mary    (Gutteridge),   112 

Thomas,    112 
Speyer  &  Co.,  376 
Spies,   Adam   William,  300 

Mary,  300 

Sarah   Ann    (Morrison),   300 
Sprague,   Charles  Dillon,  323 

Elizabeth  Charles,  323 

Elizabeth    (De  Pue),  323 
Spurr,  Mary  Augusta   (Lamb),  317 

Mary  Louisa,  317 

Samuel  Danforth,  317 
Staly,  Robert,  61 
Standish,  Alexander,  246 

Barbara,  246 

Ebenezer,  246 

Hannah,  246 

Hannah    (Sturtevant),  246 

Myles,   Capt.,  246 

Sarah  (Alden),  246 
Staples,   Hannah    (Standish),  246 

John,  260 

John,  Rev.,  246,  247,  248 

Seth,  Deacon,  246 

Sophia,  260 

Susannah,  246,  247,  248 

Susannah,  Mrs.,  248 

Susannah   (Perkins),  246,  260 
Stearns,  Polly,  133 
Stephens,  ,  102,   133 

Eliza    (Went),   299 

Elizabeth    (Sherman),    133 

Jacob,    133 

Maria  Klizabeth,  249,  299 

Martha   (Sherman),  133 

Resolvert,   249,   299 
Stetson,  Charles  Augustus,  381 

Josephine    (Brick),  381 

Margaret  Allen,  381 
Stevens,   George   Cook,  280 

Georgiana,  280 

Henry,   199 

Jessie  Buchanan  (Sherman),  211 

Joseph  Tilton,  211 

Mary  (Ayer),  280 

Mary  Jodrell   (Lowndes),  211 

Richard  Garth,  211 

Robert,  103 
Stevenson,  Elizabeth  Brandt,  296 

Josephine  Agnes.  296 

Walter  Elwood,  296 
Stewart,  James,  Hon..  323 

Margaret  Sarah  Cecelia,  323 


460 


I  NDEX 


Stiles.  Ezra,   181 

President,   166,  181 
Stimson,  Candace  (Wheeler),  352 

Henry  Lewis,  352 

Lewis  Atterbury,  352 

Mabel  Wellington  (White),  352 
Stockman,   Frances   Adelaide    (Le- 
land),  263 

Marion  Adelaide,  263 

Thomas  Moody,  263 
Stoddard,   Anthony,    Rev.,   134 

Arabella,  227 

Charlotte    (Colfax),  227 

Elizabeth,  254 

Elizabeth   (Reade),  254 

Israel,   254 

Mary   (Sherman),  134 

Ralph,  227 
Stokes,  Anson  Phelps,  394 

Ethel   Phelps,  395 

Helen  L.   (Phelps),  394 
Stone,  Benajah,  159 

Benjamin,  148 

Christopher,  56 

Daniel,   155 

Elizabeth  (Hartwell),  148 

Helen  Marguerite,  334 

John,   58 

Lydia,   123 

Mary  Marguerite  (Gatewood), 
334 

Rachel,  148 

Robert  James,  334 

Samuel,  155 

Samuel,  Deacon,  123 

Sarah   (Stearns),  123 
Stoneback.   Edith   Elizabeth,  401 

Enos  H.,  401 

Fannie   (Eckert),  401 
Storer,  Elizabeth  Hoar,  315 

Elizabeth   Winslow,  315 

Emily  Francis    (Williams),  315 

Helen  Langdon,  315 

Margaret  (Boyd),  314 

Margaret  Woodbury,  315 

Robert  Boyd.  253.  314.  315 

Sarah  Frances,  152,  315 

Sarah  Sherman  (Hoar),  253,  314 

William  Brandt.  314 

Woodbury.  314 
Storev.  Moorfield.  314 
Storrs.  Ida.  330 

Laura    (Tones),    330 

William   H.,  330 
Stoughton.  Ada  Ripley  (Hooper), 
354 

Charles  Bradley,  354 


Stoughton,  Laura,  354 
Stover,  Charles  Clark,  273 

Charles  Clark,  Jr.,  273 

Charles  Moody,  273 

Elna  Sherman  (Bridgham),  273 

Josephine  E.    (Clark),  273 

Roger  Mackintosh,  274 
Strathern,    Agnes    Hastie,   274 

Margaret  (Hastie),  274 

William,  274 
Streeter.  Daniel  Willard,  286 

Fannie  Demarest  (Chamberlain), 
286 

Gertrude  Van  Dolfsen  (Nor- 
ton), 286 

Henry  Benjamin,  286 

Porter  Norton,  286 
Streuli,    Caroline   Frederica,  373 

Frederica  Michelle  Dwyer 
(Hooper).  Z72, 

Hermann  Alfred,  Z7Z 
Stringham,  Eliza  (Tomlinson),  383 

Harriet   Day,   383 

Henry,  383 

Irving,   383 

Martha   Sherman,  383 

Martha  Sherman  (Day),  383 

Roland  Irving,  383 

Washington  Irving,  Prof.,  383 
Strong.  Allan  Kellogg,  209 

Cora  May   (Kellogg),  209 

Edward,  Rev.,  208,  263 

Edward   Sherman,   209 

Harriet,  264 

Harriet   Deming,   208.  263 

Harriet  (Wright),  208,  263 

Margaret  Scott    (Sherman),  208 

Professor,   164 

Rose  Posse,  209 

William  Lightbourne,  Rev.,  208, 
263 

William  Thaddeus,  209         ,    . 
Sturges,  Jonathan,  Esq..  167 
Sturgis,   Edward,  Jr.,  297        ' 

Temperance  (Gorham),  297, 
Sturtevant,  Hannah,  246 

Mercy,  246 

Samuel,  Deacon,  246 
Sutton.  Alfred  Edward,  309 

Alfred  Edward,  Jr.,  310 

Anna  Campbell    (Bacon),  309 

Helen   Campbell.  309 

Martha  Sherman  (Tracy).  309 

Thomas,  309 
Swain.  Grace  Agnes.  273 

Frances   Pauline   (Gordon),  273 

Josiah  Sanborn,  273 


I  NDEX 


461 


Swan,  Gershon,  121 
Swannes,  John,  100 
Sweetman,  Elizabeth,  135 

Isabel,   135 

Thomas,  135 
Swuriburn,  Christian,  97 
Symnell,  Ricam,  56 
Symonds,  Robert,  72 

Samuel,  120 

Talmage,  Edmund,  42 

Mary  Van  Winkle  (Ketcham), 
242 

Thomas  Hunt,  242 
Tamblingson,   Louisa  Jane,  210 

Mary    (Dodridge),  210 

Thomas,  210 
Taylor,  Caroline   (Sherman),  257 

Charles,  257 

Claudine,    319 

Dr.,  7Z 

Eliza,  208 

Elizabeth  M.,  257 

Hannah    (Benedict),  221 

Helen  M.     Butler,  296 

Isaac,  173 

Jennet,  260 

John,  208,  257,  260,  296 

Katherine    (Messinger),  320 

Margaret,  296,  356 

Margaret   (Scott),  208,  257,  260, 
296 

Mindwell,  221 

Mr.,  296 

Nathan,  221 

Nathaniel  W.,  Doct.,  Rev.,  248 

Nathaniel,  Rev.,  160,  200,  205, 
222,  234 

Nathaniel  W..  Rev.,  296 

Nathl.,  159,  160 

R.  L.,  249 

Robert,  296 

Robert  Lenox.  247,  248,  296 

R.  Samuel,  320 

Scott,  257 

Sophia,  249 

Sophia    (Sherman),  247,  248, 
296 

Susan  Sherman,  296,  355 
Temple,  Isaac,  130 

Martha  (Toslyn),  130 

Thankful,'  130 
Teninty.  Elizabeth,  232 

Katharine,  232 

Lawrence,  232 
Terril,  Gamaliel,  158 


Terrill,  Elizabeth  (Sherman),  134 

Lois,  144,  145 

Nathan,  142 

Roger,  134 

Ruth,  142 

Ruth  (Buck),  143 
Tevis,  Clara  (Garrett),  371 

Helen  Reese,  392 

Kate  Evans    (Reese),  392 

Marshall,  371 

May,  371 

Rush,  392 
Thacher,  Alfred  Beaumont,  299 

Ann    (Parks),  299 

Anson  Stiles,  364 

Edith,  365 

Edward  Stanley,  299 

Eliza  Seely   (Blake),  364 

Elizabeth,  300,  364,  365 

Elizabeth  Baldwin  (Sherman), 
247,  299 

Elizabeth   (Day),  252,  299,  408 

Emily  Baldwin  (Foster),  346,     « 
408 

Ethel   (Anderson),  408 

George,  300 

George  Blake,  364 

Harriet  Janet,  365 

Helen    Sherman,  365 

Henrietta  Foster,  408 

Henry  Clarke,  408 

Hilda    (Blumer),  365 

James  Kingsley,  299,  346,  408 

John,  299 

John  Seymour,  Dr.,  299 

Josephine   Longworth   Anderson, 
408 

Mrs.,  299 

Oxenbridge,  137 

Peter,  299 

Prof.,  299 

Ralph,  299 

Roger  Blumer,  365 

Sherman  Day,  300,  364 

Sherman  Day,  Jr.,  365 

Thomas,  299 

Thomas  Anthony,  247,  252,  408 

Thomas  Anthonv.  Prof.,  299,  407 

Thomas,   Rev.,  299 

William   Lamed,   300.   365 
Thackara,   Alexander   Montgomery, 
399 

Alexander  Montgomery,  Jr.,  399 

Benjamin,  399 

Cecil   (DufFin),  399 

Eleanor  Mary    (Sherman),  399 

Eleanor  Sherman,  4(X) 


462 


I  NDEX 


Thackara,  Lucy  Marcel,  399 

James  Justin,  399 

Mary,  399 

Mary  Elizabeth,  399 

William  Tecumseh  Sherman,  399 
Thayer,  Chloe,  130 

James,  235 
Thomas,    Alfred    Addison,    379 

Edward  Clifford  Perkins,  379 

Frances  Bruen,  379 

Jennie    (Head),  379 

Joan  Head,  379 

Mary  Ann  Davenport  (Perkins), 
378 

Thomas   Head,  378,  379 
Thompson,  Anne,  365 

Ann    (Shannon),  365 

Cecelia  Maria   (Vail),  234 

Charles,  213 

Charles  Arnold,  2nd,  365 

Charles  Chauncey,  213 

Elizabeth    (Mitchell),  213 

Hezekiah,  213 

Josiah,  234 

Josiah,  Jr.,  234 

Josiah,   Sr.,  231 

Lydia    (Bacon),  213 

Nancy    (Wood),  234 

Sarah  Rebecca   (Vail),  231 

Thorndike,  Anna,  400 

Martha,  400 

Martha  Eliza   (Abbott),  400 

Paul,  400 

Rachel  Ewing  (Sherman),  400 

William,  Dr.,  400 

William  Tecumseh  Sherman,  400 
Thorolde,  John,  31 

Margaret,  31 
Thorpe,  Ann,  280 

Eliphalet,  280 

Ruth  (Fenno),  280 
Tice,  Adaline  Chrissie  (Young),  304 

Charlotte  Katharine,  304 

John  Gregg,  304 
Tillie,  Elizabeth,  297 

John,  297 
Tilton,  Theodore,  310 
Tippet,  Reved  H.,  249 
Tomlinson,  Almira  (Adams),  333 

Dorothy,  333 

Frederick  William,  333 

Sophia  Apolina    (Jones),  333 

Thomas,   333 
Torold,  Simon,  34 
Toulson,  Jane,  51 

Jane  (Sherman),  50,  51 

Robert,  50,  51 


Towne,  Sarah  (Sherman),  131 

William,    131 
Towner,   Mary,   146 
Townsend,   Britton,   358 

Catharnie  Augusia,  296 

Catherine  Augusta,  249 

Catherine  Wendell    (Davis),  297 

David,  Dr.,  297 

Doctor,  249 

Edward   Britton,   297,  357 

Elizabeth    (Davis),  297 

Ellen  Eliza  (Britton),  357 

Kate  Wendell  (Sherman),  297, 

357 
Katharine  Wendell,  357 
Prescott,   357 
Solomon  Davis,  297 
Solomon  Davis,  Dr.,  296,  297 
Wendell,  357 
William   Edward,  357 

Towson,  Carrie  Amanda,  307 

Charles  Jackson,  307 

Gladys   (Greene),  307 

Travis  Jackson,  307 
Tracy,  Ann  Hoar,  374 

Anna,  308 

Caroline  Fredf  rica  (Streuli),  373 

Caroline  Weed,  308 

Catherine  Jay,  309 

Charles  Walker,  309 

Ebenezer  Carter,  307 

Ebenezer  Carter,  Rev.,  252,  307 

Edith  Ann  (Jackson),  374 

Edith  Hastings,  374 

Emily  Baldwin,  373 

Evarts,    373 

Howard  Crosby,  373 

Jeremiah  Evarts.  304,  307,  372 

John  Evarts,  309 

John  Jay,  308 

Joseph,  307 

Margaret  Louisa,  373 

Margaret  Standish,  308 

Martha,   374 

Martha  Day,  307 

Martha  Sherman,  309 

Martha   Sherman    (Evarts),  252, 
307 

Martha  Sherman    (Greene),  304, 
372 

Mary  Elizabeth    (Atkinson).  310 

Mary  Elizabeth   (Durkee),  309 

Mary  Evarts,  373 

Mary  Harris,  309 

Minervn  l^iniTham  (Lamson),  373 

Minnie  Lee,  310 


Index 


463 


Tracy,   Robert  Jackson,  374 

Robert  Storer,  ZTZ 

Roger  Sherman,  308,  310 

Ruth  (Carter),  307 

Sarah  Jane  (Moore),  308 

William  Carter,  308 

William  Evarts,  374 
Tracy  &  Swartwout,  Z7Z 
Treadwell,  John,   172 
Treat,  Charles  Payson,  218 

John,  156 

Marjorie  Wellington,  218 

Sarah  Hale   (Wellington),  218 
Trowbridge,  Alexander  Buel,  343 

Alexander  Buel,  Jr.,  343 

Alice,  343 

Gertrude  Mary   (Sherman),  343 

Julia  Maria   (Buel),  343 

Luther  Stephen,  Maj.  Gen.,  343 

Sherman,  343 

Stephen  Van  Rensselaer,  343 
Trumbull, ,  190,  191 

Ann  Eliza   (Smith),  229 

Gov.,  200 

Harriet,  229 

John,  Col.,  190 

John  Franklin,  229 
Tryon,  Jennie  Emma  (Sherman),  322 

Mary  Elizabeth,  322 

Sherman  Merrill,  322 

Sylvester,  322 

Victor  Hammond,  322 

William   Merrill,   Dr.,   322 
Tucker,  Joseph.  137,  155,  222 

Mnrtha  Ann  (Nesbitt),  406 

Martha  Evelina,  406 

Mary    (Dana),   222 

Nancy,  222 

William   Stringham   Snyder,  406 
Turrill,  Elizabeth   (Buck),  146 

Hannah    (Buck),  146 

Jared,  146 

John,   146 
Turrold,  John,  34 
Turveye,  Robto,  28 
Tuthill,  Alice   (Sherman),  12 

Clement,    12 
Tuttle,  Albert  Henry,  403 

Clara,  403 

David,   272 

Eliza  Jane,  272 

Kate   (Austin),  402,  403 

Patty   (Smith).  272 
Tweed,  Charles  Harrison,  312,  Z76 

Eleanor,  377 

Eleanor  (Roelker),  Z77 

Harrison,  377 


Tweed,  Helen,  376 

Helen  Minerva   (Evarts),  312 
Huldah  Ann  (Pond),  376 
Mary  Winthrop,  Z77 
Katharine  Wmihrop,  377 
Max,  Z77 

Tybbenham,   William,    18 

Tylor,  Robert  Altrop,  61 

Tyrell,    Thomas,    37  ^ 

Upcher,   Michael,  59 

Richard,  81 
Uppcheire,  John,  94 

Vaiden,  Cora  Bowne   (Ross),  265 

Dorothy  Langhorne,  265 

John  Langhorne,  265 

Marion  (Langhorne),  265 

William   Jacob,  265 
Vail,  Carleton  McCulioch,  233 

Cecile,    233 

Cecilia  Maria,  234 

Edith   Winifred,  233 

Hannah  (Horton),  231 

Harriet  Louisa.  233 

Henry  Bloss,  233 

Henry  Hobart,  411        ^— — 

Henry  Sherman,  233 

Isaiah,   231 

James,  233 

James   Edward   Holton,  234 

James  Wellington,  231 

Jennie  Cornelia    (McCulioch), 
233 

Julia  Frances,  234 

Katherine  Lewis,  233 

Lindamira  (Jackson),  231 

Malcolm  Denison,  233 

Margaret  Fielding    (Nye),  233 

Martha  Sherman,  232 

Mary   Catherine,  411 

Mary  Glenn    (Bloss),  233 

Minerva  Elizabeth    (Hewitt), 
410 

Rebecca  Austin    (Sherman),  231 

Roger  Sherman,  233 

Roger  Sherman,  Jr.,  233 

Sarah   Rebecca,  231 

Winifred    (Case),  233 
Van  Bergen,  Alice,  356 

Anthony,  356 

Anthony  Harry,  356 

Edith,    356 

Ethel    (Irvin),  355 

Harry  Anthony,  355 

Julia   (Pierson),  356 

Suzanne  Ethel,  356 


464 


Index 


Van  Buren,  Elizabeth  Ann,  354 

Elvira  Lynch  (Aymar),  354 

John  Dash,  354 
Vancleve,  Cornelia,  300 

Elizabeth    (Coates),  300 

John  Wright,  300 
Van  Derkar,  Angelina  Darling,  288 

Arthur  Leicester,  288 

Caroline  Phelps,  287 

Charles   Phelps,  287 

Dorothy   Rae,  288 

Eleanor,   288 

Eliza  Scott   (Jerman),  288 

Elizabeth    (Murray),  287 

Ethel  (Harriman),287 

Ethel  Phelps,  287 

Leicester  Phelps,  287 

Mildred  Elizabeth,  288 

Theodore,  288 

Wessell    Smith,  288 
Van  Der  Kar,  Caroline  Adele  (Fish), 
288 

Caroline   Jackson    (Phelps),  287 

Franklin  Olcott,  288,  289 

Ida  (Chrisler),  288 

Jean   Davis,  289 

Leonard,  287,  289 

Lucy  Winifred   (Chase),  288 

Maria  Goodrich,  289 

Maria   (Vanderwerken),  287 

Mary  Ruth  (Davis),  289 

Paul  Chase,  288 

Paul  Nathan,  289 

Philip  Fish,  289 

Roger  Sherman,  289 

Theodora,  288 

Theodore,  288 

Theodore  Carrison,  289 

Thomas,  287 
Van  Ingen,  Hannah,  216 

James,   215 

James  Wilson,  216 

Jane  Maria  (Sherman),  215 

John  Finley,  216 

Josiah,  216 

Philip   Schuyler,  215 

Regina    (Vergara),  216 
Van  Nest,  Abraham  Rynier,  356 

Alexander  Thompson,  296,  356 

Margaret   (Taylor),  296,  356 

Mary  Alice,  356 

Mary  (Thompson),  356 
Van   Patten,  Edna,  396 

Lucy    (Kreinberg),  396 

Woodman  Kimball,  396 
Varnum,  James  Mitchell,  174 


Vaughan,  Charlotte   (Baucher),  301 

Mary,  301 

Richard,  301 
Veazie,  Agnes  Margaret   (Greene), 
369 

Arthur  Lyle,  369 

Edmund  Arthur,  369 

Edmund  Fuller,  369 

Emily  Agnes,  369 

Grace  Ellen,  369 

Harriet    (Lyle),  369 
Vergara,  Regina,  216 
Verplanck,  Edward  Fenno,  359 

Rosamond    (Sherman),  359 

Virginia  Eliza  (Everett),  359 

William  Edward,  359 
Vesye,  Richard,  81 
Vincent,   Elizabeth,   126 

Elizabeth    (Sherman),   126 

Henry,   126 
Vinton,  Alexander  Hamilton,   Rev., 
296 

Revd.,    249 
Vose,  Kate  Gage,  217 

Wace   (Wase),  Thomas,  33,  35,  57 
Wadleigh,   Ann   Maria    (Putnam), 
385 

Bainbridge,  Hon.,  385 

Helen  Putnam,  385 
Wadsworth,  Charles  David,  376 

Charles  Harrison,  377 

Clara,  377 

Clara  Lewinia   (Blanchard),  376 

Colo.,  224 

Helen  Minerva,  376 

Helen   (Tweed),  376 

James,   175 

William,  376 

William  Blanchard,  376 
Wainwright,  Phebe,  146 
Wakefield,  Caroline  Huldah   (Kings- 
bury), 385 

Enoch  HemingAvay,  385 

Grace,  384,  385 
Wakeman,  Abram,  331 

Mary  E.  (Harwood),  331 

Mary  Louise,  331 
Walkley,  Caroline  (Lord),  229 

James,  229 

Lydia  (Spencer),  229 

Maria    Palmer,   229 

Maria  Sherman    (Palmer),  229 

Selden  Spencer,  229 
Wall,  Anna.  117 

Bartholomew,  116,  117 

Daniel,  116 


Index 


465 


Wall,  Deborah,  116,  127 

Deborah   (Sherman),  116 

Elizabeth,  116 

John,  116,  117,  127 

Nicholas,  116,  117 

Samuel,  116,  117 
Wallace,  Annie  Margaret,  305 

Eleanor  Wigton,  305 

Thomas  Laird,  305 
Waller,  ,  38 

Anne,  32 

Family,   4,   31 

George,  31,  34,  35,  42,  67 

Jane,  4,  23,  31,  67 

Johan,  31 

John,  23,  31,  33,  52,  62,  63,  67 

Margaret,  31,  32 

Margaret   (Hotofte),  31 

Margaret   (Thorolde),  31 

Margery,  32 

Mary,  67 

Mary  (Yaxley),  31,  67 

Thomas,  31,  32 

William,  67 
Wain,  Robert,  Jr.,  199 
Warby,  Elizabeth  Annie,   .^58 

James,  358 

Mary,  358 
Ward,  Andrew,   107 

Ester,  106,  108,  115 

Gen.,  133 

George,  292 

Grace,  106.   115 

Hester    (Sherman),   108 

John,  22,  84,  94 

Marie    (Lockwood),  22 

Mary  Cullen   (Phelps),  291 
Warde,  Geoffrey,  35,  42 

Robert,  94 
Wardner,  Allen,  311 

Helen  Minerva,  311 

Minerva   (Bingham),  311 
Warne,  Thomas,  47 
Warner,   Amaziah    Sanderson,   275 

Arthur   Shekeel,  291 

Caleb  Henry,  315 

Caroline    Amelia    (Bixby),    319 

Col.,  238 

Elizabeth  (Bangs),  315 

Elizabeth  Phelps   (Hubbell).  291 

Franklin  Pierce,  Dr.,  291 

Harriet  (Shekeel),  291 

Hattie  Maria,  319 

Henry,  86,   115 

Jerusha  Mann  (Roberts),  275 

Joseph  Bangs,  315 


Warner,  Joseph  Comstock,  319 

Langdon,  316 

Lorraine,    316 

Lorraine   (Roosevelt),  316 

Margaret,   316 

Margaret  Woodbury    (Storer), 
315 

Mary,  86 

Mary    (Hooper),  315 

Rachel,  315 

Roger  S.,  198 

Roger  Sherman,  315 

Roger  Sherman,  Jr.,  315 

Samuel,  86,   115 

Sarah,  83,  85 

Sarah  Anita  Roberts,  275 

Sarah   (Sherman),  86 

Seth,  Co!.,  238 

Sturgis,  316 

Thomas,  83,  86 
Warren,  Helen,  385 

Helen    (Van  Voast),  385 

Richard,   15 

William   Ross,  385 

William,   Sir,  89 
Washburn,   Cadvvallader   C,   Maj. 

Gen.,  368 
Washington,  General,   172,   173.  200, 
202,  245 

George,  172,  214 

President,  179 
Waterman,  Angelina   Darling    (Van 
Derkar),  288 

George  Barnabas,  288 

Jeannette  (Ten  Eyck),  288 

Joshua,  288 
Waters,  Henry  P..  5.  110 
Watkins,   Ann   Alackintosh,  277 

George  Randall,  277 

Grace  Liscom  (Hewett).  277 

Henry  Allen.  277 

Ruth  Randall.  277 

Sarah  Catherine  (Barnes),  277 
Watson.  Charlotte  Amelia,  285 

Elizabeth.  402 

Eunice    (Stone).  335 

James  Young.  335 

Jeanie  Hill.  285 

John  B..  402 

Louise,    402 

Martha  Ann.  335 

Stephen  Van  Rensselaer,  285 

Watt.  Helen.  261 

Helen  Shirley,  262 
Jane.  261 
Jessie,  261 


466 


Index 


Watt,  Jessie  Taylor,  261 

John  Cunningham,  262 

Louisa   Shirley    (Hall),  262 

Margaret  Scott  (Sherman),  261 

William,  261 
Wayne,  General,  202,  203 
Weald,  John,  99 

Richard,  99 

Thomas,  99 
Weatherly,  Annie  Virginia  (Wynne), 
341 

Ethel  Wynne,  341 

William  Henry,  341 
Webb,  Charles,  Col.,  200 
Webbe,  Thomas,  59 
Webster,   Avice    (Drake),  328 

Anna  Sibbel   (Abbe),  328 

Charles  Drake,  329 

Charles   Ripley,  329 

Elizabeth  Bouton,  329 

Elizabeth  Damon,  329 

Elizabeth  Howland,  328 

Elizabeth   (Knight),  328 

Elizabeth  Ripley    (Bouton),    328 

Ellen  Abbe,  328 

Frank  Sherman,  328 

Grace  Howland,  328 

Harriet  Sherman,  329 

John  Calvin,  Rev.,  328 

Josiah   Clifford,  328 

Josiah,  Rev.,  328 

Laura  Ames  (Orcutt),  329 

Natalie  Sherman,  328 

Nathaniel  Bouton,  328 

Rebecca   Russell,  328 

William  Russell,  328 

Winifred,   329 
Weir,  John  Ferguson,  Prof.,  190 

Prof.,    190,   191 
Welch,   Paul,   145 

Paul,  Jr.,  159 
Welcome,  Jessie  M.   (Hastings),  233 
Wellington,  Benjamin,  135,  142 

Elizabeth  (Sweetman),  135 

Mary  Palgrave,  135 

Mehetabel,  135.  142 

Roger,  135,  142,  149 
Wellvs,  Richard,  21 

William,  21 
Wentworth,  John,   136-139,  155 
West,   Madelaine   Sherman    (Ross), 
265 

Martha  Mines  fGaithwaite),  265 

William  Taylor,  265 

William  Taylor,  Jr.,  265 
Westerberg,  Bessie,  335 


Westerberg,  Charles,  335 

Mary  Elizabeth  (Holman),  335 
Whalert,   Ernestine   (Trizche),  284 

Jacob,  284 

Sarah  Caroline,  284 
Whetcroft  (Wheatcroft)    (Whet- 
crofte),  Alice,  39,  48 

Anne,  48 

Barbara,  39 

George,  46,  48 

Henry,  41,  43,  46,  48 

Katharine,  48 

Thomas,  72 

William,  39,  41,  49 
Wheeler,  Albert  C,  332 

Carson  McKeag,  271 

Edith  Sophia  (Shaw),  271 

Helen  Frances,  274 

Helen  Morton  (Bridgham),  274 

Herbert  Spencer,  271 

Jennie  Abbie,  332 

John  William,  271 

Margaret  Jane  (McKeag),  271 

Morris  Plumer,  274 

Plumer,  274 

Rosina  Baldwin  (Crane),  274 

Sherman  Shaw,  271 

Susie  Elizabeth    (Mallory),  332 

Warren,  271 

William,  138,  139,  271 

William   Morris,   274 
Wheelwright.   Cornelia  Page,  381 

David  Page,  381 

Elizabeth  Scudder,  381 

George  William,  381 

Louisa  Henrietta  (Scudder),  381 

Sophia  Elizabeth  (Bond),  381 
Whetley,   William,  69 
Whipple,  Cyrus  Avery,  370 

Cyrus  Avery,   Jr.,  370 

Edmund   P.,  370 

Evarts  Wooster,  370 

Tames   Junior,   130 

Mary   Rhoda    (Greene),  370 

Minnie    (Rinderknecht),  370 

Sarah    (Adams),  130 
White,   Anna,  358 

Anna  Eliza   (Adriance),  353 

Augusta,  354 

Augusta  Julia,  354 

Augusta  (White),  354 

Charles  A.,  5,  17,   189 

Charles  Atwood,  294,  350 

Dyer,   294 

Eleanor  Selden,  352 

Elizabeth  Ann   (Van  Buren), 
354 


Index 


467 


White,    Elizabeth    Canfield    (Tall- 
madge),  349,  354 

Elizabeth  Selden,  352 

Elizabeth  Tallmadge,  350 

Frances   Eaton,  350 
~"        Frances    Spencer    (Eaton),    350 

George  Edward,  295,  354 

Hannah    (Wetmore),  294 

Henry,   199,  248,  294 

Henry  Dyer,  294,  349 

Henry,  Mrs.,  189 

Henry  White,  353 

Lucy  (Nichols),  358 

John  Eaton,  358 

John  Parker,  349,  354 

Julia  Flewelling,  349 

Julia  Flewelling   (White),  349 

Laura  (Stoughton),  354 

Mabel  Wellington,  352 

Martha  (Sherman),  248,  294.  350 

Mrs.,   189 

Oliver  Sherman,  295 

Olivia  Ripley,  354 

Roger   S.,    156 

Roger  Sherman,  189,  295, 

Roger  Sherman,  2nd,  354 

Roger  Sherman,  2nd,  Jr.,  354 

Susan   Sherman,   353 

Thomas  Howell,  295,  354 

Willard  Stoughton,  354 

Willard  Wetmore,  294,  353 

Zenobia  Hill,  354 
Whitelaw,  John,  272 

Mary   Beulah,   272 

Mary    (Neill)     (Whitelaw),    272 
Whiting,  Anne,  81,  92 

Anne   (Sherman),  80 

Anthony,  53,  80,  81,  92 

Jane,   81 

John,  80,  81 

Marian,  49,  52 

Marv,    80 

Phebe,  80 

Susan,  80 

Symon,  80,  81,  111 

Thomas,  49,  52,  81,  100 
Whitinge,   Anthony,  80 
Whighting,    Anne,    78 
Whitman,    Cecilia   Augusta    (Robin- 
son), 344 

Isaac  Allen,  344 

Leslie,   344 
Whitney,   Caroline,  407 

Edward  Baldwin,  345,  406 

Elizabeth   Baldwin,  407 

Elizabeth    Wooster    (Baldwin), 
293,  344 


Whitney,  Emily  Henrietta,  345 

Hassler,  407 

Josepha  (Newcomb),  407 

Josiah   Dwight,  344 

Lucy,   133 

Margaret  Dwight,  345 

Marian  Parker,  345 

Roger  Sherman,  407 

Roger  Sherman  Baldwin,  345 

Sarah   (Williston),  344 

Simon  Newcomb,  407 

Sylvia,  407 

Thomas,   52 

William  Dwight,  407 

William  Dwight,  Prof.,  293,  344 

Williston  Clap,  345 
Whithipoll,   Anthony,  47 

Benjamin,    47 

Margaret,  47 
Whittemore,   James,    132 

Mary   (Sherman),  132 
Whitton,  Clara    (Blake),  272 

Oscar  Frederick,  272 

Sarah  Morse,  272 
Whitwall,  Charlotte  Sarah,  207 

Elizabeth  M.  J.,  207 

John   Francis,  208 

Mary  Ann,  207 

Mary  Ann   (Olcott),  207 

Richard,  207 

Richard  Francis,  208 

Richard  R.,  207 

Thaddeus   Sherman,  208 

William    Peter   Olcott,   208 
Wiborg,  Adaline  Moulton    (Sher- 
man), 324 

Frank  Bestow,  324 

Mary  Hoyt,  325 

Olga,  325 

Henry  Paulinus,  324 

Sarah  Sherman,  325 

Susan   (Bestow),  324 
Wiborne,   Thomas,   119 
Wiggin,  Ann  Elizabeth  (Loder),  357 

Anne  Loder,  357 

Augustus,   357 

Thomas,  Capt.,  357 
Wilcox,  Daniel,  15 

Elizabeth   (Cook),  15 
Lydia,   15 
Wilkinson    Elizabeth,    148 
Willard,  Abigail    (Sherman),   110 
Josiah,  139 
Samuel,   110 
Samuel,   Rev.,   110 
Willay,  Edward,  61 


468 


Index 


Williams,  Cyrus,  217 

Eliza  Jane,  322,  388 

Elizabeth   (Crane)    (Boal),  388 

Elizabeth    Winslow    (Whitman), 
315 

Emily    Francis,   315 

Jennie   Klose,  322 

John,    162 

John  Herbert,  388 

John   William,  322 

Martha  Esther,  217 

Martha  (Wheeler).  217 

Mr.,    198 

Samuel  King,  315 

William,  168 

Wm.,  167 
Williamson,   Eli   Samuel,  228 

Hazel  Marie,  228 

Jessie,  326 

John,  Dr.,  326 

Maria  Ann    (Keeler),  228 
Willis,  Charles  Ellmaker,  342 

Leila  Morse,  342 

Sarah  Townsend  (Minor),  342 
Willock,  Charles   Sherman,  321 

Julia  Gibbie,  321 

Julia  Ann    (Sherman),  321 

Katherine,  321 
Willys,  George,   169 
Wilson   (Willson),  Andrew,  128,  131 

Anne,  80,  81,  103 

Anne   (Sherman),  104 

Anne   (Whiting),  80,  92 

Charles  Hulbert,  209 

Delia  K.,  402 

Edmund,  53 

Edward  Strong,  209 

Edward  Strong,  Jr.,  209 

Emery  John,  240 

Harriet  Deming  (Strong),  208 

Harriet   (Sanford),  240 

Henry  Norman,  209 

James,  172,  209 

James  Hilton,  209 

Katherine   Maude    (Hilton),  209 

Lena  Edge    (Sampson),  209 

Marion   (Smyth),  53 

Mary  B.   (Keyes),  296 

Mary  Elizabeth   (Dunham),  209 

Nina   Dell,   240 

Pauline,    402 

Patricia  Sherman,  209 

Richard   Augustus,  296 

Sarah  (Sherman),  131 

Solomon,  209 

Susan    Staples    (Sherman),   296 

Thomas,  80,  92 


Wilson,  Virginia,  209 

William  Bruce,  296 

William  R.,  402 
Winans,  Emily  Clark  (Hollenbeck), 
335 

James  de  Goll,  265 

James   Macdonald,  265 

Jane  Sherman,  265 

Libbie  Susan,  335 

Marie  Corinne   (de  Goll),  264 

Philo  Sticks,  335 

Samuel  Ross,  265 

Sarah    (Macdonald),  265 
Winchester,  Edgar  Clinton,  359 

Joshua,  130 

Katharine,  358 

Mary    (Whipple),    130 
Winship,  Edward,  Lieut,  127 

Elizabeth,   127 

Elizabeth   (Parke),  127 
Winsor,  Amos  K.,  270 

Anna  Frances  (Ford),  361 

Ellen   (McGuire),  270 

Elsie  May,  269,  270 

Frances  Ritchie   (Sherman),  361 

Frank  Ferdinand,  361 

Sanford  Calvin,  361 
Wise,  George  Douglass,  385 

Kate,  385 

Laura    (May),  385 
Wiseman,  Henry,  29 

John,  Sir,  34 
Witherspoon,  John,   174 

Mr.,  174 
Withipoll    (Wythipoll,   WittipoU), 
Benjamin,  47,  66,  67 

Edmond,    67 

Edward,   67 

Elizabeth,  67 

Elizabeth    (Hynde),  67 

Frances,  67 

Margaret,  47,  67 

Margaret  (Sherman),  66,  67 

Paul,   67 

Peter,  67 
Wolcott,  Frederick,  183 

Gen.,   183 

Henry,    184 

Oliver,  168,  187 
Wolcy  (Wolsey),  Isabel,  12 

Robert,  12 
Wood,  Annie  Duncan  (Mahon),  255 

Caroline  Prescott,  386 

Charlotte  Boyne    (Parker),  255 

Duncan  Mahon,  255 

Edward  Parker,  255 

Elijah,   255 


I  NDEX 


469 


Wood,  Elizabeth  Farmer,  255 

Ellen   Smith    (Oldham),  386 

Flavia    (Curfman),  255 

Flavia    Eliza,   255 

Frances   Parker,   255 

James  Barrett,  386 

John,  255 

John  William,  255 

Julia  Montgomery,  255 

Margaret  Wilson  (Reed),  255 

Thomas,  80 

William  Sherman,  255 
Woodgate,    Sarah,    106 
Woodie,  John,  111 

Mary,    111 
Wooster,  Grace  Estelle,  369 

Jesse,    369 

Rhoda    (Brockett),  369 
Wray,  Charles  Sherman,  264 

Elizabeth    (Sloane),  264 

Florence   Evelyn,   264 

John  Harkness,  264 

John  Harkness,  Jr.,  264 

Louise    Sloane,   264 

Mary  A.    (Harkness),  264 

Stephen,  264 

William  Sloane,  264 
Wren,  Margaret,  33 
Wrenches    (Wrenck),  John,  94 
Wrenne,  John,  9 

Robert,   11,  33 

Thomas.  33,  34 
Wrenny,  Robert,  39 
Wright,  Asahel,  263 

Clark,  Dr.,  208,  263 

Clark.  Jr.,  263 


Wright,  Harriet  (Sherman),  208,  263 

James,  274 

Laura  Belle,  274 

Lucy  Leland,  263 

Lydia   (Worthington),  263 

Marion  Adelaide    (Stockman), 
263 

Orlesta  Melissa    (Stotesbery), 
274 
Wyllys,  George,  172,  176,  180 
Wyman,  Franklin,  360  

Helen  Adelaide,  360 

Ivy  Myrtle,  337 

Jane  (McSorley),  337 

Joseph   H.,   337 

Lucy  Adelaide   (Wilson),  360 

Mary  Jarvis    (Houdlette),  209 

Silas  Waite,  209 

Yaxley   (Yaxlee),  Alice  (Lyard),  40 

Anthony,  2,  31,  39,  40,  64,  67 

Bridget,  40 

Elizabeth,  2,  31,  39,  67 

Elizabeth  (Brome),  40 

Elizabeth    (Garneys),  2,  39 

Francis,  30 

John,   40 

Katherine,   64 

Margaret,  42 

Mary,  31,  67 

Richard,  2,  12,  29,  40,  42 

Richard.  Jr.,  39 

Rose    (Goldwell),    40 

William,  30,  42,  43 
York,  Barentha,  146 
Young  (Younge),  Henry,  77 


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Baker,  William  L. 
Baldwin,  Charles  M. 
Baldwin,  George    W. 
Baldwin,  Henry  de  F. 
Baldwin,  Roger   S. 
Baldwin,  Simeon  E.,  Hon. 
Barnes,   Daniel 
Barney,  J.  Stewart,  Mrs. 
Boardman,  Samuel  W.,  Mrs. 
Boardman,  William  T. 
Boutell,  Arnold 
Boutell,  Henry  S.,  Hon. 
Bowles,  Samuel,  Mrs. 
Bridgham,  Leland  F.,  Mrs. 
Bucknam,  John  S. 
Bucknam,  Walter  H.,  Mrs. 
Cameron,  J.  Donald,  Mrs. 
Castle,  Ernest  B. 
Cincinnati  Public  Library 
Cauldwell,  Frederick  W.,   Mrs. 
Colonial  Dames  of  the  State  of 

New  York 
Coult,  Frank  H. 
Coy,  Edward  H. 
Coy,  Mary  D.,  Miss 
Coy,  Sherman   L. 
Darling,  G.  W.,  Mrs. 
Depew,  Chauncey  M.,  Hon. 
Dickinson,    Robert  L.,  Mrs. 
Drummond,  Edmund  J.,  Mrs. 
Dwight,  Timothy,  Mrs. 
Edwards,  Wm.  H.  L.,  Mrs. 
Elkinton,  John,  Mrs. 
Erikson,  John,  Mrs. 
Evarts,  Allen  W. 


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Evarts,  Maxwell,    Mrs. 
Evarts,  Prescott,  Rev. 
Evarts,  Sherman 
Fish,  Sidney  W.,  Mrs. 
Fitch,  William  S. 
Follansbee,    Sherman 
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Foster,  Roger 
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Frame,  James  E.,  Mrs. 
Gamble,   Robert  G.,   Mrs. 
Goodspeed's  Book  Shop 
Gouge,  Frederick  H.,  Mrs. 
Granger,  Alfred  H.,  Capt. 
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Greene,  Jerome  D. 
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Greene,  Samuel,  Rev. 
Griffith,  Harry  L.,  Mrs. 
Hackett,  J.   Dominick 
Hammatt,    Clarence    S. 
Healey,  Warren  R.,  Mrs. 
Historical   Department  of   Iowa 
Hoar,  Samuel,  Mrs. 
Hoar,  Sherman,   Mrs. 
Hoyt,  Anne   S.,   Miss 
Hoyt,  Colgate 
Hoyt,  Elizabeth   S.,  Miss 
Hoyt,  Henry    R. 
Hubbell,  Frederick  B. 
Jennings,  Annie  B.,  Miss 
Jones,  Arthur,   Mrs. 
Kent,  William,  Mrs. 
Lakin,  Herbert  C. 
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Merrill,  Walter  W.,   Mrs. 
Metcalf,  Earl  S. 
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Miles,  Nelson  A.,  Lt.  Gen. 
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Moore,  George   G. 
Moore,  Luther  G.,  Mrs. 
Moore,  Samuel   G.,   Dr. 
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Newell,  Frederick  H. 
New  Jersey   Society  of   Colonial 

Dames   of   America 
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Ogden,  David  B. 
Olmsted,  Jessie  S.,  Miss 
Palmer,  Charles  T.  H,,  Mrs. 
Palmer,  Elizabeth  D.,  Miss 
Palmer,  Frank  L. 
Palmer,  Henry   R. 
Palmer,  Laura  S.,  Miss 
Palmer,  Milton  S. 
Pequot  Library,   Southport,  Conn. 
Perkins,   Charles   C. 
Pitkin,  James    S. 
Pitkin,  Lewis    S. 
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Pitkin,  William  R. 
Pratt,  Chapin    S.,    Mrs. 
Pratt,  George   D.,   Mrs. 

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Reber,  Samuel,  Col. 
Reese,  William  Kirke,  Mrs. 
Ross,  William  E.,  Mrs. 
Sawyer,  Paul  B.,  Mrs. 
Schick,  John,   Mrs. 
Scudder,  Charles  D.,  Mrs. 
Shearman,  Frank  E. 
Sherman,  Adrian  F. 
Sherman,  Arthur  G. 


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Sherman,  Arthur  O. 

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Sherman,  Charles  E. 

Sherman,  Charles  S. 

Sherman,  Clifford  P. 

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Sherman,  Edward  A. 

Sherman,  Elmer  E. 

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Sherman,  George 

Sherman,  George  N.  B. 

Sherman,  George   S. 

Sherman,  Harold  C. 

Sherman,  Henry  S.,  Mrs. 

Sherman,  Hoyt,    Hon. 

Sherman,  James  L. 

Sherman,  James  M. 

Sherman,  Jessie  G.,  Miss 

Sherman,  Lucius  B. 

Sherman,  P.  Tecumseh 

Sherman,  Richard    B. 

Sherman,  Roger,    Lieut. 

Sherman,  Roger,  (son  of  Hoyt) 

Sherman,  Roger,  Jr.  of  Bradford, 

Massachusetts 
Sherman,  Sherrill 
Sherman,  W.  J. 
Sherman,  William  Watts,  Mrs. 
Shute,  Abraham  L.,  Rev. 
Simpson,  Harry  L.  Mrs. 
Smith,  A.  Coleman 
Stevens,  Richard  G.,  Mrs. 
Stimson,  Henry  L.,  Mrs. 
Storer,  Helen  L.,  Miss 
Strong,  William  T.,  Mrs. 
Thacher,  Alfred  B. 
Thacher,  Sherman  D. 
Thacher,  Thomas 
Thackara,  Wm.  T.   S. 
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Townsend,  Edward  B.,  Mrs. 
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Tweed,  Charles   H.,  Mrs. 
Vail,  Henry  S. 
Van  Bergen,  Harry  A.,  Mrs. 
Van  Wyck,   Frederick 
Veazie,  Arthur  L.,  Mrs. 
Walkley,  Seldon  S.,  Mrs. 
Ward,  G.  Claude,  Mrs. 
Warner,  Roger  S. 
Watkins,  Henry  A.,  Mrs. 
Webster,  Charles  R. 
Werner,   Charles  J. 


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Wheeler,   Plumer,   Mrs. 
Wheelwright,  David  P.,  Mrs. 
Whipple,  Cyrus  A.,  Mrs. 
White,  Elizabeth  T.,  Miss 
White,  Roger   S. 
White,  Roger    S.   2nd. 
Whitney,  Margaret  D.,  Miss 
Wiborg,    Frank   B. 
Wilson,   James 
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Baldwin,  Simeon  E.,  Hon. 
Barnes,  Daniel 
Evarts,  Allen  W. 
Hackett,  J.  Dominick 
Hoyt,   Henry   R. 
Kent,  William,  Mrs. 
Lakin,  Herbert  C. 
McDonald,  C.  E.  W.,  Mrs. 
Newell,  Frederick  H. 
Sherman,  Charles  A. 


Sherman,  Charles  E. 

Sherman,  Hoyt,   Hon. 

Sherman,  James  M. 

Sherman,  P.  Tecumseh 

Sherman,  Richard  B. 

Sherman,  Roger,  Jr.,  of  Bradford, 

Massachusetts 
Sherman,  Thomas  T. 
Townsend,  Edward  B.,  Mrs. 
Wiborg,    Frank   B. 
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